Lock In (Lock In, #1)

by John Scalzi

“You know what confuses me, Shane,” Davidson said, before any of them could answer. “Tell me,” I said. Davidson motioned at the colonial Hadens. “On one hand these guys seem like your basic crazy conservative types, with the Second Amendment and their Yankee Doodle hats. But on the other hand they’re saying they’re security for a march protesting reductions in government benefits. Which seems pretty liberal to me.” “It’s a puzzler,” I agreed. “I don’t know,” Davidson said. “Maybe it’s not about politics. Maybe these guys are just assholes.” “Seems the simplest explanation,” I said.

“He better not be. I’d hate to have to kill him and frame you for it.” “That reminds me,” I said. “Me threatening to kill someone reminds you of something?” Vann asked, surprised. “We haven’t known each other that long, Shane.”

“You know who AOL are, right?” Tony said. “What?” Vann said. “AOL,” Tony said. “Information services company around the turn of the century. Made billions connecting people online through their phones. A ‘dial-up’ service. Was one of the biggest companies in the world.

I’m this old.