O Ego Alterado por Jerry Sohl . Foi publicado em 1954 e esta capa corresponde à sua descrição:
Aqui está uma crítica de A Revista de Fantasia e Ficção Científica , Setembro 1954 (disponível no Arquivo da Internet ):
Jerry Sohl's THE ALTERED EGO (Rinehart, $2.50) is a sort of mystery melodrama dealing with subversive efforts to tamper with our country's program to "restore" key men after death by inserting personality-recordings into their revivified bodies. It's almost rational . . . as Sohl novels go.
Aqui está o resumo da contracapa de a reimpressão em brochura :
WHAT WILL LIFE BE LIKE IN 2045?
Chances are you'll be a
"stab"—a stable personality.
Science will have made it
impossible for most men to
commit a violent act.
You'll hope for "restoration."
No matter how you die—
they can bring you back to life.
But only 200 Americans are
"restored" each year.
If you're due for restoration,
they'll "record" your brain.
They'll preserve forever any
thought you've ever had,
any skills, any memories.
And you may have to pit your
life against them!