I found this somewhat-battered paperback at a local charity sale, and picked it up for another release copy. I recall seeing the 1953 film adaptation long ago on a Friday Night Fright-mare TV show, and finding it rather silly, but the book's not bad at all, though there are a couple of sizable plotholes to work around. Still, the premise is somewhat unusual - a scientist working in a small, isolated village in remote Arizona is called to the wreck site of a small plane, and when he finds a dying passenger he decides to co-opt the man's brain for his experiments. He not only hopes to be able to sustain life in a detached brain, but to find a way to communicate with it. But as it happens, this particular brain belongs to a very determined man, and it finds a way to not only communicate with the scientist but to take him over...

The story's told in the first person, via the scientist's journal entries, and as this character is not especially likable it's not the most engaging story I've come across. But the plot's interesting enough, and it certainly adds another data point to the collection of "why one should not attempt to keep brains alive" literature {wry grin}.

This book's going into my Based on the Book bookbox, with this book serving as the bookbox journal. The box will be on the way to the first participant soon. Enjoy!

Found in the "Based on the Book" bookbox.

To be released as part of the "Based on the Book" bookbox. Sending it off!

This book enjoyed a brief stop in San Jose, CA before continuing its travels in the based on the Book bookbox!

Taken from GoryDetails's Based on the Book box with thanks: pretty sure I've never read this so I'll give it a try.

What a creepy cover!

Still TBR, but since this book is a nominee for the 1943 Retro Hugo Awards, it will be traveling to California with me. It may be released at WorldCon 76.

Monday, August 20, 2018: left in the lobby of the Hilton San Jose -near the computers - during WorldCon 76. (Larger photo here.)

Released for msrubble's 2018 movie challenge.

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