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Invisible Barriers
| Author: | David Osborne |
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Orion Books, 2013 Avalon Books, 1958 |
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| Book Type: | Novel |
| Genre: | Science-Fiction |
| Sub-Genre Tags: | Alien Invasion |
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Synopsis
The year is 2021. The Cold War has stalemated into an "eternally frozen peace." The major geopolitical groups--America, Russia, Europe, Latin/South America, and Asia--have completely isolated from each other. There is no communication, no trade, no cultural exchange of any kind.
A minority of humans have developed powers of telepathy. As the narrator explains, "The total breakdown of intercontinental communication coincided with a sudden upwelling of psi powers among humanity--as if the blockade of Europe and the confiscation of amateur radio equipment had somehow impelled evolution to provide some new means of communication."
In the North American bubble, John Amory rails against the restrictions of an overly conservative society. ("The real Amory had to stay hidden. He never dared express an opinion not carefully tailored to the expectations of his co-workers.") He fancies himself an intellectual and an artist, but he is forced to work for a television studio where art is dictated by ratings, advertising and "an amorphous, anonymous tyranny--public opinion".
Amory's life is upended when he is approached by an emissary of alien archaeologists who want to collect Earth's most precious literature, films, music and paintings. But Amory soon begins to suspect they are actually preparing an invasion army. Using the powers of telepaths and the influence of television, can he find a way to unite the nations of Earth in time to save us all?
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