The Rapture Effect Author:Jeffrey A. Carver Twenty-five years ago, when computers were much newer, Robert A. Heinlein wrote The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, a great science fiction novel about a computer who helps human beings plan and fight a war. Now, Jeffrey Carver has written THE RAPTURE EFFECT. — The Gnostic Computer System belonged to the Company, and had the Company's best interests at... more » heart. The GCS as much too big for any one person to keep track of -- so the discovery of aliens and the commencement of battle with them was easy for it to keep secret... but when the GCS needed human help for a few key tasks, it chose its servants very carefully.« less