Two Thirds of a God - Gloster, Vance M
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THE FIRST VIRTUAL HUMAN HAS A PROBLEM Eleanor Burton leads the development team for the soon-to-be deployed OrbitNet internet satellites when she receives a fatal diagnosis. With two months to live, she becomes the guinea pig for a friend's brain scanning experiment. She awakes to discover she is now a virtual human, a rogue program running on the primary OrbitNet satellite. To survive, she must keep her existence secret. Set in the near future, Two Thirds of a God explores intelligence-natural and artificial-as well as the lust for power and repercussions of technology.

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THE FIRST VIRTUAL HUMAN HAS A PROBLEM Eleanor Burton leads the development team for the soon-to-be deployed OrbitNet internet satellites when she receives a fatal diagnosis. With two months to live, she becomes the guinea pig for a friend's brain scanning experiment. She awakes to discover she is now a virtual human, a rogue program running on the primary OrbitNet satellite. To survive, she must keep her existence secret. Set in the near future, Two Thirds of a God explores intelligence-natural and artificial-as well as the lust for power and repercussions of technology.
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Vance Mitchell Gloster had a career as a computer scientist before turning to writing full-time. He worked on the Space Shuttle program and for several leading technology firms, developing artificial intelligence and encryption software, as well as a massive email system. He is also a musician having played keyboards on several progressive rock albums from the bands Gekko Projekt and Bomber Goggles, and having written the score for one movie. He resides in Southern California with his wife Kathy and their dog Cali, where he and Kathy enjoy riding recumbent bicycles. Vance Mitchell Gloster is an award-winning writer, who had a career as a computer scientist before turning to writing full-time. He worked on the Space Shuttle program and for several leading technology firms, developing artificial intelligence and encryption software, as well as a massive email system. He is also a musician, having played keyboards on several progressive rock albums from the bands Gekko Projekt and Bomber Goggles, and having scored a film. He lives in Southern California with his wife Kathy and their dog, Cali, where they enjoy riding recumbent bicycles.