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Afficher les exemplaires de cette édition ISBNHarry Benson suffers from violent seizures. So violent that he requires a police guard when entering a Los Angeles hospital for treatment.
Dr. Roger McPherson, head of the prestigious Neuropsychiatric Research Unit, is convinced he can cure Benson through a procedure known as stage three. During this highly specialised surgery, electrodes, placed deep in Benson's brain, send monitored soothing pulses to its pleasure canyons.
The operation is a success - until Benson discovers how to get the pulses with increasing frequency. Then he escapes from the hospital and lapses into murderous rampages, becoming a homicidal maniac with a deadly agenda ...
'A fascinating, splendidly documented thriller'
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Harry Benson is a man troubled by violent seizures and blackouts, with grave doubts about what occurs during those lost hours. When two surgeons approach him with a drastic new treatment for his extreme fits he leaps at the chance, even though it means having electrodes planted deep into his brain. The surgeons are so obsessed with trying out their new theory they ignore warnings from another doctor that the man they are about to experiment on is a psychopath, who believes there is no difference between man and machine. It is too late when they realise what kind of monster they've unleashed on the world...
The Terminal Man is a fast-paced thriller about the grave danger of technology falling into the wrong hands, from the master storyteller behind Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain.
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. Harry Benson is a man troubled by violent seizures and blackouts, with grave doubts about what occurs during those lost hours. When two surgeons approach him with a drastic new treatment for his extreme fits he leaps at the chance, even though it means having electrodes planted deep into his brain. The surgeons are so obsessed with trying out their new theory they ignore warnings from another doctor that the man they are about to experiment on is a psychopath, who believes there is no difference between man and machine. It is too late when they realise what kind of monster they've unleashed on the world.The Terminal Man is a fast-paced thriller about the grave danger of technology falling into the wrong hands, from the master storyteller behind Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain. A man suffering from violent seizures enters a Los Angeles hospital, where soothing pulses are sent into his brain. But then he discovers how to get the pulses with increasing frequency, escapes from the hospital, and lapses into murderous rampages. By the author of "Jurassic Park". Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9780099442110
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Description du livre Etat : New. 1996. New Ed. Paperback. A man suffering from violent seizures enters a Los Angeles hospital, where soothing pulses are sent into his brain. But then he discovers how to get the pulses with increasing frequency, escapes from the hospital, and lapses into murderous rampages. By the author of "Jurassic Park". Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 19. Weight in Grams: 158. . . . . . N° de réf. du vendeur V9780099442110
Description du livre Etat : New. 1996. New Ed. Paperback. A man suffering from violent seizures enters a Los Angeles hospital, where soothing pulses are sent into his brain. But then he discovers how to get the pulses with increasing frequency, escapes from the hospital, and lapses into murderous rampages. By the author of "Jurassic Park". Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FL; FM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 19. Weight in Grams: 158. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. N° de réf. du vendeur V9780099442110
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