In a world policed by telepaths, Ben Reich plans to commit a crime that hasn't been heard of in 70 years: murder. That's the only option left for Reich, whose company is losing a 10-year death struggle with rival D'Courtney Enterprises. Terrorized in his dreams by The Man With No Face and driven to ...
This is a sixty year old story about committing premeditated murder in a precognitive society. I loved the story of the planning and setup for the murder by Ben Reich. And he probably would have gotten away with it but for one small slip of the tongue!The book is dated in some of the societal concep...
This kid has some real issues, not least the fact that someone else is being a bit more successful than he is. So obviously he had to murder him, because hard work is just too much like hard work. But oh WAIT. Not only is murder illegal, it's also impossible because the police can read minds. But th...
I have a bee in my bonnet that I would like to deal with first. I tend to feel annoyed (even though I shouldn’t) when people ask for sci-fi recommendations with the caveat that the book being recommended must not be more than 10 years old. The reason given for this clause is usually because the scie...
I thought I had the review up for this book, but I just saw that one of Booklikes friends listed the cover as planning to read and decided to check and only see the rating. I first read this book in Russian translation when I was nine or ten. I lost the count how many times I reread it ever since. W...
Ben Reich has two personalities. One wants to kill and destroy, the other not. The people too divided into 2 groups, the normals and the peepers or the telepaths. The peepers read people’s minds they can foresee future. Therefore, it’s not possible for a premeditated crime to occur. But Ben Reich di...
I've previously read The Stars Our Destination by Bester and this book is not as good, but it is still really good. The plot this time concerns telepathy. The main character plots a murder in a world in which murders no longer happen because of the ability of Espers to "peep" into the minds of peo...
It wasn't until near the end that I truly realized the heaviness of Freudian influence in the Demolished Man. The relationship between Barbara and Powell during Deja Eprouve. As she says to Reich: "When I grow up I'm going to marry Papa and be his girl for always." Which is an extremely creepy scene...
The Sword and Laser bookclub read for September, it seemed as good a reason as any to push the book to the top of my to-read list. Not that I've ever really participated in the discussions there, or watched more than a couple of the video presentations that they used to make, but it's nice when some...
One of the things I love about golden age sci-fi (well, I guess "love" is not the right word) is that, no matter how imaginative or prescient the envisioning of the future may be, somehow no science fiction author ever thought that the roll of women might change. Mind powers that predict the future ...
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