Recursion from Webster's Dictionary:
1. Return Sense 1: to go back or come back again
2. the determination of a succession of elements (such as numbers or functions) by operation on one or more preceding elements according to a rule or formula involving a finite number of steps
3. a computer programming technique involving the use of a procedure, subroutine, function, or algorithm that calls itself one or more times until a specified condition is met at which time the rest of each repetition is processed from the last one called to the first
I listened to Recursion this month, by Blake Crouch. It is a science fiction thriller.
I am a big fan of the television adaptation of Wayward Pines. We also read his book, Dark Matter, in our Mystery Book Club this past winter and I really liked it.
About: "Memory makes reality.That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.
That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It’s why she’s dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent.
As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face-to-face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that attacks not just our minds but the very fabric of the past. And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it.
But how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them?"
1. Return Sense 1: to go back or come back again
2. the determination of a succession of elements (such as numbers or functions) by operation on one or more preceding elements according to a rule or formula involving a finite number of steps
3. a computer programming technique involving the use of a procedure, subroutine, function, or algorithm that calls itself one or more times until a specified condition is met at which time the rest of each repetition is processed from the last one called to the first
I listened to Recursion this month, by Blake Crouch. It is a science fiction thriller.
I am a big fan of the television adaptation of Wayward Pines. We also read his book, Dark Matter, in our Mystery Book Club this past winter and I really liked it.
About: "Memory makes reality.That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome—a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.
That's what neuroscientist Helena Smith believes. It’s why she’s dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious memories. If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent.
As Barry searches for the truth, he comes face-to-face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease—a force that attacks not just our minds but the very fabric of the past. And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it.
But how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them?"
I enjoyed this book also. It asks the question and works through the scenarios, if you could see the future and the past and do something to change either, what would happen? Would fate prevail?
I liked the story of Helena wanting to invent something to help her mother who is suffering from dementia, to help keep her memories and others afflicted. But some bad guys get a hold of the invention and use it for selfish gains. It becomes a race against time, to try to use the memory chair to go back and forth to stop the worst thing imaginable, by Helena and Barry.
A good "Whoa..."ending for me.
Blake Crouch website: http://blakecrouch.com/
He has a series which looks good to me: Andrew Z. Thomas/Luther Kite series - thrillers. Blake Crouch has several other standalones. Good Behavior was made into a t.v. series in 2015. (I missed that boat.) It looks like you can watch it on Hulu.
So many books, so little time.
Glad to hear your thoughts on this one. I've had it on my radar to read at some point. I really liked Dark Matter. Bet I'd like this one too.
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