The Pedestal Daniel J Wimberley 9780615937083 Books
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A riveting sci-fi thriller from the award-winning author of The Wandering Tree.
Wilson Abby is just another happy consumer, a mere transaction away from contentment at any given moment. In a perfect world he might have remained that way. But when his closest friend mysteriously turns up dead, Wilson can’t resist the urge to play detective.
Peeling back a veneer of half-truths, Wilson makes a startling discovery—one that people will kill to bury. Abruptly, life as he knows it is thrown into unimaginable chaos.
The Pedestal is a thrilling glimpse into a society madly infatuated with integration and endless consumer upgrades. Wilson must battle gangsters, conspiring politicians and hordes of flesh-eating creations before civilization is toppled from its pedestal.
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While this novels storyline resides in the future, it's premise could equally represent the past ,present or future. If you aren't into books that give you the urge to read a part of the story again to get a clearer understanding of events; or storylines that require, not only your imagination but gray matter as well, then this isn't the book for you.More often than not you read a book and feel like you had just finished reading the same book not long before or that it's premise is in every other movie you've seen. While this novel leaves you with flashes from a much older one, War of the Worlds (also made into a movie for those of you who would rather see it in a theater than read the words on paper), the ingenuity and the characters will leave you with the feeling of having just read something that's so powerfully different than what you've ever read before.
Although the premise is not new I found myself seeing our world and our miraculous advances in technology and medicine in a totally refreshing way. And what happens when our lives are no longer being lead by whims or imagination but controlled by the very inventions we created to make our lives simpler and give us more time to "smell the roses".
When you have no health worries because your body has implants that make sure you never get sick, get cancer or have a heart attack; when every second of your life is being recorded so you won't forget a moment of it; when information needed is available at the blink of an eye; wouldn't you think living, loving, working and playing would be so much easier? That we would have so much more time and freedom to enjoy the gifts themes new inventions give us?
Living in a world where the most important work is that of finding new ways to prolong life. New medications created and new computer programming that will administer them directly into our bodies through this implant. Everything done to increase our time here with loved ones; to live happily and disease free. With so much less to worry about wouldn't life be perfect?
This novel explores both sides of this age-old question and what people are willing to do to protect this lifestyle or the one they believe is their right to have. What do you do with the people who don't want every moment of their lives recorded? What if some people don't want a device in their body that controls every emotion they feel or prevents them from living a life that they believe is the life they were meant to live, not one fixed by some computer program?
If there are people willing to do almost anything to live their lives "free", as nature intended...what great lengths will the people who created and control this system be willing to go to protect their investment? How far would you go to protect yourself from what you believe might be a corrupt government? Would you try to warn people when you have no idea who's on the "right" side or if they are part if it? Would you travel all the way to a harsh almost uninhabitable planet, like Mars, just to stay alive until you can figure out what to do? When the people you love most have been dying around you would you kill to protect the only person left that you know you don't want to live without?
This novel has everything you look for in a great read. Suspense, mystery, love, betrayal, corruption, greed, family and a great set of characters that you become intimately connected to. Some of the Good guys are bad...some of the bad guys are good. Some, like most of us, have the ability to be both in then. You don't find out till close to the end who is or isn't who you thought they were.
I gave this book a 5 because it made me really think about which of these two lives I'd rather live if I had the choice. There were a few chapters setting up the storyline and then another when the main character escapes that are a little long and slow to get to where they needed to be. But it was well worth pushing through them. Some of the ideas seemed slightly incredulous at times but they all pulled together to make a fascinating, page turning read that kept me glued to the storyline and the wonderful characters till the eye opening conclusion.
I will definitely read this book again and I recommend it to anyone with a like-minded fascination with what the future could hold for us.
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The Pedestal Daniel J Wimberley 9780615937083 Books Reviews
I truly loved this book! Especially liked the way the author told the story with the main characters humor. Totally enjoyable futuristic read! Couldn't put it down, didn't want it to end.
I read another of this authors books last week(The Wandering Tree), and it was so great that I looked for more of his work. This one was totally different than last weeks, but just as well written and great.
The Pedestal starts out at the pace of a rocket leaving Earth. If you enjoy reading books for not only entertainment reasons but for intellectual reason, this is a must read. Wilson stumbles through the story seemly always in the wrong place at the wrong time, but manages to escape through sheer luck.
The intertwined stories add excitement, and overall makes the reader think what could happen when science is allowed to go unchecked and how people will do anything to protect their environment and livelyhood.
Maybe a publisher will jump on this an offer The Pedestal as a hardback for all the book in hand people in the world.
I grabbed this book as a freebie. The book takes you to unexpected places and it's an enjoyable journey. Wimberley's "The Pedestal" shows the potential evolution of our technological advances, which comically, can be destroyed by nature (well, modified nature). Plausible? Yes, in a far-reaching way; but still should provide the reader a moment to reflect on our `advancement'.
As a whole, Wilson Abby, the main character is a bit of a slacker and self-defeatist. His redeeming quality is his ethical position, but otherwise he is a cog in a broader group of interesting characters and plot. The reader will enjoy other characters and action, the story, and the conclusion.
The NEXUS framework is parts Google Glass, human implants, virtual reality, Big Brother akin to a communist state, with select capitalism running the show. Even in a quasi-utopian future, power and corruption still pull the strings.
The Pedestal offers the philosophical question What would an advanced, high-tech society do when the lights turn off?
This is pure sci-fi, with hardly anyone `off grid', alien planets, genetically-modified organisms, betrayal, corruption, and even tosses in one transgender employee that Wilson must navigated around.
This book was close to a 5 Star rating. It took me awhile to get into it and I nearly stopped near the beginning because Wilson was not a very exciting main character. It was also kind of dull and confusing at first, but then I got caught up in Wilson's life and problems and kept going, and I'm really glad I did.
I think this is a little long and confusing in places, and it seemed like a little too much going on for me with some of the plot turns, but still, it is well worth reading if only to wake us up from our total reliance on technology. And it has a good ending, too, and that can make or break a story for me.
If you like sci-fi with a different twist then I think you'll like it too.
This book, unfortunately, feels like 2 different books grafted together. When I finished reading, I could see the attempt at cohesiveness and I understood what the author was going for. That doesn't change the fact that, while reading, it feels like you start a completely different book halfway through. Wimberley is a talented writer, that shows in his work. I just think he maybe had too many ideas and instead of writing a few shorter stories, he found a way to combine them. Don't get me wrong, it was enjoyable to read. It just could've been more.
While this novels storyline resides in the future, it's premise could equally represent the past ,present or future. If you aren't into books that give you the urge to read a part of the story again to get a clearer understanding of events; or storylines that require, not only your imagination but gray matter as well, then this isn't the book for you.
More often than not you read a book and feel like you had just finished reading the same book not long before or that it's premise is in every other movie you've seen. While this novel leaves you with flashes from a much older one, War of the Worlds (also made into a movie for those of you who would rather see it in a theater than read the words on paper), the ingenuity and the characters will leave you with the feeling of having just read something that's so powerfully different than what you've ever read before.
Although the premise is not new I found myself seeing our world and our miraculous advances in technology and medicine in a totally refreshing way. And what happens when our lives are no longer being lead by whims or imagination but controlled by the very inventions we created to make our lives simpler and give us more time to "smell the roses".
When you have no health worries because your body has implants that make sure you never get sick, get cancer or have a heart attack; when every second of your life is being recorded so you won't forget a moment of it; when information needed is available at the blink of an eye; wouldn't you think living, loving, working and playing would be so much easier? That we would have so much more time and freedom to enjoy the gifts themes new inventions give us?
Living in a world where the most important work is that of finding new ways to prolong life. New medications created and new computer programming that will administer them directly into our bodies through this implant. Everything done to increase our time here with loved ones; to live happily and disease free. With so much less to worry about wouldn't life be perfect?
This novel explores both sides of this age-old question and what people are willing to do to protect this lifestyle or the one they believe is their right to have. What do you do with the people who don't want every moment of their lives recorded? What if some people don't want a device in their body that controls every emotion they feel or prevents them from living a life that they believe is the life they were meant to live, not one fixed by some computer program?
If there are people willing to do almost anything to live their lives "free", as nature intended...what great lengths will the people who created and control this system be willing to go to protect their investment? How far would you go to protect yourself from what you believe might be a corrupt government? Would you try to warn people when you have no idea who's on the "right" side or if they are part if it? Would you travel all the way to a harsh almost uninhabitable planet, like Mars, just to stay alive until you can figure out what to do? When the people you love most have been dying around you would you kill to protect the only person left that you know you don't want to live without?
This novel has everything you look for in a great read. Suspense, mystery, love, betrayal, corruption, greed, family and a great set of characters that you become intimately connected to. Some of the Good guys are bad...some of the bad guys are good. Some, like most of us, have the ability to be both in then. You don't find out till close to the end who is or isn't who you thought they were.
I gave this book a 5 because it made me really think about which of these two lives I'd rather live if I had the choice. There were a few chapters setting up the storyline and then another when the main character escapes that are a little long and slow to get to where they needed to be. But it was well worth pushing through them. Some of the ideas seemed slightly incredulous at times but they all pulled together to make a fascinating, page turning read that kept me glued to the storyline and the wonderful characters till the eye opening conclusion.
I will definitely read this book again and I recommend it to anyone with a like-minded fascination with what the future could hold for us.
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