{"id":13814,"date":"2013-11-06T08:34:36","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T16:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/?p=13814"},"modified":"2013-11-06T08:34:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T16:34:36","slug":"john-scalzi-reveals-cover-art-and-synopsis-for-lock-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanmoher.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/art\/cover-art\/john-scalzi-reveals-cover-art-and-synopsis-for-lock-in\/","title":{"rendered":"John Scalzi reveals cover art and synopsis for Lock In<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\"Lock\n

Say one thing for John Scalzi, he gets some damn fine covers from his publisher. Scalzi describes the book as ‘a near-future thriller involving a disease that causes people to be \u201clocked in\u201d inside their own bodies,’ and indicates that he feels the cover captures this essence. Irene Gallo, Art Director at Tor Books, describes the creation of the cover, ‘You can often describe an art director\u2019s job as being a match-maker for author and designer and the John\/Peter pairing has been a good for us. […] Peter [Lutjen] created a cover that expressed both their isolation and connectivity by painting tiny train model people.’<\/p>\n

Tor.com<\/a> has the first official synopsis of the novel:<\/p>\n

\nFifteen years from now, a new virus sweeps the globe. 95% of those afflicted experience nothing worse than fever and headaches. Four per cent suffer acute meningitis, creating the largest medical crisis in history. And one percent find themselves \u201clocked in\u201d\u2014fully awake and aware, but unable to move or respond to Stimulus.<\/p>\n

One per cent doesn\u2019t seem like a lot. But in the United States, that\u2019s 1.7 million people \u201clocked in\u201d …including the President\u2019s wife and daughter. Spurred by grief and the sheer magnitude of the suffering, America undertakes a massive scientific initiative. Nothing can restore to the \u201clocked in\u201d the ability to control their own bodies. But two new technologies emerge. One is a virtual reality environment, \u201cThe Agora,\u201d in which the locked-in can interact with other humans, both locked-in and not. The other is the discovery that a few rare individuals have brains that are receptive to being controlled by others, meaning that from time to time, those who are locked in can \u201cride\u201d these people and use their bodies as if they were their own.<\/p>\n

This skill is quickly regulated, licensed, bonded, and controlled. Nothing can go wrong. Certainly nobody would be tempted to misuse it, for murder, for political power, or worse…\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Lock In<\/em>, which Scalzi is in the processing of completing at the time this cover was revealed, is due for publication on August 26th, 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Say one thing for John Scalzi, he gets some damn fine covers from his publisher. Scalzi describes the book as ‘a near-future thriller involving a disease that causes people to be \u201clocked in\u201d inside their own bodies,’ and indicates that he feels the cover captures this essence. Irene Gallo, Art Director at Tor Books, describes… Lock In<\/em>“>Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[31,26],"tags":[1285,1283,200,754,59,375,331],"class_list":["post-13814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-cover-art","tag-art","tag-cover-art","tag-john-scalzi","tag-lock-in","tag-science-fiction","tag-tor-books","tag-tor-com"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n