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Science Fiction

Orrex

(64,105 posts) Fri Feb 14, 2014, 10:47 AM Feb 2014

A friend requested help identifying a book

Here's his description:

The only parts of the book that I remember are that there is a computer in orbit around a planet that controls the planet's inhabitants' thoughts to keep them from thinking about ideas that could hurt the society (war, for example). A kid in a wheel chair (hover chair?) figures this out over time in a library and knows the orbiting computer is breaking down and needs to be repaired.

Not ringing any bells for me. You?

Any help is appreciated!