![]() Readers awed by explorations of either inner or outer space will want to sign up for this ride. While the plot starts off dryly, emphasizing the possibilities that QUADAR creates, the pace quickens when the protagonists discover an otherworld intellectual utopia, and as they fight to keep that paradise free from violent takeover by evil politicians. ![]() There, they are experimenting with QUADAR, a machine that ""enhances"" mental faculties, allowing for a heightened sense of truth and a knowledge of the possible paths the future may take these revelations in turn lead the scientist to a method for scientifically exploring alternative worlds. The plot focuses on a group of scientists working at a secret laboratory in Los Alamos. 1995 The Immortality Option, 1995 Paths to Otherwhere, 1996 Bug Park, 1997. ![]() In a not-too-distant future, the United States is slowly rotting from within, with. Source for information on Hogan, James P(atrick): Writers Directory 2005. Current problems have festered until resources are scarce, scientific discoveries are governmentally controlled, Western culture is globally despised and the Earth teeters on the brink of violent disaster. Hogans novel starts out in a world heading towards crisis. ![]() The near-future Earth envisioned here is both familiar and dystopian. ![]() The possibility of moving a person's consciousness between our world and others comes alive as Hogan (The Immortality Option), a dean of hard SF, parlays a standard SF gambit into an entertaining, imaginative yarn. ![]()
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