The Rapture Effect Author:Jeffrey A. Carver Twenty-five years ago, when computers were much newer, Robert A. Heinlein wrote The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress, a great science fiction novel about a computer who helps human beings plan and fight a war. Now, Jeffrey Carver has written THE RAPTURE EFFECT. — The Gnostic Computer System belonged to the Company, and had the Company's best interest... more »s at heart. The GCS as much too big for any one person to keep track of -- so the discovery of aliens and the commencement of battle with them was easy for it to keep secret... but when the GCS needed human help for a few key tasks, it chose its servants very carefully.« less