by Paul Dueweke
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THE MEDIA CANDIDATE
"It is not often I read something this well written. What a mix of farce, satire, techno-thriller, SF, romance, social commentary. And all good. You are at your best when into the technology. That you do as well as anyone in print. You either know exactly what you are talking about, both the actual technology and the processes within the organization, or you are the best damned bluffer I've ever read. The flashbacks to the school science fair touched me. I have been a science teacher who has advised his students to use the scientific method and then had a girl with a pretty display of pills win when judged by a community of morons. I know the scene, man and you got it right. Great!"
. . . David St.John, executive editor of Elderberry Press
The Media Candidate by Paul Dueweke
Books are like closed doors. You open them and step through into new worlds where you may find unusual people and live through unusual experiences. Those new worlds may be governed by leaders with new, perhaps frightening ideas.
The Media Candidate is one such world, a place where democracy has been replaced by media-led, computer tyranny. Using satire as a keen bladed weapon, Mr. Dueweke shows us what could happen if no effort is made to rein in government and the media as they gain ascendancy over the minds of the governed. Murder is rife as those who question this power are eliminated. Who is the mind behind the killings? A person or a computer? Or a combination of both?
If you like intrigue, mystery, and have an understanding of what drives characters, you will find this sci-fi satire interesting, peopled with well drawn characters who try to balance their acceptance of an unbalanced governing entity and their fear of the same.
I found the technology described herein enlightening. The author knows his subject and his people and has written an interesting story around them. If you like books that cross genre lines and want to see what could happen if the media is allowed to stay its present course, you will find this book a good read.
Review by Anne K. Edwards, author of "Death Comes Knocking"
for eBook Reviews Weekly
Word Wrap: A book review by Patricia Spork
The Media Candidate
by Paul Dueweke
Intellectual Techno Thrill! Recommended
The year is 2048. News media and celebrities have converged to political "infotainment". NBC Democratic Party and CBS Republican Party candidates are actors, porn queens and musicians, all in the running for Presidential office. The Committee for Political Equality (CORE) preserves (actually, controls) political competition through neural computer networks and robotic assassins.
Elliot Townsend, a retired Nobel physicist, becomes suspicious about several deaths involving people charged with espionage. When Townsend personally investigates, he is labeled an "anarchist". CORE field agent, Sherwood, formally a software developer for the Dagger Project (robotic assassin development) begins surveillance of the famed scientist. Townsend soon fears for his life and his family's, and searches for evidence to enlighten the general public about CORE's unethical practices.
Paul Dueweke, author, metamorphose programmed computers into thinking assassins by using rich, technical detail and vivid imagination. THE MEDIA CANDIDATE is a realistic view of what could be if media moguls and government officials had their ways in our world. Although written well, the HTML version could have used more editing, as a few words were misused or misspelled. Other than grammatical errors and a luke-warm ending, THE MEDIA CANDIDATE is a competitive techno-thriller for the science fiction genre.
Cindy Penn
Senior Editor,
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eBook Specialist, Midwest Book Review