Science Fiction Novel by
Spider Robinson, published in
1982.
* * * *
Norman Kent, a
thirtyish university professor, is still picking up the pieces of his life six years after his wife left him, when his sister Maddy suddenly appears after being missing for ten years -- then suddeny vanishes again.
Norman enlists his ex-wife
Phyllis to use her contacts in the
Canadian Media to help him find his sister.
What this all stirs up, you'll have to find out by
reading the book.
Mindkiller presents, besides a riveting story, the social implications of
wireheading -- applying
electricity to the
pleasure center of the brain.
Part of this novel appeared in
Omni Magazine in
1979, titled "
God is an Iron". The published novel calls it an
excerpt, but embedded in the novel, it reads more like a
novella that the full novel was based on. "God is an Iron" was one of the stories that led me to
stop worrying, and love Science Fiction. A
life-changer, it earns
* * * * * in its own right.