The Consciousness Plague.THE CONSCIOUSNESS PLAGUE. Paul Levinson Paul Levinson BA, MA, PhD (born 1947) is an American author and professor of communications and media studies at Fordham University in New York City. Levinson's novels, short fiction, and non-fiction works have been translated into twelve languages. . 2005. Read by Mark Shanahan. 7 cds. 8.5 hrs. Abridged. Listen and Live Audio. 1-59316-038-0. $29.95. Cardboard; plot, author, reader notes. SA A professor of communication/media studies, Levinson has written scholarly articles in his field and he has integrated this information skillfully into this, his second SF/police procedural thriller starring forensic detective Phil D'Amato. A particularly virulent strain of flu is hitting New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . A new antibiotic called Omnin works wonders; however, it also causes short-term memory short-term memory n. Abbr. STM The phase of the memory process in which stimuli that have been recognized and registered are stored briefly. loss. D'Amato is working to solve a series of murders of young women in Riverside Park Riverside Park refers to several locations:
Shanahan's fine reading creates a different voice for all the characters. Especially noteworthy is his Dr. D'Amato, who is aware of the race against time to catch a serial killer serial killer Forensic psychiatry A person who commits serial murders Prototypic SK White ♂ age 30; 97% are ♂; 80% are sociopaths. See Dahmer, Depraved heart murder, Ice Man. Cf Megan's law, Son of Sam law. . Original music in the background as well as other appropriate, atmospheric sound effects add much. Levinson's first novel featuring Dr. D'Amato, The Silk Code, won the Locus Award for best first SF novel in 1999. A third D'Amato novel is in the works. Carol Kellerman, ret. Lib/Media Spec., Santa Fe, NM |
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