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008			140429s2014 nyu 000 1 eng
010			_a 2014015247
020			_a0765375869 : _c$24.99
035			_a(OCoLC)858730837
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
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050	0	0	_aPS3619.C256 _bL63 2014
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084			_aFIC028000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aScalzi, John, _d1969- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aLock in / _cJohn Scalzi.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bTor, _c2014.
300			_a336 pages ; _c22 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_a"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
510	4		_aKirkus Reviews, _cAugust 01, 2014
510	4		_aBooklist, _cAugust 01, 2014
510	4		_aPublishers Weekly, _cJune 16, 2014
510	4		_aLibrary Journal, _cJuly 01, 2014
520			_a"Fifteen years from now, a new virus sweeps the globe. 95% of those afflicted experience nothing worse than fever and headaches. Four percent suffer acute meningitis, creating the largest medical crisis in history. And one percent find themselves "locked in"--fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. One per cent doesn't seem like a lot. But in the United States, that's 1.7 million people "locked in"...including the President's wife and daughter. Spurred by grief and the sheer magnitude of the suffering, America undertakes a massive scientific initiative. Nothing can restore the ability to control their own bodies to the locked in. But then two new technologies emerge. One is a virtual-reality environment, "The Agora," in which the locked-in can interact with other humans, both locked-in and not. The other is the discovery that a few rare individuals have brains that are receptive to being controlled by others, meaning that from time to time, those who are locked in can "ride" these people and use their bodies as if they were their own. This skill is quickly regulated, licensed, bonded, and controlled. Nothing can go wrong. Certainly nobody would be tempted to misuse it, for murder, for political power, or worse....John Scalzi's Lock In is a novel of our near future, from one of the most popular authors in modern science fiction"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"Fifteen years from now, a new virus sweeps the globe. 95% of those afflicted experience nothing worse than fever and headaches. Four percent suffer acute meningitis, creating the largest medical crisis in history. And one percent find themselves "locked in"--fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to stimulus. One per cent doesn't seem like a lot. But in the United States, that's 1.7 million people "locked in"...including the President's wife and daughter. Spurred by grief and the sheer magnitude of the suffering, America undertakes a massive scientific initiative. Nothing can restore the ability to control their own bodies to the locked in. But then two new technologies emerge. One is a virtual-reality environment, "The Agora," in which the locked-in can interact with other humans, both locked-in and not. The other is the discovery that a few rare individuals have brains that are receptive to being controlled by others, meaning that from time to time, those who are locked in can "ride" these people and use their bodies as if they were their own. This skill is quickly regulated, licensed, bonded, and controlled. Nothing can go wrong. Certainly nobody would be tempted to misuse it, for murder, for political power, or worse..."-- _cProvided by publisher.
521	1		_aAdult. _bBrodart
521	2		_aAdult. _bBrodart
650		0	_aVirus diseases _vFiction.
650		0	_aEpidemics _vFiction.
650		0	_aIsolation (Hospital care) _vFiction.
650		0	_aVirtual reality _vFiction.
650		0	_aParanormal fiction.
655		7	_aHorror fiction. _2gsafd
655		7	_aScience fiction. _2gsafd
856	4	2	_3Cover image _uhttp://www.netread.com/jcusers2/bk1388/865/9780765375865/image/lgcover.9780765375865.jpg
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