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Electronic Echoes of the Mind
by wade A. Kimberlin
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Mundania Press LLC (2005-02-28)
ISBN: 1594261083
EAN: 9781594261084
Dewey Decimal #: 813
Binding/Media: Paperback - 176 pages
SKU: B36-080829-6
Condition: Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
A dead ex-girlfriend. A genetically engineered super soldier. An evil corporation out to control the entire solar system. A subversive, computer worshipping cult. A derenged artifical intelligence assistance. A lying, scheming megolamaniac best friend. What do they all have in common?
Me. I'm Jake Turner, the best damn pilot in the Solar System. During a routine shuttle run down to Mars, my best friend Bob asked me to do him a little favor. I should have known better. All I wanted to do was get some fajitas, but before I knew what had happened I was shot, tortured, and had sustained enough concussions to leave me crazier than my virus-ridden AI assistant.
Who was responsible? OmegaCorp. They ruiined my life, killed my girfriend, blew up my shuttle, and are trying to take over the Solar System one station at a time.
To stop them I'll need help. The allies I find are an elite group of super hackers and the most dangerous warrior ever to break free of OmegaCorp's Elite genetic enhancement program. The down side is that they are also lunatic cultists who worship electronic devices, and seem to think that I am some kind of prophet.
It all goes back to Holly, my ex-girlfriend, killed in an OmegaCorp lab accident. She broke my heart when she dumped me, and now she is still trying to ruin my life. And I thought she was a pain in the ass when she was alive!
Can I stop OmegaCorp? Will my artificial intelligence assistant ever start acting normal? Will I manage to save my crappy job flying cheap shuttles full of even cheaper goods from one port to the next? Will I ever get even with my best friend Bob, who set me up for all of this? Will I ever get my fajitas?
Find out in ELECTRONIC ECHOES OF THE MIND!
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Customer Reviews
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Jake Turner rolls with the punches
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-11-11
A fine fun book. Nicely written with just the right mix of serious and frivolous attitude. It is good enough I wish the author had written more books as I am highly likely to be a customer.
Jake Tuner starts a bad day that only gets worse. Having taken quite a fall in his station in life though has prepared him to use his wit, and humor to make it through come what may. You have to just keep on keeping on. Religious lunatics become his only ally. If that is your only ally, well you just roll with what you got.
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Wonderful!!!
Rating (5)
Date: 2009-05-07
This is a great book! Very humorous. Can't wait till this author writes another book!
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Great First Book/Good Sci-Fi Adventure
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-01-17
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Echoes is a fun little space opera with a likeable main character and quirky supporting cast. Hard core sci-fi readers might notice a few spots that run counter to logic, such as driving a hovercraft on Mars with no real description of how it would vary from driving one on Earth given the difference in gravity (Mars gravity is .38 of 1 G). Also, the characters use early 21st century idioms, but that doesn't bother me. I like reading stories that don't go out of their way to ruin regular English in an effort to create patterns that we can't really guess at.
For a first book, this was very good. I look forward to Mr. Kimberlin's sophmore effort.
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When will the second book be out???????
Rating (5)
Date: 2006-05-29
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I've read this book at least four times now. And bought copies for everyone in the family. And recommended it to everyone I know. If it's not already apparent, I really like this book! Even my 'I hate to read' brother finished it in two days.
Electronic Echoes of the Mind is fast, funny and very well written. You can't help but laugh out loud while reading it. It is very fast paced, full of action, humor and fajitas. The author has created a believable world with characters that truly live. I'm a big science fiction/fantasy nerd, but a lot of my family is not, and they still really enjoyed the book. It is worth reading whether you like the sci-fi genre or not.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes good books. When will the second book come out?
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Exciting space opera tale--recommended
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-07-25
2 out of 2 customers found this reveiw helpful
Years earlier, Jake Turner took the blame for a major spaceship crackup and has been fighting to get his job as pilot back ever sense. Now that he has a second-rate job piloting a third-rate freighter, he doesn't want to lose it--especially when his friend Bob comes to him with another of his odd requests (they generally seem to involve holo-pornography) and some crazy religious nuts start referring to him as the bearer.
Jake tries to keep his nose clear and stay out of trouble, but Bob and the religious nuts know which buttons to push--involving his guilt over his dead ex-girlfriend. And Jake finds himself plunged into the battle between an evil conglomerate, multiple space systems, and an alliance of small traders. Then there's his artificial intelligence--which seems to be getting more intelligent by the moment.
Author Wade A. Kimberlin creates an exciting update to the old-fashioned space opera, and there's a lot to like here. The religious nuts are attempting to transplant their memories into electronics, the evil space corporation is trying to take over the solar system, and Jake can't even trust the people who are supposed to be his friends. There's an intriguing four-way love triangle involving Jake, his dead (but not absent) girlfriend, his AI, and the sexy pilot of another merchant ship, high-speed chases, and space battles.
Anyone looking for some slash-bam fun summer reading will want to add ELECTRONIC ECHOES to their list. I'm happy to recommend this one.
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