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The Terminal Man

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From the bestselling author ofJurassic Park, Timeline, andSpherecomes a neurological thriller about the dangers of cutting-edge medical experimentation.

Harry Benson suffers from violent seizures. So violent that he often blackouts when they take hold. Shortly after severely beating two men during an episode, the police escort Benson to a Los Angeles hospital for treatment....more

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Published November 5th 2002 by Avon (first published January 1st 1972)

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Apr 21, 2009 Jim rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction

Years ago, I saw "The Andromeda Strain" & then saw this book, so I picked it up. It was pretty good & was an early explorer of man-computer interfacing. It also shows the fallacy of positive feedback as a form of control. There's a fair amount of gore & the hospital descriptions really impressed me. It might be a bit dated now, though.

If you have to hunt up a volume, try to find the first hardback. It had some good, if a bit gruesome, illustrations in it, as I recall.

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May 03, 2013 Jean-Paul rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton.

One of Crichton's earlier works The Terminal Man is not as polished or as engaging as his later Science Fiction or Medical Fiction, but the hint of greatness is definitely evident and despite the fact that the books is 41 years old this year the story is still a compelling read with a few unexpected twists and turns. The Terminal Man is the story of, Harry Benson, a normal man who following a car accident develops a violent side which is triggered by a seizur...more The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton.

One of Crichton's earlier works The Terminal Man is not as polished or as engaging as his later Science Fiction or Medical Fiction, but the hint of greatness is definitely evident and despite the fact that the books is 41 years old this year the story is still a compelling read with a few unexpected twists and turns. The Terminal Man is the story of, Harry Benson, a normal man who following a car accident develops a violent side which is triggered by a seizure and a black out. The technical medical term (I looked it up) is "psychomotor epilepsy." Medical science steps in to try to an experiment in mind control, embedding a series of wires in the mans brain with a computer control to spark the right synapses when it detects that a seizure is about to happen. If you're a student of medical history you'll be familiar with the story of Phineas Gage and you'll note some similarities here. For everyone else this is a Jekyll and Hyde story without the magic potion.
Without giving too much away the action of the story really gets going when you find out that due to a miscalculation and a psychological misreading of the patient the effect of the surgery is only delaying the eventual release of Benson's dark violent side. He's a man with a ticking time bomb inside his head and anyone in his way when it goes off is in for a world of hurt.
They made a movie version of this book in 74, but I haven't seen it. However I did see a very good Christopher Walken film called "The Happiness Cage" or "The Mind Snatchers" depending on which release you see that covers some of the same ground. That movie came out in 1972 as well, so I wonder if the book influenced the movie or vice versa, or it's just another of those cases where an ideas time had come and several people ran with it. Probably the later.
In any case, if you like Crichton this is a fast read and holds up well. It's not his best, but it won't put you to sleep and the science it describes is still relevant today as we're not really all that more informed about what all the different parts of the brain actually do. It's still a brave frontier and there's a lot of room for research and growth.(less)

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Dec 01, 2012 Jason rated it 4 of 5 stars

My wife knows that I enjoy Michael Crichton books, so she picks them up for me when she visits Goodwill and Helping Hands. "The Terminal Man" was one of those acquisitions, and after a year or two on my shelf, I picked it up (at random) on the same night I finished "With Fire and Sword" by Henryk Sienkiewicz.

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Harry Benson is a mild-mannered computer specialist (of the early 1970s) suffering from severe seizures that cause periods of extreme psychosis and uninhibited behavior. A team of doc...more

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Oct 01, 2012 Donovan rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: sci-fi, thriller

I really enjoy Crichton's work and the immersive environments he creates and the hard-science edge he adopts. Tis is no different in that respect. It moves along at comfortable pace and I found myself going through it quite quickly. A great work that once again explores morality combined with science.
A recommended read for the sci-fi/thriller fan.

Plot ***Spoilers***
Harry Benson, a man in his 30s, suffers from psychomotor epilepsy. He often has seizures followed by blackouts, and then wakes up ho...more I really enjoy Crichton's work and the immersive environments he creates and the hard-science edge he adopts. Tis is no different in that respect. It moves along at comfortable pace and I found myself going through it quite quickly. A great work that once again explores morality combined with science.
A recommended read for the sci-fi/thriller fan.

Plot ***Spoilers***
Harry Benson, a man in his 30s, suffers from psychomotor epilepsy. He often has seizures followed by blackouts, and then wakes up hours later with no knowledge of what he has done. During one of his seizures he severely beats two people. He is a prime candidate for an operation to implant electrodes and minicomputer in his brain to control the seizures. Surgeons John Ellis and Morris are to perform the surgery, which is unprecedented for the time. In modern medicine, such a device would be called a brain pacemaker.
The ramifications of the procedure are questioned by psychiatrist Janet Ross, and by an emeritus professor named Manon at the lecture about the surgery. Manon raises concerns that Benson is psychotic (pointing to Benson's adamant belief that there is no difference between man and machine) and the crimes he commits during the blackouts won't be curtailed. Ellis admits that what they are doing isn't a cure but just a way to stimulate the brain when the computer senses a seizure coming on. It would prevent a seizure but not cure his personality disorder. Despite the concerns voiced, the team decides to go ahead with the operation.
The operation implants forty electrodes in Benson's brain, controlled by a small computer that is powered by a plutonium power pack in his shoulder. Benson must wear a dog tag that says to call the University Hospital if he is injured, as his atomic power pack might emit radiation. While he is recovering, a woman named Angela Black gives Morris a wig for Benson, whose head was shaved prior to the operation.
Morris goes back to his normal work, where he interviews a man who volunteers to have electrodes put into his mind to stimulate pleasure. Morris refuses him, but realizes that people like Benson could potentially become addicts. He recalls a Norwegian man, who was allowed to stimulate himself as much as he wanted, and did so much that it actually gave him brain damage.
McPherson, head of the Neuropsychiatric department, interviews Benson, who is still convinced machines are taking over the world. McPherson realizes Manon and Ross were right and orders nurses to administer thorazine to Benson.
After resting for a day, Benson goes through "interfacing". The forty electrodes in his brain are activated by computer technician Gerhard, one by one, to see which ones would stop a seizure. Each produces different results. One of the electrodes stimulates a sexual pleasure. Ross asks Gerhard to monitor Benson.
Gerhard shows his findings to Ross, who realizes that the seizures are getting more frequent. She explains that Benson is learning to initiate seizures involuntarily because the result of these seizures is a shock of pleasure, which leads to him having more frequent seizures. Ross checks on Benson, and discovers that, due to a clerical error, Benson has not been receiving his thorazine. She then finds out that Benson has escaped from the hospital.
Ross goes to Benson's house, but finds two girls instead who say he has a gun and blueprints for the basement of University Hospital (where the computer mainframe is). Ellis searches at a strip club where Benson, who is fascinated with all things sexual, spends a lot of time. He doesn't find him. Morris goes to his job, and meets Benson's boss who said that Benson feared the University Hospital because of its ultra-modern computer system, an upgraded IBM System/360
Ross is contacted by Anders, a policeman who found Benson's dogtag at the murder scene of Angela Black. After answering questions at the police station, Ross goes home. Benson arrives at her house, and has a seizure, which causes him to attack Ross. Ross manages to turn on her microwave, which disrupts the atomic pacemaker in his shoulder. He runs away. Ross goes back to the hospital and goes to sleep.
When Angela Black is brought back to the hospital for autopsy, pathologists find a book of matches that have the name of an airport. Morris goes to this airport, and a bartender says he saw Benson an hour ago leaving with Joe, who took him to the hangar. Morris goes to this hangar and finds Joe severely beaten. He is in turn attacked by Benson, who smashes the lower part of his face in with a steel pipe and then flees.
Ross, back at the hospital, is awakened by Gerhard. She has a call from Benson. When Anders traces the call he realizes that Benson is inside the hospital. Gerhard's computers begin to malfunction, as if somebody was messing with the mainframe. Anders and Ross go down into the basement in search of Benson. Anders locates Benson and has a brief firefight, injuring and disarming Benson before becoming lost in the maze of corridors. Benson goes back to the computer room to finish shutting down the computer mainframe and finds Ross. Ross picks up Benson's gun, Benson returns to the computer and goes to steal the gun from Ross. After an intense (and tearful) internal struggle finally shoots and kills Benson unintentionally.(less)

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Aug 07, 2012 Vismay rated it 3 of 5 stars

He is the Frission-Master, the Techno Thriller, the Tao of Tantalizing Twists and Turns and the Ultimate Grip you by your Lapels writer. He is of course Michael Crichton (rhymes with frighten!!!).

Yesterday, I came across ‘The Terminal Man’ at a book sale. It takes me at least half an hour in deciding which book I should buy (I am sort of a miser!), but when it comes to Michael Crichton- I buy his books blindly. After all, he is the person I aspire to become.

He is the sole reason why I don’t beli...more

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Apr 28, 2012 Sam Ang rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: sci-fi

Shelves: fiction

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Although he is not the protagonist of the story, the whole event revolved around Harry Benson, a patient suffering from a violent seizure known as Acute Disinhibitory Lesions, or ADL (not sure if it is a real syndrome). Harry's seizure came and go, and was so violent that a police guard was required to escort him into the hospital in case his epilepsy occurred. During the course of the seizure, Harry would...more

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Dec 11, 2011 Suby rated it 4 of 5 stars

The book is interesting reading. Crichton wrote it in early 70's when computers were monsters taking up a lot of space using magmatic tapes for storage of data. IBM was the pioneer in the field.
The story is about a man who has a delusion that machines like computers are going to take over the world and wants to destroy them, he has ADL syndrome and would have seizers when he will be violent towards people who are associated with machines and prostitutes who he thinks are actually machines.
The s...more

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Sep 19, 2011 Hannah rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 10th-grade

The Terminal Man retold through characters:
Harry Benson - Brain damaged man; thinks machines are taking over the world. Brain damage causes him to have violent seizures, and because of these seizures, he has gotten in trouble with the law. He gets electrodes implanted in his brain to fix these seizures, but it ends up going horribly wrong. His brain learns how to trick the computer into stimulating him, which makes him tip over, sending him into a seizure. During these stimulation instigated sei...more

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Apr 02, 2011 Jonathan rated it 1 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Nobody!

I had high hopes for this book after reading Crichton's 'The Andromeda Strain.' I thought it would be another techno-thriller with the same kind of intriguing ideas and medical realism that would make the plot believeable and far-fetched at the same time. Unfortunately, this was not the case. Perhaps the book is dated in the sense that a man receiving brain implants and receiving shocks in order to stimulate the brain is no longer science-fiction and rather is a reality of today's medicine. Furt...more I had high hopes for this book after reading Crichton's 'The Andromeda Strain.' I thought it would be another techno-thriller with the same kind of intriguing ideas and medical realism that would make the plot believeable and far-fetched at the same time. Unfortunately, this was not the case. Perhaps the book is dated in the sense that a man receiving brain implants and receiving shocks in order to stimulate the brain is no longer science-fiction and rather is a reality of today's medicine. Furthermore, the ideas of a war between man and machine are standard Hollywood staples nowadays.

The book sorely lacks characterization and some of the main character's motivations are completely unbelievable. These paper-thin characters are constantly comparing man to computers and are constantly day-dreaming about the ways in which man and machine are the same. Even if I try and place myself in the early 1970's (when the book was published) and pretend that the comparison of man to a computer is a new and exciting revelation I would still have a problem with the ham-fisted ways that Crichton goes about comparing man and machine. Frequently characters refer to thinking as 'processing' and there are several other instances of these obvious comparisons.

The paper-thin characters would be more forgiveable if the book had a strong-plot. I didn't start reading a Michael Crichton book expecting strong characterization; I was expecting a page turner with under-developed but mostly-believable larger than life characters. It fell short in every way. The weak characters were not compensated with an exciting plot. I found myself bored almost the entire way through. Usually with page-turners the plot engages you so much that you are swept up by it and distracts you from the weak characterization, but the weak story just highlighted all of the books other faults.

The plot itself is somewhat ridiculous and the story basically becomes a killer on the loose story. (Don't worry I haven't revealed any more than the book jacket itself). If you look at the book as a killer-thriller it is still boring and clumsily written. Due to the killer's medical condition it diffuses the killer's responsibility and therefore takes all of the emotion out of the book. It becomes a hackneyed morality play in which it could be argued that the doctors are more responsible for the murders than the murderer himself.

Without revealing any specifics, the book culminates in such an unbelievably contrived and easily foreseeable (so foreseeable that the killer himself predicts the ending about 60 pages before it happens), that when it ends you find yourself turning the page and expecting another chapter to add some sort of originality or real meaning to the book.

The ending is so bad that you wish you could unread the last chapter and leave it as a 'bad book that may at-least have a fun ending.' But the ending is so stupid and contrived that it is laughable.

This was one of the worst books that I have ever read. It made me wonder if Crichton had to write this quickly to bank in on the success of The Andromeda Strain.

Anyhow, when I read 'The Andromeda Strain' I thought that I might buy a few more Crichton books to have for rainy days when I just want an easy, fun book. The Terminal Man has made me seriously question Crichton's ability. I will probably read Jurrasic Park someday as it is known as one of his better books, but I certainly won't think of Crichton as a reliable author.

Don't read The Terminal Man. There are so many good books in this world- more good reads than you can read in a lifetime. Don't waste your time on this one.(less)

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Feb 08, 2011 Benjamin Thomas rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: thriller

The Terminal Man is the 10th Michael Crichton novel I've read and has actually been on my self for many years. I was hoping for a quick, technological based thriller and that's exactly what I got. It's one of Crichton's early works, published in 1972. As in all of his earlier novels, he includes state-of-the-art technology, this time revolving around what computers can do in assisting brain-damaged patients. The technology is spot-on...for 1971. Reading about dime-sized microchips can jar today'...more

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Mar 31, 2011 Laura Williams rated it 2 of 5 stars

I cannot fault a book for when it was written, but it is a huge understatement to say that this book has not stood the test of time. It is a book about implanting a computer into someone's brain in order to treat a violent form of epilepsy. Computers were brand new technology in 1971 and Crichton's book focuses on the fears that people had about computers getting too powerful. Usually Crichton's books are chilling in their accounts of science going awry but, unfortunately in this case, his imagi...more

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Aug 10, 2009 Barbara ★ rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2009, mystery-medical-forensic

Harry Benson is a computer analyst who works for the DOD and thinks machines are taking over the world. On top of his delusions, Harry was in a car accident which resulted in brain damage. Harry suffers from seizures which make him violent and he is wanted by the police. Most of the medical staff at University Hospital think he's a perfect candidate for surgery - implantation of a computer in his brain to stop the impulses triggering these seizures. All except his psychiatrist, Janet Ross, who r...more

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Feb 17, 2013 Max rated it 2 of 5 stars

I've got to say I am more than a little disappointed after finishing this book. I tried my hardest in putting myself in the early 70s mindset of awe and apprehension towards computing and technology, but it was more the story itself which let me down. True, the book hasn't aged particularly well due to some of the science being wrong, much of the technology being woefully out-dated, but for the time the opinions and technology were right and worked. That said however, the story just isn't all th...more

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Aug 11, 2011 Mark rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: michael-crichton, 2010, books-i-own, 2nd-hand-books

I was really disapointed with this book. After previously reading alot of Crichton's other work and the from impression given by the synopsis I expected this thriller to be alot more... well thrilling. I know much of Crichton's work takes a while to get going but this book never really started at all, even the ending was really flat. Even when Crichton's work is a bit slow off the ground it's usually because he's busy setting up the strory by explaining the science behind what is to come, but th...more

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Jun 05, 2012 Bruce Snell rated it 3 of 5 stars

One of Michael Crichton's early books - deals with implanting a small computer to treat epilepsy. Since the book was written (and set) in 1971, the computers that they are dealing with are somewhat primitive compared to what is available today, but the medical team implants a small computer in an epilepsy patient to stop his seizures. As can be expected based on Crichton's other books, the technology does not work out the way they planned, and the patient (who was psychotic to begin with) reacts...more

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Sep 22, 2009 Ralph rated it 2 of 5 stars

"One day soon the Gillette company will announce the development of a razor that, thanks to a computer microchip, can actually travel ahead in time and shave beard hairs that don't even exist yet.” ~Dave Barry

Sadly the world lost Michael Crichton last year so I figured it was about time to read another one of his books. I usually like to pick up a Crichton or Grisham book when I am in the mood for a leisurely read. Crichton is known for books where technology is the key to the plot. This book i...more

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Oct 19, 2011 Janny rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebook, english-reading, read-2011

In a way I feel sorry for Harry Benson, the main character in Terminal Man. There was a time that he was living happily, working as a computer scientist. Not anymore though. A car accident put an end to it. Following the accident he was unconscious for some time. When he was discharged from the hospital he was a healthy man, fine for six months until he began to experience "blackouts". The blackouts became worse and Harry didn't remember anything that happened. Harry's diagnosis is psychomotor e...more

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Jan 18, 2013 Zybahn rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: science-fiction

For my full review, please visit Casual Debris.

The Terminal Man is blurbed as being a "modern Frankenstein," when in essence it's more like a take on The Incredible Hulk. Our transformed man is not a constructed man, but instead is pushed to acts of violence which he cannot recall when in his Bruce Banner-like normal state. Unlike Dr. Frankenstein's monster Benson can be reverted to his previous self, while just like Banner he fears the monster that he can become.

Whether a Frankenstein or a Hulk...more

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Apr 05, 2012 Julio rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: cf

Este es el primer libro de CF que leí, prestado, hace ya más de 30 años (+30 años!). Nunca más paré. Lo compré ahora y lo volví a leer, a modo de homenaje. Sigue siendo una buena historia, bien documentada (hasta tiene una bibliografía al final), aunque su concepto de control mental sea ya poco provocador. El estilo es simple y sin mayores ambiciones, pero ágil, claro y estructurado, mientras los personajes están modestamente desarrollados.

Paradójicamente, nunca volví a leer a Michael Crichton....more

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Mar 16, 2013 Ellie Mendez rated it 3 of 5 stars

This thriller was written in the early 70's with what was then the latest in technology and psychological techniques. The concept of mind control might have been scary back in the day, but now it is a given. Commerce lives of mind control with everything from ads to physical product placement in order to induce a person to consume. Not to mention all the new drugs geared towards making things "right" in the brain, but it is still interesting to see the doubts and implications this concept had ba...more

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Dec 03, 2009 Kristin rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: fans of Michael Crichton, medical thriller fans

I enjoy Michael Crichton's books, and since we will sadly no longer be getting any new material from him, I'm reading some if his earlier works. This one, I'm having a little trouble getting into, probably just because I am reading it right before bed, but also because I know it is set 30 years ago. That said, it doesn't seem too dated, yes medical technology has grown in leaps and bound since, but yet they still implant electrode grids on the brains of seizure patients, so it remains relvant to...more

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Aug 28, 2010 Kenny rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction-scifi

Scientists attempt to link a man with behavioral disorders to a computer that will mollify his violent tendencies, but fail.

This take on the Frankenstein story (a staple of modern sci-fi) is less successful than the predecessor "Andromeda Strain," but still displays Crichton's fearlessness: there are pages and pages of references in the appendix, most of which are real articles and books, but others were invented for the purpose of the story. A clever way of confusing the reader into thinking p...more

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Jul 17, 2010 Avel rated it 5 of 5 stars

This novel, also made into a film (in 1974), deals with the effects and morals of electronic implants being attached in the brain of a man who has a behavioral disorder. The implants are supposed to control any anti-social or violent behavior by sending an electrical impulse to the brain's "pleasure" center. But, the results are unexpected when the patient discovers that he can get the impulse on demand. There are villains in this novel not usually mentioned: the physicians who set up and perfor...more

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Jun 01, 2012 Angie rated it 2 of 5 stars

So, this comes across more as a sort of fable, like an attempt to hang a philosophical question in novel form just to appeal to the general public. It is pretty early in Crichton's career, but after Andromeda Strain so perhaps his writing skills were perfected in swoops and peaks, not a rising line. It's spare, it's not fleshed out, I'm almost guessing it was a short story that got too long. Or, back to the notion that he essentially wanted to present a technological idea to a non-tech audience,...more

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Mar 03, 2013 Thomas rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: really-good-books

I had already read Chrichton's Jurassic Park when I picked up this novel, also by Crichton, so I was intrigued by the summary and was interested in reading it. This book is both chilling and fascinating. The idea of a "terminal man" interfaced with a computer that is not properly functioning is an ideal basis for a novel, and Crichton does a superb job of grabbing hold of the reader with developed characters that are not just typical "heroes" that many novelists and readers alike depend on to...more

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Apr 18, 2008 Raegan Butcher rated it 3 of 5 stars

I can hardly believe that I was only in the 5th grade when I first read this, but there you have it. I've re-read this book at least 4 times. It is a compulsive page-turner with a fascinating premise.

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Apr 22, 2011 Andreas rated it 2 of 5 stars

The table of contents reveals the traditional Chrichtonian day-by-day format, with the story laid out over four days. The plot is about a man who is implanted with a device that gives pleasure in order to control violent seizures. The man goes on a murderous rampage as he learns to control the pleasurable impulses.

It’s typical Crichton. Briefly entertaining. I find it a lot of fun to read about the technologies, even dated as they are. Crichton is heavily into using very contemporary gadgets and...more

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Nov 30, 2009 Carissa rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adult, listened-to-audiobook

listened to this in the car with jay. it's interesting that this book is older than us and is all about technology and despite some major details that date the book (a computer for a hospital that takes up the entire basement and uses punchcards and tapes) and some major fears about computers taking over the world (which, I suppose, in a way they have, but as far as I know, none of them have gone rogue and decided to secede and begin their own society) it wasn't tooooo bad. I'm not a huge fan of...more

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Sep 26, 2011 Andrew704 rated it 4 of 5 stars

I love this book and i highly reccomend it to anyone looking for a good sci-fi read. I like Michael Crichton's books for a while now and this isn't as good as some others but it's still really neat. It's the story of Harry Benson a man who gets an operation called Stage 3 where they hook up wires to your nervous sytem and release shocks to make someone feel good. It's about Benson's post-op state of murder and paranoia. I don't want to spoil anything else because that would ruin the book.Be care...more

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Jul 18, 2011 Chris added it

Read this in one day-a perfect way to spend what was a rainy Saturday afternoon. What the book lacks in depth, it makes up for in action, and there are definitely those times that a "fun" book are called for. The characters were a bit one dimensional, and the premise a tad simplistic, but it is also an older book. I enjoyed reading of the "cutting edge" technology presented in contrast to what is commonplace today.
The end of the novel was rather unsatisfying though. I do not want to reveal what...more

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“... we have created a man with not one brain but two. ... This new brain is intended to control the biological brain. ... The patient's biological brain is the peripheral terminal -- the only peripheral terminal -- for the new computer. ... And therefore the patient's biological brain, indeed his whole body, has become a terminal for the new computer. We have created a man who is one single, large, complex computer terminal. The patient is a read-out device for the new computer, and is helpless to control the readout as a TV screen is helpless to control the information presented on it.” — 4 people liked it

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