Thousands of Items · Lowest Prices · New & Used

Apparel · Automotive · Baby · Beauty · Books · Classical Music · DVD · Electronics · Gourmet Food Health & Personal Care · Jewelry · Kindle · Kitchen & Housewares · Magazines · MP3 Downloads · Music · Musical Instruments · Office Products Outdoor Living · PC Hardware · Pet Supplies · Photo · Software · Sporting Goods · Tools & Hardware · Toys · VHS · Video Games

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780061053108
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
ISBN: 0061053104
Label: Harpercollins
Manufacturer: Harpercollins
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: May 01, 1995
Publisher: Harpercollins
Release Date: March 23, 1995
Studio: Harpercollins

---

Related Items:

• Calculating God
• Factoring Humanity
• Frameshift
• Hybrids (Neanderthal Parallax)
• Hominids (Neanderthal Parallax)
• see more

---

Editorial Review:

Amazon.com Review:
The Terminal Experiment has propelled Robert J. Sawyer into the limelight as one of science fiction's hot new writers, earning him the prestigious Nebula Award in the process. In this fast-paced thriller, Dr. Peter Hobson's investigations into death and afterlife lead him to create three separate electronic versions of himself: one has no memory of physical existence and represents life after death; one has no knowledge of death or aging and represents immortality; and the third is left unaltered as a control. But all three have escaped into the worldwide matrix...and one of them is a killer.

Product Description:
To test his theories of immortality, Dr. Peter Hobson creates three electronic clones of himself, who escape from his computer into the international electronic matrix, where one of them begins to kill.




Rating: - A thought-provoking near-future s.f. adventure
The book is about a near-future Toronto engineer who makes medical detection equipment. After witnessing an organ harvesting on a "brain dead" patient, he decides to use his equipment to see if he can come up with a better definition of legally "dead". In doing so, he discovers that the last bit of brain activity appears to be some kind of coherent electric "form" leaving the brain through the temple--what comes to be called the "Soulwave".

This book pushed all of my near-future science ... Read More

---

Rating: - Fast pace worth buying
Dr. Peter Hobson, scientist discovers that there is a current in the brain that escapes at the moment of death he chooses to interpret it as the soul. Of course, this discovery opens all kinds of discussion from the most scientific to the most extreme religious groups.

When he and an old Muslim schoolmate and friend decide to create simulations of his brain to test their theories on the soul. They put it on the computer and find that cannot be eliminated despite all their high tech knowledge. ... Read More

---

Rating: - So good, worth $$$ for a good, clean copy
Whether the reader is a staunch believer or a staunch atheist, this book provides ample food for thought, and it's a page-turner to boot. Novels don't come better than this.

I bought the audiobook -- which I can't flip back and reread or mark passages. I wanted to, and since the hard copy is out of print, I had to pay $$$ for a markable one.

Since the first review you'll see summarizes the plot, I won't. The food for thought is in the form of real-life studies and the fictional characters' ... Read More

---

Rating: - An acquired taste
Having read most of Sawyer's books now, I can say more authoratively that Robert J. Sawyer is an acquired taste, you'll either like him, or you won't.

This review will apply equally to many of his other books.

Pros: I like Sawyer, mainly because his writing is easy to read. It flows along easily and is not a chore to read. He has some good story ideas and I generally like his characters. Also somewhat important is that his books make you think, if you want to. He brings up some interesting ... Read More

---

Rating: - Has its moments, but dated
Diskettes in 2011? This book would probably have been 4-stars back in 95' when it won the Nebula. Unfortunately, this book does not stand the test of time. I almost put this down 2/3 of the way through for being too cheesy, but I'm glad I finished it. The story is kind of cool, but it could have been so much better. The main character is too perfect, aside from his judgemental snootiness. And his life is just too convenient, I mean, you're in another city, call an old friend who just happens to have nothing better to ... Read More

---

Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display

Safe checkout through Amazon.com

©2007-2010 NowUSave.com