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  • The Terminal Experiment

  • By: Robert J. Sawyer
  • Narrated by: Paul Hecht
  • Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (42 ratings)

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The Terminal Experiment

By: Robert J. Sawyer
Narrated by: Paul Hecht
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Summary

An experiment has gone terribly wrong. Dr. Peter Hobson has created three electronic simulations of his own personality. One will test life after death; another, immortality. The third one is the control unit. But now all three have escaped from Hobson's computer into the worldwide electronic matrix. And one of them is a killer.

Robert Sawyer has won many awards for his science fiction, which is praised for its blend of high-tech mystery and suspenseful pacing.

©1995 Robert J. Sawyer (P)2003 Recorded Books
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  • Nebula Award, Best Novel, 1995

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Not just a good read

The plot is relentless but the questions raised are timeless and so fascinating. Thoroughly recommended.

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Huge Sawyer fan

I love Sawyers work and this one is great. a bit of a thriller but with a relaxed pace. As ever the idea is clever and I love the way the world handles the discovery of the soul wave.

for a mid-90's tale it is fascinating to see Sawyer speculate on 2011 and how we will be using technology. we can make people almost immortal but are still using VCR and teletext.

despite this, the story has aged very well and seems to me to be as relevant now as it was 25+ years ago

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A very pleasant surprise

I picked this from the Audible ‘free download’ selection, Not having previously read the author and based upon only the story’s summary.
Apart from a rather dodgy Scottish accent, I was pleasantly surprised by the story, and after only a few chapters was ‘drawn in’ to the ‘comfy chair’ that is The Terminal Experiment.
I’m so glad I wasn’t put off by the one and two stars review. The journey was both thought provoking and reflective of life in general.

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Fast Paced, Interesting & Original

I had expected “something different” when I purchased this book, based on the synopses that I had read on various websites. How “different”, I can’t really say – perhaps something with more hard science cross-referenced with known technological & theological facts. What Robert Sawyer delivers, though, is a very enjoyable story with warm, well-developed characters immersed in a fast-paced plot that aims to explore the concept of mortality. The author doesn’t allow the reader to get swamped with explanations as to how all the necessary new science comes into being and, in my opinion, the story is all the richer for this. Though published twenty years ago, the writing and ideas hold up very well. A great read that I recommend to everyone.

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My first-ever audiobook; still fun

This was the first audiobook I ever listened to. Sawyer is not the best writer, but the ideas are great, the story is fun, and the pacing is just right.

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thought provoking

takes you on a journey that blends science with the spiritual. I loved that I could not predict what would happen next

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