![]() ![]() The book club will feature breakout rooms (they’re fun and stress-free, we promise) where we can all compare notes and share reactions, even if we didn’t finish the book (though we picked a short one this time!). 29, to discuss the novel and its real-world implications. Join Future Tense and Issues in Science and Technology at 6:00 PM Eastern on Tuesday, Nov. Lock In is a fascinating tale that raises questions about the “real” world, accessibility and disability, public-health funding, and much more. Chris is a rookie FBI agent assigned to work a case that seems to involve the world of Haden’s syndrome, and he and his partner must figure out exactly what’s going on. ![]() While they remain in their beds, robotic avatars let them take classes, interact with their families, and work-including as FBI agents. But his kidnappers may have underestimated his knowledge of the ship that they have, quite literally, bound him to piloting. A down-on-his-luck Colonial Union starship pilot finds himself pressed into serving a harsh master-in a mission against the CU. Twenty-five years later, enormous scientific and technological investment has created a way for those living with “Haden’s syndrome” to take part in daily life. Part one of the four parts of the full-length novel, The End of All Things. The detective novel imagines a world in which a pandemic left 5 million people in the United States alone with lock in syndrome: fully conscious but unable to move. For the next gathering of our Science Fiction/Real Policy Book Club, we have selected Lock In by John Scalzi. Science fiction can have real policy impacts, and comes rife with real-life commentary. ![]() Events Science Fiction/Real Policy Book Club: LOCK IN by John Scalzi ![]()
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