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I really enjoyed the world building in this book. The premise is a good one: a disease that causes a certain percentage of its victims to experience "lock in" where they have full consciousness but no ability to control their bodies. Because of the high profile nature of the disease, lots of money is dumped into R&D and technology is created to allow the sufferers to participate in a virtual reality and to interact with the physical world through "threeps" or robotic bodies. Scalzi does a great
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3.5 stars
This was an action packed mystery built upon a very interesting world. I really did enjoy learning about the Haden's and being Locked In. This read like an action movie for me, so it definitely providing a great read. This is my first from this author,but not my last. ...more
This was an action packed mystery built upon a very interesting world. I really did enjoy learning about the Haden's and being Locked In. This read like an action movie for me, so it definitely providing a great read. This is my first from this author,but not my last. ...more
Fun read by Scalzi. Decent characters, plot, and worldbuilding. Nothing amazing but a solid book to pick up.
I actually finished this the day after I started it and apparently never marked it read. But it was amazing. I want to listen to the female-narrated audiobook.
Aug 24, 2014
Jayme Pendergraft
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Jayme Pendergraft
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Cora
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it was amazing
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Lisa
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