Gloria Naylor

Microwaves word appears eight times in the book:

“The agent unlocks his attaché case and pulls out what looks like a miniature satellite dish with a hand-held computer attached to it. It looks very similar to the setup they'd already been using to radiate the Naylor woman's head with microwaves. Anticipating the next obvious question, Simon continues, “This is vastly different from what you've been using because it gives you feedback. You know what an EEG is-a machine that reads brain waves.

Well, this is the mother of all EEGs because it translates the brain waves that make up thought. Every time you think a word or a sentence, you hear it inside your head, don't you? This machine hears it as well and prints it out onto this screen.””