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Title	:	Lock In (Lock In #1)
Author	:	John Scalzi
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 336 pages
Published	:	August 26th 2014 by Tor Books
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Mystery. Audiobook

Lock In (Lock In #1)

John Scalzi

Hardcover | Pages: 336 pages

Rating: 3.89 | 51827 Users | 5679 Reviews

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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. A quarter of a century later, in a world shaped by what's now known as "Haden's syndrome," rookie FBI agent Chris Shane is paired with veteran agent Leslie Vann. The two of them are assigned what appears to be a Haden-related murder at the Watergate Hotel, with a suspect who is an "integrator" - someone who can let the locked in borrow their bodies for a time. If the Integrator was carrying a Haden client, then naming the suspect for the murder becomes that much more complicated. But "complicated" doesn't begin to describe it. As Shane and Vann began to unravel the threads of the murder, it becomes clear that the real mystery - and the real crime - is bigger than anyone could have imagined. The world of the locked in is changing, and with the change comes opportunities that the ambitious will seize at any cost. The investigation that began as a murder case takes Shane and Vann from the halls of corporate power to the virtual spaces of the locked in, and to the very heart of an emerging, surprising new human culture. It's nothing you could have expected.

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Original Title:	Lock In
ISBN:	0765375869 (ISBN13: 9780765375865)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Lock In #1
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2015), John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Science Fiction Novel (2015), ALA Alex Award (2015), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Science Fiction (2014)

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My enjoyment of this book is probably unduly influenced by the narrator, a certain Will Wheaton, who pulled off yet another hat trick with his friend John Scalzi. What can I say? I'm a fan of both. So how does that allow me to rank a tale on a tale's own merits?It doesn't. Alas. I just had a good time no matter what.*sigh*So what's this about? Telepresence! It's a novel about telepresence! Yeah, yeah, there's the horrible brain-re-writing virus and the people who weren't hit so hard with it,

2.5 starsMeh. Barely science fiction. Mostly police procedural. Too much dialogue, and lacking in Scalzi's usual wit and humor. Infodumps before the novel started, over dinner and at other times (Show, don't tell!). I expected more/better from Scalzi. Glad I borrowed it from the library and didn't buy it.

Scalzi scores again with me in his solid storytelling and imaginative play on technology trends. The big what-if here concerns advances in brain-machine interfaces that allow someone who is largely paralyzed to live in the real world by controlling a robot. The premise gets pushed to a large scale following a plague resembling viral encephalitis that kills off a lot of people and leaves millions intellectually intact but unable to move, a state referred to as lock in. The care of these peoples

*** 4 ***A buddy read with the ladies at BB&B!!!Well this stile of writing feels like a blast from the past! Cyber-Punk and plague-pocalipse mixed in one with some humorous undertones. I enjoyed the heck out of it!!!John Scalzi is a very refreshing and bright author. He is a Sci-fi nerd through and through, and the popular Science Fiction TV and literature of the 80's and early 90's, which by the way is some of my favorite, can be seen as a heavy influence on his themes and stile. Coming

from the Earth Journal of Scientific Analyst SLJLK92349UO, Earth Invasion Exploratory UnitIts tough to be a human: that is something Ive learned during my lengthy time studying the human species on this planet Earth. Life itself is hard, of course, with its everyday pitfalls and each individuals long-term ambitions and disappointments but for humanity that difficulty is compounded by all of the isms that exist to divide humanity from itself. Isms based on race and culture and gender and

I confess that I really struggled with this book. It's not that I think it a bad book, rather I think it's a book I was incapable of fully appreciating. Not my style, too outlandish? No, not really either of these. I like books that commence with an event that so disturbs our world that it is forever significantly changed (in this case it was a disease, of which more later). It does require a leap of faith to accept the new world, but I was up for that too and fully willing to jump in neck deep

4.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum http://bibliosanctum.com/2014/08/25/b...Whenever I need a good pick-me-up or book to brighten up my day I always turn to John Scalzi, and he hasnt let me down yet. Ive been a big fan of his ever since I read Old Mans War, and thats also when I started associating his work with light, humorous sci-fi thats also accessible and not too overwhelming for someone like me, who is predominantly a fantasy reader and not always in the mood for hard science fiction or