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Book Review of The Stochastic Man

The Stochastic Man
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This book was Ok. It takes place in a pre-apcolyptic New York. It's about developing precognative powers and how the power of it could be enticing. It's also about free will. Do you lose it when you begin to see the future? Do you try and stop the future? The main character never tried. He did as he was told and "followed the script". He uses the precog powers to put a man he admires into the future presidency. But he ends up seeing him as a tyrant, another Hitler, after he's helps set things into motion. The ending of the book seemed rushed I guess. And the political part of the book, long. It picked up when the year 2000 was ushered in (this book is old). But it kept me interested for the most part.