From Publishers Weekly
After 100 years in space, an astronaut returns to Earth in the 22nd century to discover a planet empty of human life. A single flickering light signals one computer terminal left functioning to tell the story. This program, portentously named Homer, recalls a globe with no poverty, disease or crime, in which every person is watched over by the paternalistic worldnet computer system. Violence still erupts in the form of genetic weaponry that leads to the Mind Wars and stirs teenage genius Peter Devore to build a new science of psychic control, freeing the mind from the body. Formatted to look like computer printout, this novel was, in fact, previously released as computer software. That dubious novelty doesn't explain why it is so dull and lifeless, substituting neologisms and technological double talk for absent ideas, story and characters.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
An astronaut returns to an Earth devoid of human life. With a still-functioning computer network as his only ally and a namePeter Devoreas his only clue, the last man on Earth slowly pieces together an astonishing story that only he can bring to conclusion. The author's novelization of the computer game of the same name succeeds on its own as a gripping tale of one man's search for another man's secret. For large sf collections. JC
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
