Ampted. A Novel

TitleAmpted. A Novel
Year for Search2012
AuthorsWilson, Daniel H[oward](b. 1978)
Date Published2012
PublisherDoubleday
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, Native American author
Annotation

The novel is set in a future in which many people have a device implanted in their brains that eliminates a wide range of brain defects--in the case of the protagonist controls his epilepsy. But the U.S. Supreme Court rules that such “ampted” people are not truly fully human and no longer covered by a range of civil rights. The novel is set in the Cherokee Nation. 

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Author Note

Native American Indian (Cherokee) author (b. 1978) with a doctorate in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University

Full Text

2012 Wilson, Daniel H[oward] (b. 1978). Ampted. A Novel. New York: Doubleday. Public

The novel is set in a future in which many people have a device implanted in their brains that eliminates a wide range of brain defects--in the case of the protagonist controls his epilepsy. But the U.S. Supreme Court rules that such “ampted” people are not truly fully human and no longer covered by a range of civil rights. The novel is set in the Cherokee Nation. Native American Indian (Cherokee) author with a doctorate in robotics from Carnegie Mellon University.