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Middle Island, NY, United States, 2008/11/11 - Riveting new novel, The Mind Keepers focuses on use of electronics and mind control. Seattle based author Kenneth MacLean asks, "Is artificial intelligence being used to control your mind?".
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Riding Fiction’s rail between imagination and reality—retired English Professor makes good.
Who says you’re finished once you retire? Retirement finally allows former Seattle University English professor Ken MacLean to pursue his passion for writing full-time. The result? The Mind Keepers, a mystery that won honorable mention at the Hollywood Book Festival, and finalist award in the Fiction/Mystery and Suspense category of the USA Best Books Award contest.
A spin-off of the film festival, the Hollywood Book Festival spotlights literature worthy of further consideration by the talent-hungry pipelines of the entertainment industry, the film, TV and multimedia communities. “These industries are swamped with unsolicited manuscripts,” said Bruce Haring, author/conference director. “We act as a filter, weeding out the good from the bad.”
A panel of judges determined The Mind Keepers’ honorable mention. They looked at MacLean’s story-telling ability and his book’s potential to be translated into other forms of media. The Mind Keepers tells the story of a former FBI agent and Army Intelligence Officer who uncovers a secret dread enveloping a small Pacific Northwest community, a menace that could change the future of civilization. With a force fed by international politics and secret government experiments, those who resist can have their thoughts forcibly altered, hear bodiless voices speaking in the dark, or be killed without a trace.
Asked about the relevancy of mind control, Ken MacLean responded: “Journalist Sharon Weinberger’s ‘Mind Games’ article, featured last year in The Washington Post, received extraordinary attention. Military aspects of the topic are gradually being opened and involve weaponry and devices that nearly defy human understanding. These will inevitably affect our lives and our ethics in the defense of our nation.”
Reviewers and readers seem to corroborate MacLean’s honorable mention from the Hollywood Book Festival. England's Liverpool University Professor of American Literature David Seed, the series editor for Science Fiction Texts and Studies (Liverpool University Press) and author of Brainwashing, the Fictions of Mind Control (Kent, Ohio and London: Kent State University Press, 2004), calls The Mind Keepers “…a powerful and cautionary tale on the technology of mind control.”
And Beverly Coleman from the U.S. Psychotronics Association seems to agree. She writes: “Fiction so ably rides the rail between reality and possible reality…Anyone who has kept up with the direction the Tesla technology or psychotronic instrumentation development will be quick to ‘connect the dots’ of possibilities and undeclared, secret use and abuse of these instruments. The Mind Keepers is a well-written, easy read that captures your attention and reminds you that if you can imagine it, it is possible!”
Meanwhile, 80-years-young MacLean is keeping his fingers crossed that his debut novel will be noticed and picked up by the agents, producers, directors, and developers it has been distributed to for further consideration. “Perhaps word of mouth and whatever exposure comes from the honorable mention and Best Books award will let people know about The Mind Keepers,” MacLean said.
Readers can download a complimentary brochure, 'Riveting new novel focuses on use of electronics and mind control', or learn more about Ken MacLean's The Mind Keepers by visiting macleanauthors.com or newworldpressbooks.com. The book can also be ordered through amazon.com.
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