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1、NIGHTCHILLSDEANKOONTZAuthor’sIntroductionBYTHETIMEtheyhavefinishedthisbook,manyreaderswillbeuneasy,frightened,perhapsevenhorrified.Onceentertained,however,theywillbetemptedtodismissNightChillsasquicklyastheymightanovelaboutdemonicpossessionorreincarnation.Althoughthi
2、sstoryisintendedprimarilytobea“goodread,”Icannotstressstronglyenoughthatthebasicsubjectmatterismorethanmerelyafantasyofmine;itisarealityandalreadyamajorinfluenceonallourlives.Subliminalandsubaudialadvertising,carefullyplannedmanipulationofoursubconsciousminds,becamea
3、seriousthreattoindividualprivacyandfreedomatleastaslongagoas1957.InthatyearMr.JamesVicarygaveapublicdemonstrationofthetachistoscope,amachineforflashingmessagesonamotionpicturescreensofastthattheycanbereadonlybythesubconsciousmind.Asdiscussedinchaptertwoofthisbook,the
4、tachistoscopehasbeenreplaced,forthemostpart,bymoresophisticated—andshocking—devicesandprocesses.Thescienceofbehaviormodification,asachievedthroughtheuseofsubliminaladvertising,iscomingintoaGoldenAgeoftechnologicalbreakthroughsandadvancementsintheory.Particularlysensi
5、tivereaderswillbedismayedtolearnthatevensuchdetailsastheinfinitytransmitter(chapterten)arenotfigmentsoftheauthor’simagination.RobertFarr,thenotedelectronicsecurityexpert,discusseswiretappingwithinfinitytransmittersinhisTheElectronicCriminals,asnotedinthereferencelist
6、attheendofthisnovel.ThedrugthatplaysacentralroleinNightChillsisanovelist'sdevice.Itdoesnotexist.ItistheonlypieceofthescientificbackgroundthatIhaveallowedmyselftocreatefromwholecloth.Countlessbehavioralresearchershaveconceivedofit.Therefore,whenIsaythatitdoesnotexist,
7、perhapsIshouldaddonecautionaryword—yet.Thosewhoarestudyingandshapingthefutureofsubliminaladvertisingwillsaythattheyhavenointentionofcreatingasocietyofobedientrobots,thatsuchagoalwouldbeinviolationoftheirpersonalmoralcodes.However,ashavethousandsofotherscientistsinthi
8、scenturyofchange,theywillsurelylearnthattheirconceptsofrightandwrongwillnotrestrictthewaysinwhichmoreruthlessmenwillusetheirdiscove
