Between As Man Becomes Machine |
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| Author:
| Kiely, Ray |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5085-2351-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2015 |
| Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.00 |
Book Description:
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It is 400 years in the future. Bob Hancock is in his fifties, overweight and usually wakes up hung over. He spends his nights partying with the hedonistic hordes of planet Earth, motivated and facilitated by the twin gods of pleasure and recreational drugs.A dangerous lifestyle for a man with artificial heart and lungs on the verge of failure. And fail they do. He receives a cryptic offer - a chance for "life". He accepts without knowing the full implications of the offer. He will...
More DescriptionIt is 400 years in the future. Bob Hancock is in his fifties, overweight and usually wakes up hung over. He spends his nights partying with the hedonistic hordes of planet Earth, motivated and facilitated by the twin gods of pleasure and recreational drugs.A dangerous lifestyle for a man with artificial heart and lungs on the verge of failure. And fail they do. He receives a cryptic offer - a chance for "life". He accepts without knowing the full implications of the offer. He will never, literally, be the same man again.Meanwhile, across the colony worlds, people are dying under mysterious circumstances."Between" explores the interface between humanity and technology - Where does one end and the other begin - and explores the question of what defines "human"?