- Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Spectra; First THUS edition (Oct 29 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0553298240
- ISBN-13: 978-0553298246
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 2.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 195 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,716,956 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Besides 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
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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From 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.
Dr. 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.
Then 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.
Dr. 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.
Then 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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1.0 out of 5 stars
Good Plan,
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This review is from: Vectors (Mass Market Paperback)
Ugh. I thought I had liked some of his stuff in the past, this was really crap. Scientist takes pictures of brainwaves, unique as fingertips, discovers identical ones from an old man and a kid born after the old man's death. His Wiccan, video game genius new girlfriend is killed by gang-bangers after he has scoffed at her suggestion that this is proof of reincarnation, so he goes on a mission to prove her theory. After a bunch of plot, he kills himself so he can be reincarnated soon after she is, so he can hook up with her again ASAP -- good plan.I had thought he was more of a hard science guy, what's with the fuzzy reincarnation bit???
5.0 out of 5 stars
Another all-nighter! - Waiting for the sequel!,
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This review is from: Vectors (Mass Market Paperback)
Someone else mentioned staying up all night to read Vectors. I found myself once again getting far too little sleep because I just wanted to read "one more chapter!" Other reviewers have been more eloquent than I but I agree that one of Kube-McDowell's strength's has always been making science interesting to a non-scientest like myself. However, I'd say that what I love best about all of Mr. Kube-McDowell's writing is the way he takes an interesting subject, presents all sides of it, and writes characters you really care about to play out the story. I'd highly recommend this book, especially to anyone curious about the blending of science and spirituality.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Chilling and hopeful look at life and death,
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This review is from: Vectors (Mass Market Paperback)
This is a story that explores the unknowable and tries to put the lie to the phrase "the country from which no traveler returns". Do we have a soul? Can it be measured?The background and texture of the very near future is well crafted. I was impressed by his vision of our society's development under "Homeland Security". The on-going issues of university politics, and the general tendency of science to be more reactionary than many would expect make this believable and real. I very much look forward to any future books in this universe.
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