I just finished "In The Company Of Mind" by Stephen Piziks.  I was up
until 12:30 a.m. to finish it, which may tell you more if I add that
I'm usually asleep by 11:00.

It's a fascinating adventure and psychology story about a man who has
Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) and a career as an adventurous
computer security expert.  It is not my style when reviewing a book to
tell much about it.  That's the author's job.  I'll just say this one
is fast-paced, highly interesting, well-written, and seems
well-researched.  It is *filled* with the f-word, which would normally
be a turn-off for me, but in this case, it was merited as a part of
the story.

I'll have to add that there is graphic rape violence in the story,
which may be why I was sitting on the floor by the toilet with nausea
for a while one night when I was reading it (but it may have been a
touch of the flu).  This was a severe turn-off for me, obviously, but
it was not gratuitous; it was an important part of the story.

Piziks is a former M-Netter.  I remember him entering an item there
about his first short-story sale.  His name caught my eye at
Barnes & Noble, and I bought the book.  I'm very glad I did.

They have several autographed copies left.

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I am friends with his writing group, and I was told that he actually took out
some of the more graphic violence. Eeep! But I agree, this was a book
that I found fascinating and hard to put down.

I remember Stephen Piziks.  He was also on Grex in the early days.

I can't say I was impressed by this book.  It read to me like a
compendium of teenage male fantasies - extreme parental persecution,
super-powers, penis enlargement, sexual irresistability, nobody loves
me, etc.

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