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irá adorar Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Tipico libro degli inizi dell'autore con sfondo il mondo della medicina americana. Come sempre affascinante l'arte di scrivere ma un pò deludente la trama. (  ) permario | Nov 11, 2009 |  The Terminal Man was interesting, in its way. It's an older Michael Crichton book and isn't as polished or as intense as his later works. It's another of his books that I would recommend only to hardcore Crichton fans. I had some difficulty understanding Harry's actions, even though they were fully explained in the book. I'm not sure if this was more about me not comprehending the psychological/medical/technological aspects of the book or if the book wasn't basic enough for a lay-person. (  )1  JennSicu | Nov 6, 2009 | 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. ( )1 jimmaclachlan | Sep 25, 2009 | Terminal Man is an interesting look at a time when computers were just coming into play. The scary thing is that it seems semi-prophetic. The book was written in 1972, when computers were still monsters that took up huge rooms. A man with violent seizures is implanted with a pacemaker to control the brain. It seems odd to read in 2009, but it seems this is still a possibility- which makes it still a great scientific thriller. (  )1 aharey | Sep 19, 2009 | Brain rage overload death spree. A patient prone to an extremely serious seizure illness is given a new sort of treatment, direct electrical stimulation of parts of his brain. This works ok for a little bit, but showing that too much of a good thing is perhaps not the best idea, the pleasure centre treating technique is taken over by the patient himself, making him go crazy. Then it is time for a bit of slasher action with a murdering brain altered crazy man on the loose to be stopped. http://notfreesf.blogspot.com/2007/11... (  ) maketest | Aug 26, 2009 |  sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
Amazon.com (ISBN 0345354621, Mass Market Paperback)Harry has a problem. Ever since getting in a car accident, he's suffered from "thought seizures," violent fits in which he attacks other people. He used to be an artificial intelligence researcher, which may explain why he targets anyone who either works on machines or who acts like a machine--mechanics, gas-station attendants, prostitutes, exotic dancers. But there's hope: he can become part machine himself, undergoing "Stage 3," an experimental procedure implanting 40 electrodes deep in the pleasure centers of his brain. The surgery is successful, and blissful pulses of electricity short-circuit Harry's seizures. That is, until Harry figures out how to overload himself with the satisfying jolts and escapes on a murderous rampage. One of Crichton's earliest, playing ably on '70s fears of computers and mind control. --Paul Hughes(retirado da Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:10 -0400) O primeiro ciclo de testes foi encerrado. Visite o grupo Open Shelves Classification para mais detalhes. |
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