Mechanical bodies (called Threeps) can be provided for a ‘Hayden’ (if you can afford it) providing the individual to lead a relatively full, normal life – except that they are living in a machine and often looked down upon by society. (You can read Scalzi’s short narrative of the Syndrome for free on Tor’s account here: ). Hayden’s Syndrome, caused by a virus, is a paralysis of the body that leaves the mind fully functional. I remember being completely caught off guard by Lock In – the story of an FBI agent with Hayden’s Syndrome. You can usually depend on a strong sense of story and well-crafted, definable characters but beyond that – what type of story – it’s hard to say. John Scalzi has become one of those authors whose work I really enjoy because, in part, I never know quite what I will get prior to giving it a read.
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