![]() ![]() Sometime in the near-nowish, the world has been devastated by a flu-like plague that has come to be called Haden’s Syndrome, after its most high-profile victim, the First Lady of the United States. ![]() The plot, involving murder, politics, and conspiracy carried out at a Blofeld level of skullduggery, would be utterly conventional stuff were it not rooted in a sublime SF premise and backstory that Scalzi has thought through and executed to his usual high standards of detail and his understanding of social, political and economic realities. In Lock In, Scalzi steps away from the grand space opera tradition in which he’s made his name to undertake a near future political crime thriller. John Scalzi has become a writer who never really needs to step out of his comfort zone, because he’s figured out a way simply to take his comfort zone with him no matter which type of fiction he’s chosen to write. ![]() Share book reviews and ratings with Thomas, and even join a book club on Goodreads. Book cover artwork is copyrighted by its respective artist and/or publisher. All reviews and site design © by Thomas M. ![]()
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