The simultaneous man : a novel / Ralph Blum.

Author
Blum, Ralph, 1932- [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Εdition
First edition.
Published/​Created
Boston : Little, Brown and Company, c1970.
Description
238 pages ; 22 cm

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    The book's protagonist is Andrew Horne (nicknamed "Bear"), a Russian-born U.S. scientist, who works at "West Wing" on Project Beta, a secret government mind-control project, which aims to perfect the art of brainwashing until it is possible to completely re-make a person's mind and soul.. The Project's first Remake having failed disastrously, it is decided to base the second Remake on the mind of Horne himself. The prison-volunteer chosen for the Remake is a Black soldier, referred to as prisvol 233/234, who has killed an officer and been sentenced to death. The project first uses ultrasound to destroy his access to his old memories, and then, having washed the slate clean, exposes him to immersive movie reenactments of Horne's childhood, college days, war service, and entry into the Project... At the end of this process, 233/234, now known as "Black Bear", is, for all intents and purposes, Andrew Horne in a new body. --wikipedia.com.
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    "An Atlantic Monthly Press book."
    LCCN
    77103953
    OCLC
    62955
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