Finn's life takes on an unreal twist when he finds himself actually in a computer game world. It's a world at war, a world of magic and evil, in which someone wants Finn dead. With Gala, a girl who's addicted to risk-...
Virtual reality
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Author:Taylor, AstraSummary:From a cutting-edge cultural commentator, a bold and brilliant challenge to cherished notions of the Internet as the great leveler of our age
The Internet has been hailed as an unprecedented democratizing force, a place where...
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Author:Stanton, SteveSummary:Zakariah Davis and his wife Mia are among those infected with an alien virus that vastly prolongs life, and their blood has become a black-market staple due to its rejuvenating effects. Their teenage son Rix does not carry the Eternal...
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Author:Stanton, SteveSummary:In a post-cyberpunk future, where global economic activity is carried out in a virtual-gaming realm, a new blood-transmitted virus has become a black-market staple due to its temporary rejuvenating effects, forcing infected 'Eternals'...
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Author:STEPHENSON, NealSummary:The only relief from the sea of logos is within the well-guarded borders of the Burbclaves. Is it any wonder that most sane folks have forsaken the real world and chosen to live in the computer-generated universe of virtual reality? In...
- Author:Gray, NowickSummary:
PsyBot is a literary technothriller, both gritty and poetic, about virtual reality and the consequences of choice. Blending psychological suspense and magic realism with sci-fi tropes of alternate timelines, artificial intelligence,...
- Author:Bailenson, JeremySummary:
Jeremy Bailenson draws on two decades spent researching the psychological effects of virtual reality (VR) and other mass media to help listeners understand this powerful new tool.
- Author:Niven, Larry, Barnes, StevenSummary:
All's fun and games at Dream Park, a futuristic fantasy theme park full of holographic attractions and the latest in VR technology, until a park security guard is murdered and valuable research is stolen.
- Author:CATRAN, KenSummary:
One by one, people are dying as they play with virtual reality. Rhonda, a loner with a sense of curiosity, draws her friend Preben into a dangerous world of technology, intrigue and mind games in an effort to find out just what is going...
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Author:Lynch, ChrisSummary:It's biology vs. technology. Zane lives a life of luxury in a completely wired world. He doesn't ever have to leave his building in order to have exciting (virtual) experiences. Even his pets are wired so they can talk to him, making...
- Author:HUNTER, EirlysSummary:
Finn's father, Bill, has vanished. When Finn sees Bill on the computer screen being hauled away by soldiers, he tries to summon his father back to the real world, but he doesn't reappear. Bill is trapped in Coralia and Finn...
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Author:Smith, DouglasSummary:Sunburst Award Finalist | Aurora Award Finalist | CBC Bookies Award Finalist Chimerascope [ki-meer-uh-skohp] — a story of many parts... A young artist hungers to draw you. A dinner conversation takes three lifetimes to finish. A...
- Author:Witmans, HendrikSummary:
Philip Kozak and Erwin Johnson are two half-brothers who have lofty ideas to make the world a better place. Philip, the scientist, wants to separate human consciousness from its corporeality and create a new race of people that will...
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Author:Stanton, SteveSummary:The thrilling conclusion of the Bloodlight Chronicles trilogy. Set in a world where global economic activity is carried out in a virtual-gaming realm, a blood-transmitted virus with rejuvenating effects has become a black-...
