Published: Feb. 14, 2011
Words: 20,639 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452416472

Short description

Hypnos Corporation's Theta Slipstream is a limitless, magical dreamworld, where professional dreamers help you become anything you want and go wherever you can imagine. If you're lucky, your pro will be Aidan Morrish, the best guide. But when Aidan's client disappeares in mid-dream, his license is revoked, and in trying to establish his innocence, he discovers the deadly secret of the Theta

Extended description

HYPNOS CORPORATION: the largest purveyor of dreamtime entertainment in the world. With a standard subscription you receive a state of the art isolation tank, and access to Hypnos’ theta slipstream: a magical dream world that knows no bounds, where professional dreamers are waiting to help you become anything you want, and go anywhere you can imagine. And if you are really lucky, your dreams will be assigned to Aidan Morrish.
Aidan is the best dream guide Hypnos has to offer. Life for him is the life of a superstar. But being the best has a downside; jealousy is everywhere, and many want to ruin Aidan’s reputation. So when his client inexplicably disappears mid-dream, Hypnos revokes Aidan’s lucrative dream contract, and it seems his enemies have succeeded. Aidan knows he is being victimised, but when he sets out to prove his innocence, he discovers a secret that runs far deeper than the envy of his peers

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science fiction, sci fi, sf, sams dot publishing, edward cox, walking like morpheus

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Reviews

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Review by: A. Jarrell Hayes on Oct. 02, 2011 :
A thought-provoking read. I enjoyed the imagination and imagery to create the dream worlds.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Marva Dasef on April 22, 2011 :
It took me a long time to get to this book, and I wish I had earlier. Thing is, this book came out in 2009, but people will immediately think the author used Inception as a basis. Well, they'd be wrong. The book pre-dates the movie. So, this is more of a "great minds think alike" deal.

Still, Walking Like Morpheus, is in most ways completely different from the movie. Both are about lucid dreaming, which is when the dreamer can control what's going on in his/her dream. Mr. Cox has taken that idea another step (which is where it coincides somewhat with the movie) of having the lucid dreamer able to control other people's dreams.

Aidan is a lucid dreamer, called an Oneiroi (in myth, the sons of Hypnos), hired by the Hypnos Corporation, which has discovered a way to use lucid dreamers to give clients what they want to dream, rather than being stuck with that random weirdness we all experience in dreaming.

During one session, something goes very wrong. Aidan loses control of the dream and is confronted with his own worst nightmare. He reports the problem to the company, realizing something is wrong with the apparatus that allows the Oneiroi to control the dream of another. Rather than looking into what is wrong, the Corporation immediately fires Aidan. After a bout of self-pity, he seeks to find out exactly what went wrong and why.

Any more and I'd be clicking the spoiler box, so I'll leave it at that.

Mr. Cox is an excellent writer and I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes science fiction and fantasy.
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Gary Kirby on Feb. 15, 2011 :
An intellegent and energetic story. With engaging characters and an imaginative plot/story world it left me wanting to read more from the author!
(reviewed the day of purchase)

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