Can't remember title - machine causing illness, hospitals overrun

[Ken Barrett]

I am looking for a book that I read in high school in the mid to late 70's. The book is about a person going from city to with some kind of machine that causes people to get deathly ill. Someone, I believe he was a reporter figures it out and goes on a search to find it. I also think that there was a woman that is with him. Any help.would be appreciated. Thanks

 

[Hugh]

Welcome Ken!

Allowing for some significant memory confusion (no stranger to this myself) this might be Zelazny’s “To die in Italbar”

(I would post a link, but am on an iPad and have never learnt how to do this)

 

[BAYLOR]

I am looking for a book that I read in high school in the mid to late 70's. The book is about a person going from city to with some kind of machine that causes people to get deathly ill. Someone, I believe he was a reporter figures it out and goes on a search to find it. I also think that there was a woman that is with him. Any help.would be appreciated. Thanks

Sounds like a Ben Bova story.

 

[Elckerlyc]

The given description is a bit sketchy, but as @Hugh said it could be To Die In Italbar

 

[Ken Barrett]

Ok guys, I checked it out it is not to Die In Italbar. I remember that the symptoms were a lot like that of the Aids virus, but not exactly. I remember the hospitals were getting over ran with people suffering from this and dying. I will.try to get more details from my old brain.

 

[Hugh]

Ok guys, I checked it out it is not to Die In Italbar. I remember that the symptoms were a lot like that of the Aids virus, but not exactly. I remember the hospitals were getting over ran with people suffering from this and dying. I will.try to get more details from my old brain.

Many thanks for your speedy clarification. Italbar was a bit of a long shot, but it's surprising what can be re-jigged in our memories over the years.

The new details (above) may jog some memories.