Re: [OT] Legion of the Dammed W.Dietz

--- Germ <germ@germy.co.uk> wrote:
> Ok trying to get back to gaming.
> 
> I've almost finished 'Legion of the Dammed' by William Dietz.
> Anyone else read it? What do you think?
> 
> I'm finding the whole concept of Human minds strapped into machines
> quite interesting. Most other similar stories have the cyborgs with
human
> intelligence very controlled and fearless. These are criminals and
> murder victims given a second chance to make good.

"Robocop 2" was a bit of a variant on this: drug addicted psycho brain
in armed and armored shell
supposedly controlled by his addiction.

> 
> Not sure on the ethics of giving an ex-criminal a cyborg body and
bucket
> loads
> of weaponry but there are some interesting parts showing that the
human
> intelligence
> part still needs some form of recreation to stop them going mad.
> Rather than the usual cop out of just switching off the cyborg until
it's
> needed again.
> 
> Jeremey
> germ@germy.co.uk
> www.germy.co.uk
> 

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