6/23/2023 0 Comments Lock In by John ScalziHowever, just over one percent of Haden’s patients became “locked in” - they retained total cognitive awareness and function but lost the ability to control their voluntary nervous system. While the disease was fatal to many, others survived unscathed. A disease called Haden’s Syndrome spread via pandemic about twenty-five years before the novel opens. Lock In takes place in the not-too-distant future. If you’d like to read a few minor spoilers before deciding if Lock In is for you, follow me past the jump. So if you’re game for a great sci-fi novel and you don’t mind going in blind, just take my word for it: this book is awesome and you should read it. Scalzi handles his exposition masterfully information about this alt-universe version of the United States is revealed at just the right pace,* and without making the reader feel as if she’s drowning in unfamiliar terms. I knew almost nothing about the book’s plot when I began reading but I was drawn into Lock In’s world from the very first page. The short version of my review is that if you like smart, imaginative science fiction, you should buy this book immediately. First up is an unreserved rave for John Scalzi’s Lock In. But, on the bright side, I now have a fairly significant backlog of books that I can review for this blog. Five months have passed since my last review - yikes! The semester can really wreak havoc with those of us on academic schedules.
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