Sims - F. Paul Wilson Book Review

Enter a review
of your own!

Other books by
author F. Paul Wilson

"Sims"
Message Board

Review Summaries

" Forge, April 2003, 25.95, 384 pp. ISBN 0765305518 In the near future, two brothers Mercer and Elias Sinclair formed a company called SimGen that spliced chimpanzees and human genes creating a new life form, Sims that is neither human nor chimp but a sterile hybrid. Sims have forty four chromosomes and humans have forty six but the most crucial difference of all is that Sims are considered property even though they can think and talk. They are leased to individuals and corporations but SimGen owns them and this situation is very repugnant to Romy Cadman who works for a secret organization headed by Zero. He is dedicated to forcing the public to accept Sims as a branch of the human family. Patrick Sullivan is approached by a group of Sims who desire to form a union. What starts out as a task becomes a cause as the attorney comes to believe totally Sims deserve civil rights. What the public doesn't know and Romy and Patrick are only beginning to learn is that there is a shadow organization within SimGen that will go to any lengths to protect their experiments and dirty secrets. This work is science fiction though the technology to create a Sim outside of the game world seems just around the corner. The story line is exciting, fast-paced and scientifically based raising powerful social issues that should be dealt with sooner than later. F. Paul Wilson is well known for his repairman Jack Horror novels but readers should note that SIMS is totally different but just as creative and cutting edge. Harriet Klausner "
Harriet Klausner, Resident F. Paul Wilson Scholar

Click above for the new Obama Girl Parody video!

Overall Review

Our unique search engine breaks down books and movies into dozens of literary elements, all of which are searchable.

Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 10%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 30%

Tone of book - suspenseful (sophisticated fear)
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - genetic engineering
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Cultural problems, alien culture Yes
Culture clash- - feelings as an alien growing up among humans

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - a lawyer creature
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century)
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a fair amount of scientific explanation
How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript

Most similar books by Gordonator ranking
Trouble With Lichen by John Wyndham
Roswell: The Outsider by Melinda Metz
Bitter Waters by Wen Spencer
Eternity Row by S.L. Viehl
Kingdom Of Cages by Sarah Zettel

Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s).

Try our new Star Wars & Star Trek puzzle pictures! Click here

Advertise with us
Feedback
Star Wars Revenge of the Sith plot spoilers
Hobbits
The politics game
The lawyer game

3 Book search options!
1) Simple lookup
(title or author)

or
2) Detailed book search
(click here) or

3) One-click plot searches! Simply click on a plot below!

Animal Story

Clones

Coming of age

Cultural problems, alien culture

Explore/1st contact/ enviro story

Family relations

GIANT monster(s)

Horror story?

Inner Struggle

Lifeform altered?

Mental/magical powers focus

Parody

Political power play

Religious overtones?

Repressive society story

Robots, Computers, VR

Romance

Spying & Investigations

Tech./$$$/Info hunt

Time Travel story?

Training/Apprent.

War or Invasion

Games:
Trivia Masters!

Rescue your favorite
scifi characters from
slavery!

Talk to your favorite
scifi characters!

Eating New Yorkers
Computer Game

Pomeranians

Most recent TV & Movie discussions:

Blade Runner: Blade Runner 3/19/2010 3:02:42 PM

Alice in Wonderland: Alice in Wonderland 3/12/2010 3:47:50 PM

Star Trek Enterprise: Jolene Blalock on T'Pol and Star Trek Enterprise 3/7/2010 11:02:27 PM

Lord of the Rings: Why would Aragorn choose pig lips Arwen Evenstar over Eowyn? 3/5/2010 12:12:07 AM

Stargate (TV): Is Teyla's character racist against black people? 3/3/2010 11:07:08 PM

Stargate (TV): Why is Major Carter so Butch? 3/3/2010 11:00:12 PM

Six Million Dollar Man & Bionic Woman: Why do fembots growl? 3/3/2010 10:49:55 PM

Six Million Dollar Man & Bionic Woman: What was so great about the Six Million Dollar Man? 3/3/2010 10:41:43 PM

Doctor Who: Who was the most annoying of the Doctor's companions? 3/3/2010 10:25:55 PM

Doctor Who: Who was the best companion? 3/3/2010 10:20:36 PM

Newest slaves:
Lea Thompson 6:52:09 PM
Lisa Kudrow (Friends) 6:47:12 PM
Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie Bradshaw Sex City) 6:46:23 PM
Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) 6:45:41 PM
Courteney Cox (Friends) 6:44:45 PM
Christina Applegate 6:43:53 PM
Salma Hayek 6:43:05 PM
Jennifer Aniston (Friends) 6:42:26 PM
Jennifer Garner 6:41:49 PM
Jennifer Lopez 6:41:17 PM
All slaves
(click here)

Celebrity interviews:
President George W. Bush 6:32:00 PM
Jan-Michael Vincent 2:16:51 PM
Captain Kathryn Janeway 3:47:46 PM
Jack ONeill (Richard Dean Anderson) 1:39:22 PM
Jennifer Aniston (Friends) 5:01:07 PM
All celebrities
(click here)