Science Fiction (Cyberpunk) / Thriller
Date Published: September 1, 2016
Publisher: See Sharp Press
Awards: 2017 Compton Crook Finalist for best first science fiction novel!
In Sleep State Interrupt, a giant media corporation has taken over the Internet, created an addictive virtual reality called BetterWorld, and controls nearly all information. Politicians do their bidding and a brainwashed humanity serves a privileged few.
Waylee Freid, an unemployed Baltimore journalist with ever-worsening bipolar disorder, is the only hope for a brighter future. She and her countercultural friends bust a notorious teenage hacker out of jail and sneak into a closed presidential fundraiser at the Smithsonian castle, where they hope to record incriminating admissions that will wake up the world. Hunted by Homeland Security, Waylee and her friends must reach a sufficient audience by broadcasting their video during the Super Bowl. But to do so, they'll have to break into one of the most secure facilities ever built.
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About the Author
Ted Weber has pursued writing and music since childhood, and learned filmmaking and screenwriting in college, along with a little bit of physics. Trapped at home during the "Snowmageddon" of 2010, he transformed those interests into novel writing, and has completed four novels and a number of short stories since then. By day, Mr. Weber works as an ecologist for a non-profit organization and has had over twenty scientific papers and book chapters published. He lives in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife Karen. He enjoys traveling and has visited all seven continents.
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Sleep State Interrupt by T.C. WeberMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Review: SLEEP STATE
Whenever a government is oppressive, a society derails, or "the military-industrial complex hex" rules, a counterculture of like-minded individuals will arise to battle for justice. Such was true in 1789 France, in 1861 America, in 1917 Russia, in 1960's America. Such is the case in slightly futuristic Baltimore, when the porkbelly policies and business-gladhanding of a useless President have allowed a massive megacorporation to control what used to be known as the Internet. Journalist Waylee Freid loses her employment, receives a fractured skull, can't find employment because Baltimore no longer has any independent news sources. She still believes in an intelligent, ethical populace, though, so she and some cohorts spring a talented young hacker from juvenile detention. They're going to turn the tables and get the message of Truth to the People--no matter the risks.
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