Jennings is the best reverse-engineer in the business. He is hired by his friend Rethrick to do a special job, with the promise of a multi-million dollar paycheck when successfully completed. When he is finished, all memory of what he had been working on is erased from his mind. That's when his problem really start to begin. He is hunted by the FBI for something he has no recollection of doing and has little time to work it out. Before his memory wipe, he sent himself 19 seemingly unconnected objects, to allow him to put the puzzle together and discover just what has gone on and what he has done.
"Jennings is the best reverse-engineer in the business. He is hired by his friend Rethrick to do a special job, with the promise of a multi-million dollar paycheck when successfully completed. When he is finished, all memory of what he had been working on is erased from his mind. That's when his problem really start to begin. He is hunted by the FBI for something he has no recollection of doing and has little time to work it out. Before his memory wipe, he sent himself 19 seemingly unconnected objects, to allow him to put the puzzle together and discover just what has gone on and what he has done."@en
"12 nouvelles à suspens de P. K. Dick (dont "Paycheck", adapté à l'écran par John Woo) écrites dans la veine du polar politique et exploitant tous les ressorts de la machination nationale et supranationale."
"Paycheck is one of several short stories in this collection of Dick's original and thought-provoking stories. Made into a movie, it concerns a computer engineer whose work is so secret that his short-term memory is erased after each assignment."
"Afrekenen. - Als Michael Jennings, een briljant hightech expert, in plaats van de beloofde 4,4 miljard dollar beloning een envelop met spullen uit zijn verleden krijgt, probeert hij zijn gewiste geheugen weer terug te vinden."
Fantastyka naukowa amerykańska 20 w. tłumaczenia polskie.
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