330 3d1bf0c4-d3e7-4616-9d5b-994784e7d50c Terminal Man Michael Crichton calibre (3.32.0) [https://calibre-ebook.com] 2012-05-14T05:00:00+00:00 <div><p>From the bestselling author of <em>Jurassic Park</em>,<em> Timeline</em>, and <em>Sphere</em> comes a neurological thriller about the dangers of cutting-edge medical experimentation. <br><br>Harry Benson suffers from violent seizures. So violent that he often blackouts when they take hold. Shortly after severely beating two men during an episode, the police escort Benson to a Los Angeles hospital for treatment. There, Dr. Roger McPherson, head of the prestigious Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, is convinced he can cure Benson with an experimental procedure that would place electrodes deep in his brain’s pleasure centers, effectively short-circuiting Harry's seizures with pulses of bliss. The surgery is successful, but while Benson is in recovery, he discovers how to trigger the pulses himself. To make matters worse his violent impulses have only grown, and he soon escapes the hospital with a deadly agenda. . .<br></p><h3>Amazon.com Review</h3><p>Harry has a problem. Ever since getting in a car accident, he's suffered from "thought seizures," violent fits in which he attacks other people. He used to be an artificial intelligence researcher, which may explain why he targets anyone who either works on machines or who acts like a machine--mechanics, gas-station attendants, prostitutes, exotic dancers. But there's hope: he can become part machine himself, undergoing "Stage 3," an experimental procedure implanting 40 electrodes deep in the pleasure centers of his brain. The surgery is successful, and blissful pulses of electricity short-circuit Harry's seizures. That is, until Harry figures out how to overload himself with the satisfying jolts and escapes on a murderous rampage. One of Crichton's earliest, playing ably on '70s fears of computers and mind control. <em>--Paul Hughes</em></p><h3>Review</h3><p>"A fascinating, splendidly documented thriller" The New Yorker "A brilliantly achieved and all-too-believable modern Frankenstein" Book-of-the-Month Club News </p></div> Vintage B007UH9BX8 B007UH9BX8 yyNt2IGuKDUC w/terminal-man-michael-crichton/1101956897 9780307816429 eng Suspense Fiction Thrillers Science Fiction High Tech