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They have a special ability, with extensive training, to submit to having their bodies controlled through an interface with Hadens, and thus they can make a good living serving effectively as occasional human threeps for wealthy Hadens. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.

The brains of those locked in were essentially linked up to humanoid personal transports affectionately named “Threeps” (after C-3PO of Star Wars fame), allowing them to interact with the world once more. After having a peek at several early reviews of Lock In from readers who found themselves slightly lost and confused especially at the beginning of this novel, I was a bit concerned that I would feel the same way, but surprisingly I did not.The 1990 movie Awakenings starring Robert De Niro and Robin Williams based on Oliver Sacks's book Awakenings on his experience with a miraculous but short lived treatment for these patients makes for fascinating viewing/reading. Some find it a good approximation of what they remember before they caught Hadens, either for themselves or to remind others that they are still human.

My enjoyment of this book is probably unduly influenced by the narrator, a certain Will Wheaton, who pulled off yet another hat trick with his friend John Scalzi. This is also vaguely reminiscent of Poul Anderson’s Harvest of Stars books where consciousness can be loaded onto a computer / android. I love science fiction traditions for exploring such themes as science is beginning to make some of their elements a reality. The supporting characters are also very well developed and contribute greatly to the story and atmosphere. I thought the idea of this book was really cool but after reading it I feel that book just wasn’t for me.Many people who are locked in do not feel disabled and see efforts to cure them as an attack on their culture and identity. The care of these people’s bodies, known as Hadens, is subsidized by governments, and full rights are given for their personal drones, or “threeps”, to operate and function in jobs in society on behalf of their owners. The premise gets pushed to a large scale following a plague resembling viral encephalitis that kills off a lot of people and leaves millions intellectually intact but unable to move, a state referred to as “lock in”.

And so the affected, those with the locked-in syndrome (now known as Hadens, after the former First Lady Mrs. A book which engages two of my favourite genres at the same time - sci fi and mystery - so I was already predisposed to like it.

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