This book brought up a very interesting social issue. Most of us pride ourselves on our IQ. We take online tests, pun with friends... What if we all had diminishing IQs. What if we knew we were losing points? I actually found this book a bit disturbing in that my own behavior was like some of the "stupid" symptoms. We all forget things, have repetitive thoughts, but what if they were meaningful declines?

There were points in the book where I had difficulty staying with it. I don't like technical and scientific descriptions. My own attention span is that of a flash cube.

I was a bit dissapointed in the ending. I felt that it was somewhat predictible. ( )

IF THE SICKNESS SPREADS, DARKNESS WILL FALL..
A team of top scientists are working on a DNA experiment, on the brink of a breakthrough that will raise the IQ of a whole range of retarded youngsters.
Suddenly, something goes horribly wrong. A member of the team contracts a mystery virus. His IQ drops swiftly, terrifyingly swiftly. A brilliant brain reduced to a slobbering semi-moron.
The disease spreads. The nation is in the grip of an epidemic that brings a flood of violence and destruction, psychological chaos and sexual anarchy. As the national IQ slumps into the lower eighties, America teeters on the brink of the abyss.
IN THE MOST ADVANCED SOCIETY OF THE MODERN WORLD, THE IMBECILES ARE TAKING OVER...