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Summary: It really made me think!
Review: Insightful; current policies being debated are developed to possible outcomes. Great characters, well-rounded and developed. Good suspense. My friends are reading it now, then we're going to do a discussion group. Another friend who is a teacher is going to use it with his high school senior history class
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Summary: The previous reviewer must have read a different book.
Review: All characters seemed human. Both sides of many conflicts were given rational arguments. The book encouraged thought and discussion beyond the plot and characters. The only things I didn't like about The Truth Machine was that I got nothing else done all weekend, and it ended
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Summary: A poorly written novel , with 2-D characters and niave ideas
Review: This is a smoothly flowing internally consistent story that iswell paced for the action thriller genre. However it has no otherredeeming value. It is poorly written. One person commented that the author must be very young, certainly not having written or read much else. The characters are thin and stereotypical. Obviously the book was an excuse to promote an idea, sacrificing all other aspects of a good novel. Had the result of the idea been informative or enlightening, I could excuse some of the other numerous faults. The book assumes that a perfect lie detector has been built. The only thing compelling the reader to turn the next page is to find out what kind of society would arise from such a device. A million possibilities were swirling in my head by the time I got to the end and none of them came to pass. All of the interesting possibilities of such a device were ignored in favor of a cartoonish utopia that assumes the millions of human beings are nothing but statistics and follow along like lemmings. The conclusions are too simplistic to be believed and thus the only reason to read the book is to argue about the effects of a truth machine, but I think the argument would be just as (or more) interesting without the book. One of the most frustrating (and infuriating) things about the novel is the fact that the novel is presented as a look at what the possible effects of a truth machine might be, but actually the book appears to be written from the point of view that a truth machine would be a good thing and ignores all other aspects. When I finished this book my first thought was "This is a good idea for a novel, somebody should write one."
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Summary: There's still room for optimism WRT technology. Great read.
Review: I enjoyed the creative construction ...
Author's POV -- written by Intel 22g CP (?!); story is kept in context via news headlines of the future; list of principles and appendicies help keep you organized; but the parenthetical comments and footnotes seemed a bit obtrusive.
Not great character development, but the concept/line was tremendous. The *psychology* of the characters seemed a little contrived; really wished that the *bad guy* Scoggins was more developed. Author mentions Crichton in his interview, and I thought of him while reading.
Authors views on society are both dark and optimisitc; we need this incredible thing to happen or we're doomed -- but it's gonna happen and it's gonna be <use Bart Simpson voice> coooool. After reading so many dark novels about rampaging computers it was refreshing to read something deeply thought, up-lifting, and forward-looking.
Would have liked more *surprises* and a less predictable plot.
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Summary: This book really gets your mind wandering!!
Review: This is an incredible book that makes the reader think about the possibilities for the future. What would our world be like without crime? Can we ever really require a license for parenting? A truly incredible book that is written very well
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Summary: Not to be missed
Review: How altruistic need a brilliant mind be, before it can be considered a hazard to one's self and
others? In The Truth Machine, our grief driven protagonist sets his mind to cure our self
destructive planet of its woes, and in his rush to do so, becomes trapped in a myriad of ethical
pitfalls. The Truth Machine is not a brainless saccharine Sci-Fi story. It is a devastatingly probable
account of the next 75 years' transitions in this country's political system, technology, and the
manner in which we trust. Most terrifyingly, with little fan-fare, The Truth Machine introduces to
the reader, the notion that without truth, we as a species just might not survive. This book is not to
be missed.
Reviewed by Bay Area Books
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Summary: I'm telling all my friends about this book.
Review: The Truth Machine describes a future that makes perfect sense, if, in fact, a great mind like Pete Armstrong comes along. I was so enamored of the relevance of the book that I was riveted. I read 'til 6 a.m
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Summary: Excellent Book - explores society after inventions of TTM
Review: The book was an excellent quick read (2 late nights!) and had excellent predictions located just before
each Chapter. I particularly liked the comments about
the Gore 2000 Presidency. There were areas of the book that I thought he was
writing a screenplay (i.e. emphasis on height of characters??!!).
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Summary: Simple yet revolutionary.
Review: The plot of The Truth Machine shows us where current technological and cultural trends could reasonably lead. It offers a "deus ex machina" that is so simple and yet so revolutionary: truth. The main character has integrity AND a fatal flaw. His complexity drew me in. I mourned his loss of exceptional self as I celebrated his recovery of soul. What a hopeful book! (I even gave a copy to my boss.
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Summary: Brilliant!
Review: This book was very provocative. The political philosophies are brilliant, as well as the presentation. With the abundance of dire predictions regarding mankind, it is refreshing to see someone else show faith in our desire to overcome our darker side. --Elizabeth J. McVay, Psychologis
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