The Lock In Series: Lock In : A Novel of the Near Future (Series #1) (Paperback)

from JessicaReadsThings

There's a lot going on here, but it's kind of a near-future, whodunit (whydunit?) that's based in scientific/technological possibility. What I'm saying is, it's less sci-fi than it is detective fiction. Anyway, moving past that, this book really reminded me of that tv show, Dollhouse, because of ...

from Kardaen

Enjoyable scifi police procedural with a twist. In the future a brain disease locks in a large portion of the population and so society adapts and creates a system where those locked-in can still have an active life through the use of animatable robot bodies. The protagonist is a new detective, w...

from theWallflower

"Lock-In" is Scalzi's most serious science fiction novel yet and one you've got to pay attention to. It's got a lot of heady issues. Not to say his other books, like "Old Man's War", don't bring up existential puzzles. But they usually make up for it with whiz bang sci-fi gizmos or cynical humor....

from beentsy

High paced, excellent characters, and ideas that made my brain tingle and squeak a bit as it thought them through. Sometimes a tidge too verbose in the dialogue area, particularly in the mystery revealed scene, but so, so enjoyable.

from RobertDay

I recently read Scalzi's 'Redshirts', which immediately preceded this novel. Although 'Redshirts' won the Hugo award for best science fiction novel of 2013, I was disappointed in it; I felt it was a one-trick pony that relied far too much on people recognising the trope at the heart of the story ...