History Literature / LockIn

* {{Sharing a Body}}: Neural Networks allowed Hadens to project their consciousness onto an Integrator in order to interact with the outside world. The Haden can control the body, but the Integrator remains conscious and can take control when needed.

** In addition, it's not until much later that we find out that Chris is black, as it hardly matter when one is using a Threep. It only matter for Chris's father, who blows away his child's assassin with a shotgun and is immediately told that his chances of winning the election are now nonexistent, as all the voters are going to think of now is a "black man with a gun".

''Lock In'' is a {{science fiction}} [[MysteryFiction detective]] novel by {{John Scalzi}}. The book was published by Tor Books in August 2014.

* AngryBlackMan: After Shane's father [[spoiler:shoots a man in the defense of his son]], his party asks him to drop his candidacy and endorse a rival for fear that the perfectly justifiable act will be seen as this trope by the public.

!! [Lock In] contains examples of:

Lock In is a {{science fiction}} [[MysteryFiction detective]] novel by {{John Scalzi}}. The book was published by Tor Books in August 2014.

* {{Mind Rape}}: [[spoiler: How Vann views Integrating. She does not like the idea of someone else being in her head and controlling her body. She attempted to cope with it using alcohol, which only made her even more vulnerable.]]

* EveryCarIsAPinto and RunningGag: During the course of the investigation, Chris goes through threeps like [[Literature/StephaniePlum Stephanie Plum]] goes through cars. ("in a single day I had managed to seriously damage three separate threeps.") And while Chris's own threeps are expensive, at one point Chris has to borrow a loaner in Arizona that's described as "like the Ford Pinto of threeps."

* EveryCarIsAPinto and RunningGag: During the course of the investigation, Chris goes through threeps like [[Literature/StephaniePlum Stephanie Plum]] goes through cars. And while Chris's own threeps are expensive, at one point Chris has to borrow a loaner in Arizona that's described as "like the Ford Pinto of threeps."

Lock In is a {{science fiction}} {{police procedural}} novel by {{John Scalzi}}. The book was published by Tor Books in August 2014.

* {{The All Concealing I}}: [[spoiler:Scalzi uses this to conceal Shane’s sex/gender.]]

* {{Cops and Detectives}}: Given, that Lock In is a police procedural.

* {{Gender Neutral Writing}}: [[spoiler:When other characters talk about Shane, they always use gender neutral terms.]]

* {{Mind Rape}}: [[spoiler: How Vann views Integrating. She does not like the idea of someone else being in her head and controlling her body. She attempts to cope with it using alcohol, which only made her even more vulnerable.]]

* {{Obsessed with Food}}: Some Hadens experience this after being locked in for a while. Vann and Nicholas Bell talk about how the first thing many Hadens do after integrating is eat a bacon cheese burger. It got to the point where all Vann had to do was just walk into a Five Guys and they would start cooking one up.

* {{Death is the Only Option}}: [[spoiler: Sani eventually realizes that he knows too much, and will probably be killed by his employers. So he throws a sofa out a hotel window and slits his throat while his boss has control the body of Nicholas Bell. This is what got the attention of the FBI, which lead to Shane and Vann uncovering the whole plot.]]
* DehumanizingInsult: Calling Threeps "clanks" is described as very insulting.

But there is hope. Thanks to aggressive federal funding, technology was able to advance enough to allow Hadens to interact with the physical world through robot bodies, known as Threeps. Hadens can use similar technology to "borrow" the body of an Integrator, someone who had their brain affected by Haden's but not to the point of lock in.

Humanity has been ravaged by the Haden Syndrome. While most individuals simply experience flu-like symptoms, 1% of those infected have their brains permanently damaged. These unfortunate few become completely paralyzed and trapped within their own bodies.

But there is hope. Thanks to aggressive federal funding, technology was able to advance enough to allow Hadens to interact with the physical world through robot bodies, known as Threeps. Hadens can use similar technology to "borrow" the body of an Integrator, someone who had their brain affected by Haden but not to the point of lock in.

Now, 25 years since the out break of Hadens, the federal funding that has been supporting those affected has been cut, leading to massive Haden lead protests. On the first day of these protests, newbie FBI Agent and Haden, Chris Shane and FBI veteran Leslie Vann are assigned to investigate a murder involving a sofa thrown out a hotel window. Things get complicated quickly when they discover the main suspect is an Integrator, who may or may not have been carrying a Haden at the time.

* {{The Alcoholic}}: Vann. It seems that whenever Shane calls her outside of work, she’s in a bar getting drunk.
* {{The Corpse Stops Here}}: The first suspect, Nicholas Bell, is found in the same hotel room as the murder victim.
* {{The All Concealing I}}: [[spoiler:Scalzi uses this to conceal Shane’s sex/gender.]]
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Lock In is a {{science fiction}} {{police procedural}} novel by {{John Scalzi}}. The book was published by Tor Books in August 2014.\\
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Humanity has been ravaged by the Haden Syndrome. While most individuals simply experience flu-like symptoms, 1% of those infected have their brains permanently damaged. These unfortunate few become completely paralyzed and trapped within their own bodies. \\
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But there is hope. Thanks to aggressive federal funding, technology was able to advance enough to allow Hadens to interact with the physical world through robot bodies, known as Threeps. Hadens can use similar technology to "borrow" the body of an Integrator, someone who had their brain affected by Haden but not to the point of lock in. \\
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Now, 25 years since the out break of Hadens, the federal funding that has been supporting those affected has been cut, leading to massive Haden lead protests. On the first day of these protests, newbie FBI Agent and Haden, Chris Shane and FBI veteran Leslie Vann are assigned to investigate a murder involving a sofa thrown out a hotel window. Things get complicated quickly when they discover the main suspect is an Integrator, who may or may not have been carrying a Haden at the time.\\
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* {{Death is the Only Option}}: [[spoiler: Sani eventually realizes that he knows too much, and will probably be killed by his employers. So he throws a sofa out a hotel window and slits his throat while his boss has control the body of Nichplas Bell. This is what got the attention of the FBI, which lead to Shane and Vann uncovering the whole plot.]]

Now, 25 years since the out break of Hadens, the federal funding that has been supporting those affected has been cut, leading to massive Haden lead protests.

On the first day of these protests, newbie FBI Agent and Haden, Chris Shane and FBI veteran Leslie Vann are assigned to investigate a murder involving a sofa thrown out a hotel window. Things get complicated quickly when they discover the main suspect is an Integrator, who may or may not have been carrying a Haden at the time.\\

* {{Dead Man Writing}}: [[spoiler: Sonny leaves a video for his grandmother and sister telling them his suspicions about his employer.]]
* {{Death is the Only Option}}: [[spoiler: Sonny eventually realizes that he knows too much, and will probably be killed by his employers. So he throws a sofa out a hotel window and slits his throat while his boss has control the body of John Bell. This is what got the attention of the FBI, which lead to Shane and Vann uncovering the whole plot.]]

* {{Obsessed with Food}}: Some Hadens experience this after being locked in for a while. Vann and John Bell talk about how the first thing many Hadens do after integrating is eat a bacon cheese burger. It got to the point where all Vann had to do was just walk into a Five Guys and they would start cooking one up.

* {{Shrug of God}}: [[spoiler:Shane’s sex and gender. Scalzi purposefully wrote the entire novel without a single reference to Shane’s sex and gender. He leaves it up to the reader to project whatever gender onto Shane as they see fit. There are two versions of the audiobook voiced by Wil Wheaton and Amber Benson. Spoilered because most people miss it upon first read through.]]
* {{Slashed Throat}}: The cause of death for Sonny.

* {{The Corpse Stops Here}}: The first suspect, John Bell, is found in the same hotel room as the murder victim.