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Elvis Live At Five by John Paxson
Imagine that computers can generate realistic portraits of people, dead and alive, and manipulate them to say whatever the programmer wants. Imagine such a program in the hands of a power hungry television manager. That's Elvis Live At Five, in a nutshell. This book is told from the point of view of one of the people at that TV station. The book is told both at the time of the story, and looking back, which ensures that we the readers do not miss any subtlety. This is a competent piece warning against the evils of media, from a media man. This is not the sort of book you should read as a bedtime story. It will make you think. It might even scare you. Happy reading.