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Crazy Time

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Crazy Time was a difficult read and requires some concentration and patience. Kate Wilhelm put together this short novel about a guy, Corky, who unwittingly gets vaporized when a hacker sets off a computer which sets off an experimental laser. He vaporizes and becomes somewhat of a ghost feature, but not exactly.

The story also revolves around the psychologist employment counselor Lauren and her mixed up bunch that she works with at the counselling place. The author does not develop her co workers at all. They're very cardboard, stereotypical characters.

The author will repeat a crazy point about a character over and over again until I just want to shout to the book "OK, I got it already!"

The book is supposed to be humorous and seems to attempt the same line of humor as Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" but fails completely.

Another over the top chracter is Trigger Happy, a colonel who has delusions of persecution and paranoia, again so over-the-top that no one could possibly be this way. And where does he get the resources to pay for the spies, the equipment, etc.

Bottom Line: The plot holes and the repetitive nature of her writing makes the book a difficult read. Will Corky get Lauren? Will she realize he is more than a figment of her imagination? Maybe you'll read it and find out!