Ted's Dead Head

by Paul Grover

Ted Williams, the famous Boston Red Sox player, achieved a .406 batting average for the first time in 1941. He died in 2002 and his dismembered head was frozen for preservation by Alcor, an Arizona company engaged in the business of cryonics. The centennial anniversary of that event, 2041, is the year the aging owner of the Red Sox whimsically decides to spend some of his billions to attempt to reanimate Ted’s frozen head. He is motivated by having hired a young, talented hitter named Teddy Williams, not related to the famous Ted, who promises to eclipse the legends record. He is not aware of Teddy’s dark past and he is completely unprepared for the consequences of raising someone from the dead. What is it like to be dead for 39 years and then brought back among the living?

174 pages, ebook

Published May 1, 2020

Reviews

[Stephen Gower · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was not a good book, but it kept me entertained enough to finish. Still, it had some silly ideas and concepts on top of some grammar and spelling errors sprinkled throughout. It falls under the "ironic enjoyment" category for me.

Good enough if you're looking for a quick, free ebook, but feel free to skip it.

[Shane Doucette · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.25/5, rounded down.

This is a good story, by an author that is in need of an editor to help him tease it out. It brings up some intriguing notions of life after death, and resurrection, but it reads like a first draft. I hope that the author continues to improve on his idea.