by Robert J. Sawyer · Tor Science Fiction · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780765349750
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«Mindscan» is the science fiction novel by Robert J. Sawyer, published by Tor Science Fiction in paperback (384 pages, in English).
Jake Sullivan, suffering from a hereditary illness, undergoes a mental scan that copies his consciousness into an android body while his original body is sent to a lunar colony. The new Jake finds love with Karen, another mindscan, but the situation becomes complicated when Karen's son sues her for her inheritance and the original Jake takes hostages on the Moon. The novel speculates on identity, consciousness, and the legal limits of copying a person.
Standalone novel winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel in 2006.
For science fiction readers interested in ethical dilemmas, artificial intelligence, and the sense of identity.
Robert James Sawyer is a Canadian and American writer of science fiction. He is the author of 25 published novels, and his short fiction has appeared in magazines and journals such as Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Amazing Stories, On Spec, and Nature, in addition to several anthologies. He has won many writing awards, including the Nebula Award for Best Novel (1995), the Hugo Award for Best Novel (2003), the John W. Campbell Memorial Award (2006), the Robert A. Heinlein Award (2017), and multiple Aurora Awards.
