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Hershel · 03-11-2012, 10:32 PM

Think how great virtual sex must be. Now think again.

A VIRTUAL AFFAIR is about Barbara, a computer program developed to make men happy through sex. Though a series of coincidences, she becomes conscious and self-aware, and discovers--surprise--that sex isn't the same as happiness. Then she learns that nagging people to exercise and eat right doesn't make them happy either. The rest of the book shows her machinations, some quite complicated, to make individuals and groups of people happy. But what if she malfunctions like HAL in 2001? And in any event, she's a computer; what can she know about human happiness?

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Short Bio:
I'm a physician who has been writing off and on literally for decades with little success. After an unrelenting series of rejections almost had me ready to give up, Lilly Press accepted my novel IMPLAC, an evil robot story. I was ecstatic. Then, Lilly went bankrupt and it was back to the slush pile for me. The Query Tracker website taught me how to write a decent query, I sent out a batch of letters to small publishers, and Eternal Press accepted A VIRTUAL AFFAIR. At age 68 I would finally have a book for sale. It's never too late to pursue your dream.

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03-11-2012, 10:32 PM	#1960
Hershel Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: California Device: HTC smartphone	Think how great virtual sex must be. Now think again. A VIRTUAL AFFAIR is about Barbara, a computer program developed to make men happy through sex. Though a series of coincidences, she becomes conscious and self-aware, and discovers--surprise--that sex isn't the same as happiness. Then she learns that nagging people to exercise and eat right doesn't make them happy either. The rest of the book shows her machinations, some quite complicated, to make individuals and groups of people happy. But what if she malfunctions like HAL in 2001? And in any event, she's a computer; what can she know about human happiness? -------------------- Short Bio: I'm a physician who has been writing off and on literally for decades with little success. After an unrelenting series of rejections almost had me ready to give up, Lilly Press accepted my novel IMPLAC, an evil robot story. I was ecstatic. Then, Lilly went bankrupt and it was back to the slush pile for me. The Query Tracker website taught me how to write a decent query, I sent out a batch of letters to small publishers, and Eternal Press accepted A VIRTUAL AFFAIR. At age 68 I would finally have a book for sale. It's never too late to pursue your dream. http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B004VY7I1A http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/zvi-zaks?keyword=zvi+zaks&store=allproducts Attached Thumbnails