The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip

When one of those electrodes is stimulated, Elizabeth experiences memories which are not her own. However, as part of the implant operation, Elizabeth gave her consent for the insertion of extra electrodes, featuring experimental functions unknown to science. Adjusting to a normal life, she is ready to patch up a troubled marriage and resume her abandoned career. She can control her seizures by pressing an external remote to activate the electrodes. Cured of epilepsy by a breakthrough in medical technology, 26-year-old Elizabeth Austin has miniature electrodes implanted in her brain.

It had a blend of science fiction, reincarnation and horror elements that concluded with an unpredictable twist ending. Grimwood's debut novel, Breakthrough (Ballantine, 1976), was strongly influenced by his immersion in EC Comics. One of his favorite things to do was for he and I to watch some old movie in the afternoon we did it often.' Breakthrough He owned the first Betamax sold he had the largest video library I've ever seen. He did not like publicity and was actually quite shy. We had many dinner parties with him and some friends, and he would always be the one to keep the evening hilarious he was a great storyteller. Atwill described Grimwood's 'free spirit lifestyle' and recalled, Grimwood was married for a period he and his wife did not have children.Īmong his friends was Tom Atwill (a relative of the actor Lionel Atwill). The success of Replay (1987) enabled him to leave that job and pursue writing full-time. He wrote some of his early novels while working as nightside editor at KFWB News 980 radio in the city. Grimwood moved to Los Angeles, California. He also contributed short fiction to Bard's student publication, Observer in 1969, and graduated in 1970. Heading north, he returned to college, studying psychology at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

In the mid-1960s, Grimwood worked in news at WLAK in Lakeland, Florida. He attended Emory College in Atlanta from 1961 to 1963.

That summer he went to Paris to study at the Sorbonne. He attended and graduated in 1961 from Indian Springs School, a private school near Birmingham, Alabama. In his early years, Grimwood took an interest in EC Comics and radio journalism. His family moved to Pensacola, Florida, where he grew up. It won the 1988 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. In his fantasy fiction, Grimwood combined themes of life-affirmation and hope with metaphysical concepts, themes found in his best-known novel, Replay (1986). Kenneth Milton Grimwood (Febru– June 6, 2003) was an American author, who also published work under the name of Alan Cochran.

The Changeling Sea by Patricia A. McKillip