Lock In

336 pages

Published Aug. 25, 2014 by Tor Books.

ISBN:
978-0-7653-7586-5
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3 stars (3 reviews)

Not too long from today, a new, highly contagious virus makes its way across the globe. Most who get sick experience nothing worse than flu, fever and headaches. But for the unlucky one percent - and nearly five million souls in the United States alone - the disease causes "Lock In": Victims fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. The disease affects young, old, rich, poor, people of every color and creed. The world changes to meet the challenge.

2 editions

reviewed Lock In by John Scalzi (Lock In #1)

Good, with a bit of disbelief

4 stars

I think if I'd read this in 2014 I'd believe a lot more that the world economy would change to support survivors of a pandemic. The one described here is much worse than COVID, and there's also a bit of cynicism about how it affected the wealthy, but still now I think society would prefer to forget.

However it's a great thriller, with some interesting ideas although some of the tech and biology doesn't stand up to much scrutiny. The characters are funny without being "too funny" which I think Scalzi has strayed into before.

reviewed Lock In by John Scalzi (Lock In #1)

Palomitera

3 stars

Scalzi monta una buena historia aquí a partir de la premisa de que hay millones de personas "encerradas" en su cabeza y que viven y trabajan a través de robots. Le da una vuelta de tuerca a mitad del libro (sin entrar en destripes) y se lee como el que ve una película de acción palomitera.

Seguiré leyendo cosas suyas que tengo en la biblioteca más adelante.

(edito que no sé por qué le di cinco estrellas, con tres va bien 😅)

reviewed Světy podle třipíků by John Scalzi (Světy podle třipíků, #1)

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3 stars

Svizna knizecka. Naka akcicka. Na pozadi nenasytna korporace. Vse v kulisach celosvetove nevylecitelny choroby. Programovaci jazyk "Chomsky" pro interakci s mozkem lidi jako tresnicka na dortu. V poho lepsi oddychovka, klasickej Scalzi.

PS - Kdo vymyslel slovo "třipík" at si liskne ... aspon dvakrat ;-P