Tek Kill
(TekWar #8)
by William Shatner & Ron Goulart
Blurb:
When his boss is wrongly accused of murder, detective Jake Cardigan finds himself trying to convince police to believe in a known drug user's telepathic visions rather than the videotape evidence they already have.
My Reaction:
Donald and I read this together for the 372-Pages podcast. It's the second in the series the book club podcast has covered, the previous read being the first of the series.
I have to admit, I never got the love (if that's the right word) some of the 372-Pages listeners apparently had for TekWar. There were some unintentionally funny elements, but I found it less appealing than many of the other things we've read. The story was just bland and very samey, and this one was... well, more of the same.
I don't have anything to say about this, really. The podcast episodes were mostly fun, as usual, but I think it was clear that this wasn't a favorite of the hosts, either.
The main thing I took away from this reading is that in the TekWar universe, nearly everything is fake—plas-this, sub-that, neo, pseudo, etc.—to the point that even plants are all merely holograms. It's a disturbing vision of the future that I'm glad to leave behind!
