"A friend in need is a friend indeed....a friend with weed is better"....ok sister cut the crap!
I got this one off her shelves anyways, her personal recommendation to me, being fully aware of my interest in trans and posthumanism. (I hope this one was purchased at least). And once again, I wasn't disappointed.
The book does lack abit in the Science department though when it comes to details. Don't expect a Crichton here but regardless, is worth a read solely for Saul's closely knit storyline with a high tempo and pace. Without giving too much away, I'd describe the plot a little.
Alex Lonsdale, a popular kid in a hick town, who had it all going for him, popularity, friends, charm, a reputable family and a chick in tow had the misfortune of suffering an accident which knocked out his processing unit pretty bad. The dude who was declared beyond salvage by most was dragged out from the far reaches of hell back into our world thanks to the efforts of a Dr Raymond Torres, a tech-whizkid maverick doctor employing revolutionary techniques in medicine, essentially doing the unimaginable. Alex comes back, or does he?? His eyes are vacant, he has no known memories and has absolutely NO emotions whatsoever.......
If those around him could see what lay in his reformatted cerebrum, would they be able to adapt to how the new Lonsdale's aforementioned brain processed information and responded accordingly?
Get this if you commute on the subway often and need a good book to keep your senses from being focused on a trillion sweaty sardines in a can. Like I said, its highly entertaining, tightly-woven and has elements of Science in it which might intrigue the uninitiated into exploring that aspect of it further. Leading us to the ultimate question with regards to this. Should the body and all its intricate mechanics be kept functional despite the complete CPU shutdown, is Torres morally right in exercising his discretion to do what he did? And is it worth staying alive at all with that huge inherent risk, explored perfectly in the book, looming over our heads?
Then again, what IS our exact definition of 'being alive'?
*peace*
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