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Original Title:	Mindscan
ISBN:	0765311070 (ISBN13: 9780765311078)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2006)

Mindscan

Robert J. Sawyer

Hardcover | Pages: 303 pages

Rating: 3.81 | 2461 Users | 211 Reviews

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Title	:	Mindscan
Author	:	Robert J. Sawyer
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 303 pages
Published	:	April 1st 2005 by Tor, Tom Doherty Assoc. (first published March 10th 2005)
Categories	:	Science Fiction. Fiction. Cultural. Canada

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Every time I read a Robert Sawyer book I always wonder the same thing: what kind of amazing novel would come out of a collaboration between Sawyer, who has great ideas about theme and plot, and another writer, who can write good characters and dialogue? Yes, Mindscan kept me reading: the premise is compelling and thought provoking. But like so many of Sawyer's novels, it's full of ham-handed author intrusion. The characters are so obviously loaded down with the pet peeves, knowledge and thoughts of the author, displaying them at every opportunity (and so many scenes seem to be contrived to create those opportunities) that it's distracting and I find it inhibits the development of emotional connection with his characters and his story. Yes, Mindscan is worth a read, however I can't help feeling cheated of the pleasure of reading the great novel it could have been had the characters been allowed to be themselves. And this is usually how I feel after finishing a Sawyer's book. On the other hand, regardless of that, I continue to read his work, so that says something.

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Ratings: 3.81 From 2461 Users | 211 Reviews

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Great book from beginning to end. I love the ideas, I love the philosophical and religious questions raised, and I enjoyed the narrative style itself, though it was a bit jarring at times. I am sad to see this end, and I think the Epilogue feels a bit tacked on, but other than that, the journey is great.

The short story I remember "Shed Skin" is 'fleshed' out, plot and characters, to a surprise ending and epilogue. Blathery science and speculation about the nature of soul, consciousness, dreaming, and personhood, I could not follow, had to skip. What I remember from seizure- and drug-induced comas were a blip and a dream. The truth, what are we aware of within them, I still do not know, despite trying.

The basic idea of the story about people who decide to have their minds uploaded into fabricated durable bodies is good. The complications that happen were interesting. The story was told in a rather dry fashion and I didn't care for that. I felt that most of the book was pretty empty. The other Sawyer books I've read have been a bit heavy on philosophy, but this one seemed overly so. I did read it all, so I can't say that it was bad, but to me it was not good either.

I've read several of Sawyer's books, and I've always enjoyed them. Some reviewers here don't like his prose, but I find it perfectly serviceable. Sawyer writes in a thriller, page-turner style; it's not fancy, it's not poetic, but it gets the job done. I even like the corny jokes.Most of his books are basically novel-length philosophical thought experiments, which is especially the case with Mindscan. In this case, the thought experiment is this: what if there were an exact copy of your mind in

What if you could exchange your faulty body for one that would never get sick, or age? You could keep all your memories, thoughts, etc. But you would have to send your old body to live out the rest of it's natural life in a nursing home on the dark side of the moon. What if a cure was then found for the terminal disease you had, and the old body wanted to come back?Lots of questions to think about.

The discussions of consciousness, personhood, and identity fit in very nicely with my Buddhist studies.The spooky thing is the correlation to real life. The main character here is Jacob, and he has a brain anomaly called an AVM, a tangle of blood vessels that can rupture suddenly, causing a stroke or death. My friend's son Jacob had this happen last year at age 16. Thankfully he survived, but it has probably put an end to his sports career. He got treatment quickly enough that the damage was

Interesting concept, but the second half just wasn't convincing after the first half.