Playback Effect
Book Details
Author(s)Karen A. Wyle
PublisherOblique Angles Press
ISBN / ASIN0990564126
ISBN-139780990564126
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank8,372,287
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
**Awarded Five Stars on Readers' Favorite**
In the near future, new technology records the highlights of emotional experience for others to share. Buy a helmet and you can feel the exhilaration of an Olympic ski jumper, or the heat of a lucid dreamer's erotic imaginings. Commit a crime, and you may be sentenced to endure the suffering you inflicted on others.
But such recordings may carry more information than the public has realized. What will criminals learn about their victims? When a husband is wrongfully convicted of injuring his wife, how will their marriage change? And what uses will a sociopath find for recordings of the experience of death?
"[T]ruly absorbing . . . . [U]nintended consequences are the trademark of this author. And there's something immensely compelling about watching those consequences play out. . . . [A]n intriguing, compelling novel, set not so far from today . . . with deep-set moral questions, well-drawn to shed light on the present." -- Sheila Deeth, "Vine Voice" reviewer
"[S]cience fiction, but . . . also a legal/crime thriller. The author, who has an extensive legal background, weaves it seamlessly into the story from start to finish. . . . M[]oves from one character to another to keep the suspense level high and the tension as tight as a steel cable on a suspension bridge. . . . Dialogue, descriptions, and narrative are flawless - not a wasted word anywhere. This is a book that will linger in your thoughts long after you've stopped reading - and are likely to invade your dreams." -- Awesome Indies
"If you enjoy a well-imagined thesis on the implications of future technology, or a nuanced exploration of human relationships, or just a gripping techno-thriller, then Playback Effect is well worth a look." -- Strange Charm
In the near future, new technology records the highlights of emotional experience for others to share. Buy a helmet and you can feel the exhilaration of an Olympic ski jumper, or the heat of a lucid dreamer's erotic imaginings. Commit a crime, and you may be sentenced to endure the suffering you inflicted on others.
But such recordings may carry more information than the public has realized. What will criminals learn about their victims? When a husband is wrongfully convicted of injuring his wife, how will their marriage change? And what uses will a sociopath find for recordings of the experience of death?
"[T]ruly absorbing . . . . [U]nintended consequences are the trademark of this author. And there's something immensely compelling about watching those consequences play out. . . . [A]n intriguing, compelling novel, set not so far from today . . . with deep-set moral questions, well-drawn to shed light on the present." -- Sheila Deeth, "Vine Voice" reviewer
"[S]cience fiction, but . . . also a legal/crime thriller. The author, who has an extensive legal background, weaves it seamlessly into the story from start to finish. . . . M[]oves from one character to another to keep the suspense level high and the tension as tight as a steel cable on a suspension bridge. . . . Dialogue, descriptions, and narrative are flawless - not a wasted word anywhere. This is a book that will linger in your thoughts long after you've stopped reading - and are likely to invade your dreams." -- Awesome Indies
"If you enjoy a well-imagined thesis on the implications of future technology, or a nuanced exploration of human relationships, or just a gripping techno-thriller, then Playback Effect is well worth a look." -- Strange Charm
