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FROM: Patricia Gibson <pgibson@fred.tnrdlib.bc.ca>
REC'D: 3/13/01, 5:51 PM

Greetings All,
My patron is looking for a (sci-fi?) book about a culture that feeds info.
into humans' brains. Those that "cannot handle" the information overload
experience physical pain. Those that can process the information onslaught
are given a higher social status. Patron cannot remember the author, the
title, nor how the book ends but he says he's read it many times.
Thanks for your help.

Patricia Gibson
Readers' Advisor
TNRD Library System
100-465 Victoria Street
Kamloops, BC V2C 2A9
pgibson@tnrdlib.bc.ca
http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca

FROM: Patricia Gibson <pgibson@fred.tnrdlib.bc.ca>
REC'D: 3/16/01, 1:00 PM

Hi All,
I posted this a few days ago and received no hits. I'll try again. My
teenaged patron is looking for a book he has read several times. It is
sci-fi and possibly YA. The story is about a culture that feeds information
into humans' brains. Those that "cannot handle" the information overload
experience physical pain. Those that can process the information onslaught
are given a higher social status. Patron cannot remember author or title.
Any info. would be appreciated.
tx.

Patricia Gibson
Readers' Advisor
TNRD Library System
100-465 Victoria Street
Kamloops, BC V2C 2A9
pgibson@tnrdlib.bc.ca
http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca

FROM: Cindy McCormack <cmccorma@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 3/17/01, 3:16 PM

This sounded more like one of William Shatner's books to me. His series
"quest for tomorrow" deals with a society that uses direct connection to
virtual entertainment to help control the behavior of the individuals. It
leads to some of the problems you discribe. I loved McCaffrey's books, but
I don't think they fit your discription as well.

At 10:37 AM 3/16/01 -0800, Patricia Gibson wrote:
>Hi All,
>I posted this a few days ago and received no hits. I'll try again. My
>teenaged patron is looking for a book he has read several times. It is
>sci-fi and possibly YA. The story is about a culture that feeds information
>into humans' brains. Those that "cannot handle" the information overload
>experience physical pain. Those that can process the information onslaught
>are given a higher social status. Patron cannot remember author or title.
>Any info. would be appreciated.
>tx.
>
>Patricia Gibson
>Readers' Advisor
>TNRD Library System
>100-465 Victoria Street
>Kamloops, BC V2C 2A9
>pgibson@tnrdlib.bc.ca
>http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
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>
Cindy McCormack
St. Charles City-County Library District
Corporate Parkway Branch
St. Charles, MO.

FROM: Cindy McCormack <cmccorma@mail.win.org>
REC'D: 3/17/01, 3:16 PM

This sounded more like one of William Shatner's books to me. His series
"quest for tomorrow" deals with a society that uses direct connection to
virtual entertainment to help control the behavior of the individuals. It
leads to some of the problems you discribe. I loved McCaffrey's books, but
I don't think they fit your discription as well.

At 10:37 AM 3/16/01 -0800, Patricia Gibson wrote:
>Hi All,
>I posted this a few days ago and received no hits. I'll try again. My
>teenaged patron is looking for a book he has read several times. It is
>sci-fi and possibly YA. The story is about a culture that feeds information
>into humans' brains. Those that "cannot handle" the information overload
>experience physical pain. Those that can process the information onslaught
>are given a higher social status. Patron cannot remember author or title.
>Any info. would be appreciated.
>tx.
>
>Patricia Gibson
>Readers' Advisor
>TNRD Library System
>100-465 Victoria Street
>Kamloops, BC V2C 2A9
>pgibson@tnrdlib.bc.ca
>http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>
Cindy McCormack
St. Charles City-County Library District
Corporate Parkway Branch
St. Charles, MO.

FROM: Sandy Westbrook <sandyw@crlc.org>
REC'D: 4/5/01, 1:34 PM

Pat

I'm sorry this took so long. I'm pretty sure I have the book you're
looking for. I knew I had read something that sounded a lot like the book
you were describing, but I also could not remember the author or title. I
frequently borrow books from our Friends Book Sale Room and I was pretty
sure that it was in there. I found it today!! The author is Monica
Hughes and the title is Devil on My Back. Blurb - "Son of ArcOne's
powerful Overlord, Tomi had looked forward to Access Day all his life. On
that day his infopak would be surgically implanted in his back, connecting
him with the vast knowledge of the domed city's computers. But soon after,
Tomi began to wonder why some of ArcOne's inhabitants received the gift of
wisdom, while others were condemned to live as slaves. Then a rebellion
left him stranded in the wilderness beyond the city's walls. There he
discovered ArcOne's terrible secret - and a life of freedom and promise he
had never dreamed possible."

I hope this is the one.

Sandy Westbrook
Adult Services Librarian
South Windsor Public Library
South Windsor, CT
860-644-1541


At 10:37 AM 3/16/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>I posted this a few days ago and received no hits. I'll try again. My
>teenaged patron is looking for a book he has read several times. It is
>sci-fi and possibly YA. The story is about a culture that feeds information
>into humans' brains. Those that "cannot handle" the information overload
>experience physical pain. Those that can process the information onslaught
>are given a higher social status. Patron cannot remember author or title.
>Any info. would be appreciated.
>tx.
>
>Patricia Gibson
>Readers' Advisor
>TNRD Library System
>100-465 Victoria Street
>Kamloops, BC V2C 2A9
>pgibson@tnrdlib.bc.ca
>http://www.tnrdlib.bc.ca
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flmenu.html
>

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