TY - SER
KW - high school teachers
KW - prejudice
AU - Daniel H. [Howard] Wilson
AB - Owen Gray, 29, has a brain-implant device which makes him an “amp”—a derogatory term for amplified or technologically-enhanced humans. An ultra-conservative Pennsylvania senator leads the government crackdown on amps, and Gray flees Pittsburgh to join an amp resistance movement and to fight back.
C1 - 2020s
C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Squirrel Hill; Taylor Allderdice High School; Oakland; University of Pittsburgh; Cathedral of Learning; Polish Hill; Lawrenceville
C4 - Science Fiction; Thriller; Adventure
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - Owen Gray, 29, has a brain-implant device which makes him an “amp”—a derogatory term for amplified or technologically-enhanced humans. An ultra-conservative Pennsylvania senator leads the government crackdown on amps, and Gray flees Pittsburgh to join an amp resistance movement and to fight back.
PB - Doubleday
PP - New York
PY - 2012
RN - Daniel Howard Wilson (1978- ) earned a PhD in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005. His previous novel <em>Robopocalypse</em> (2011), which does not use Pittsburgh as a setting, is in development as a major motion picture by Michael Bay.
EP - 274 p.
TI - Amped
ER -