The Truth Machine Author:James L. Halperin Prepare to have your conception of truth rocked to its very foundation. — It is the year 2004. Violent crime is the number one political issue in America. Now, the Swift and Sure Anti-Crime Bill guarantees a previously convicted violent criminal one fair trial, one quick appeal, then immediate execution. To prevent abuse of the law, a machine mus... more »t be built that detects lies with 100 percent accuracy.
Once perfected, the Truth Machine will change the face of the world. Yet the race to finish the Truth Machine forces one man to commit a shocking act of treachery, burdening him with a dark secret that collides with everything he believes in. Now he must conceal the truth from his own creation . . . or face his execution.
By turns optimistic and chilling--and always profound--The Truth Machine is nothing less than a history of the future, a spellbinding chronicle that resonates with insight, wisdom . . . and astounding possibility.
One of the best books of futuristic fiction that I have ever read and a book that I would highy recommend to all who would like a glimpse of another's vision of a possible future.
I will admit that I had to work at reading the first 40 or 50 pages....and I did go back and read the beginning several times before moving further into the book. The author is bringing a number of different characters and different complex threads together and this requires the reader to be very attentive. (Oh, the plusses and minusses of speed reading!)
That said, the vision that the author provides us is uniquely thought provoking. As readers, we can see some of his future because it is our past and present.
This is a fantastic book and not too far from current technology either. When I
first read this book I saw a newspaper article about a lie-detecting telephone
that has been developed in Turkey.
This book should be read before the one that follows it entitled "The First Immortal".
I'm certain you will like both of them.