231 pages
"ALERT: Humanity has been upgraded. You are now obsolete.
Kyle Straker volunteered to be hypnotized at the annual community talent show, expecting the same old lame amateur acts. But when he wakes up, his world will never be the same. Televisions and computers no longer work, but a strange language streams across their screens. Everyone's behaving oddly. It's as if Kyle doesn't exist.
Is this nightmare a result of the hypnosis? Will Kyle wake up with a snap of fingers to roars of laughter? Or is this something much more sinister? Narrated on a set of found cassette tapes at an unspecified point in the future, Human.4 is an absolutely chilling look at technology gone too far." -Dust Jacket
This was a really entertaining read. I was honestly sort of surprised by how much I liked it. I think the thing that I liked the most about it was how it was told. Being a "transcript" of cassette tapes was a really interesting way to tell Kyle's story, especially considering who the editor is and why he says he put Kyle's cassette tapes in book form. After a few pages in, it seemed like this story probably takes place in England. There are some references and words that most Americans don't use, yet there are also several references to American TV, so sometimes it's also ambiguous. The editor's commentary is fun and it was a great addition to have him reference research papers and books written about the Straker tapes.
There is a sequel to this book but it is also a great stand-alone book. There is no big cliffhanger at the end and the story could easily end there, letting the reader imagine what happens next.
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