Dramatic Action, Believable Dystopia, But Dubious Science -- Review of Mind Writer

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Reviewer: Forrest Schultz schultz_forrest@yahoo.com 770-583-3258

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September 15, 2016

 

Dramatic Action, Believable Dystopia, But Dubious Science

 

A Review of

Mike Lynch & Lisa Godfrees  Mind Writer (Elk Lab Pub., 2016)

                                                 $12.95   361pp   ISBN: 978194430115

 

Reviewer:  Forrest W. Schultz

 

     As my title of my review indicates, the action in this story is quite exciting and dramatic, and the dystopia is believable, but the science in it is "dubious", to put it mildly!  Here is verbatim what the jacket (and description in Amazon) say about the main character,  Rinee Newburgh:  "... her unique talents give her the ability to transfer a person’s thoughts, memories, personality—their soul—into a clone created for those deemed vital to society’s continued survival.".  This is clearly not "hard" science fiction!  If the only sf you wish to read is hard sf, you will not want to read this one.  If you are unconcerned about the science factor, you will like the book if you enjoy dystopias and dramatic action.