Flash (novel)

Flash (novel)

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name = Flash
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author = L. E. Modesitt
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country = USA
language = English
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genre = Science fiction
publisher = Tor
release_date = 2004
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media_type = Paperback
pages = 518
isbn = ISBN 0765311283
preceded_by = Archform: Beauty
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"Flash" is a science fiction novel by L. E. Modesitt.

Its setting is a world of plenty - there has been ecological disaster, but technology has given enough material resources for everyone. Still, this world is not an utopia - the struggle for control and power dominates the book.

As usual in Modesitt's books, the hero of the book does not seek power; he is forced to exercise it because of others' attempts to use him in their designs to gather power to themselves.

Many themes are touched upon in the book - artificial intelligence, product placement, the nature of self-consciousness, the use of clones as remote-controlled robots and the ethical implications thereof, subliminal influencing, and the knotty relationship between following the law and doing what's right.

The story combines sometimes violent action with character interactions. The hero's struggle to parent his children while at the same time engineering the violent demise of the antagonists provides much of the novel's tension.


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