It is hard writing about Paul McAuley. it sounds the same every time. McAuley finds a trend, follows it, does it better than anybody else, blah blah blah. This time it is the chase thriller. Some people find out about a secret and have to go through a bunch of steps to find the big payoff. In the meantime they are being chased by bad guys who want to find the same secret. Sound like the Da Vinci Code? Well structurally it is, but nothing much else is the same.
Actually the underlying secret of Mind's Eye is an interesting one. It looks at the notion that specific visual images can impress emotional responses at a fundamental level. It is interesting because obviously there are some images that provoke a response. Mostly these are sexual or flight responses but what if it was there were more specific images that could provoke other reactions. There have been stories about these in the past but I haven't seen one recently - they were a very "new wave" type of idea. Actually I think it is probably rubbish but it makes for interesting reading.
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