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Michael P. Kube-Mcdowell Vectors
Spectra 0553298240 / 9780553298246 MASS MARKET PAPERBACK Good
0553298240 Editorial Reviews n nFrom Booklist nBesides sf novels and stories, Kube-McDowell has written, as an unhyphenated McDowell, some 500 nonfiction pieces on scientific and theoretical subjects, and by now he knows how stories are told and characters motivated and how scientists think, work, seek funds, and can suffer from arrogance and frustration when their world doesn't act scientifically--that is, he knows that scientists are human beings, not lifeless machines. Jonathon Briggs of Toronto, for instance, wants to use Elizabeth Froelich's SQUID computer in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to study consciousness in the healthy mind. By swimming against the accepted tide of scientific thinking, he eventually nets himself a personal foundation to support his intellectual innovations. Unfortunately, the donor enabling the foundation also gives him a major headache in the form of her belief in reincarnation, which is at odds with his understanding of objective science. The gradually unfolding struggle between them, neatly wound into the story, forces the reader into accepting Briggs' entrepreneurial actions, aggressive search for scientific explanations, and ultimate suicide. William Beatty nCopyright ? American Library Association. All rights reserved n nProduct Description nFrom one of the most original voices in imaginative fiction comes a stunning novel of suspense and speculation, as a scientist seeking to uncover the mystery of human consciousness finds himself in a desperate search for immortality. n nDr. Jonathan Briggs is a gifted neuroscientist researching the existence of the human soul. Working at one of the world's top facilities, he has access to the latest technology. He also has the enthusiastic support of his lover, Alynn Reed, who made her fortune as a creator of virtual reality games that have broken every barrier. Alynn believes in reincarnation, which Jonathan scoffs at--until he begins to note strange anomalies in his research. n nThen Jonathan's life is suddenly, shockingly turned upside down. No longer the dispassionate scientist, he begins a fevered, reckless effort to go beyond belief to proof. Ridiculed by his colleagues and the tabloid media, hounded by the police, Jonathan finds himself in a frenzied race against time, memory, and his own mortality. As he journeys deeper into the labyrinth of the human psyche, he moves nearer the place where past and future intersect, identities mingle, and death is the beginning of the most amazing adventure of all.
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