Ballantine Reader's Circle The Speed of Dark, (Paperback)

from amanderson

This is a really interesting science fiction novel set about 40-50 years in the future. Shades of Flowers for Algernon, but rather philosophical. Lou, the protagonist, is an highly intelligent autistic man who fences with "normals" as a hobby and works for a tech company doing pattern analysis in...

from The_Hibernator

Lou Arrendale is a high-functioning autistic man in a near-future world. When his employer starts to put pressure on him to be one of the first human subjects in a dangerous brain-altering experimental "cure" for autism, he questions what it is to be Lou. Is his autism part of his personality? Wh...

from RebeccaAnn

The book follows Lou Arrendale, a thirty-something autistic man who has been offered an experimental cure to his autism. He must decide whether or not he will accept himself as he is, autism and all, or if he would rather go through with the treatment and hopefully become "normal". I enjoyed the ...

from fireweaver

in the very near future, Lou is a near-savant autist whose flawless pattern recognition ability makes him valuable to the pharmaceutical company he works for. a new manager decides that removing the supportive environment for the "special employees" is a great way to cut costs, so he threatens to...

from nilchance

Fantastic book, recommended reading for anyone connected to a person on the autism spectrum, and especially for those on the spectrum themselves. A vivid illustration of life with those who can't adapt to your needs, and the social model of disability. HOwever, I was disappointed by the ending.