Title: Far-fetched piffle in the hands of a hack
Product review: A skilled writer might be able to engage an audience with a premise as far-fetched as transferring human personalities into computers. Unfortunately, John Darnton hasn't done this. The writing is hardly inspiring, and the plot wanders needlessly. This plodding pot-boiler may be accurate in its presentation of brain physiology. I can't say, since I'm not a physician. But I am a photographer, and the section in which one of the protagonists shoots photos on 4x5 roll film raises doubt regarding the technical knowledge of the author and his editors. The point here is that, as far as I know, 4x5 roll film is not available, at least to the casual photographer. When faced with such bloopers, I always wonder why authors feel they should blunder around in areas where they are obviously uninformed, and why editors don't double check this sort of thng.
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