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Edda (Epic #3)
Everyone in the virtual universe of Edda is made of pixels-except Penelope. While her body is kept alive in a hospital bed, her avatar runs free, able to go anywhere and do anything, including create deadly weapons for Edda's ruler, her guardian, Lord Scanthax. When Scanthax decides he wants to invade another virtual world, Erik/Cindella from Epic and Ghost from "Saga" bec...more
ebook, 1st Edition, 1 page
Published
August 4th 2011
by Penguin Group (USA)
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May 28, 2011
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Penelope has known no world beside the video game universe Edda her entire life. Living as the only human avatar in a land of electronic beings, she bears the title Princess and scripts weapons into digital existence for Lord Scanthax as aid for his expanding empire. As a young girl, she was eager to please the cold Lord father figure. But as Penelope matures and discovers her lack of freedom and the reality behind her emaciated human body...more
Penelope has known no world beside the video game universe Edda her entire life. Living as the only human avatar in a land of electronic beings, she bears the title Princess and scripts weapons into digital existence for Lord Scanthax as aid for his expanding empire. As a young girl, she was eager to please the cold Lord father figure. But as Penelope matures and discovers her lack of freedom and the reality behind her emaciated human body...more
Edda is the conclusion to the Avatar Chronicles series, directly following up on the events of Epic and Saga, which are definitely required reading in order to enjoy this title--very little time is spent on back story. The previous main characters of Erik/Cindella and Ghost are both back in action, investigating a strange incursion into the electronic world of Saga from another one of humanity's video game worlds, Edda. The new main character in this novel is Penelope, the last human left on an...more
Once again, the worlds of Epic and Saga are joined- only this time a new world is introduced, Edda. This fantasy landscape holds many new wonders-and terrors. Our protagonist, Penelope aka Princess, has been brought up by NPCs all her life, have been abandoned by the humans on her planet. But as the threat of war emerges between Edda and Saga, secrets come out about her past, and loyalties are tested. I think this is a great continuation to the series and as usual Conor Kostick does a wonderful...more
3.5 Stars
This wasn't a badly written book - in fact, the writing is beautiful, and the world building is amazing! Its main fault, however, was not being able to compare to its predecessors, Epic and Saga.
I suppose after gushing over its predecessors, I was expecting the same thing. The action and fantastical gaming universe is still there. However, I found that the in Edda there wasn't as much of an emphasis in the real world compared to the gaming world. Don't get me wrong - the gaming world wa...more
This wasn't a badly written book - in fact, the writing is beautiful, and the world building is amazing! Its main fault, however, was not being able to compare to its predecessors, Epic and Saga.
I suppose after gushing over its predecessors, I was expecting the same thing. The action and fantastical gaming universe is still there. However, I found that the in Edda there wasn't as much of an emphasis in the real world compared to the gaming world. Don't get me wrong - the gaming world wa...more
I'm a huge fan of the first two books, so I was thrilled when I was able to finally get a hold of this one. The story gives us a chance to look back at the characters from previous books (Cindella, Ghost, Milan, etc.) as well as new characters. The main new character, Penelope, is human, but has grown up in the game world.
This book is sort of a tying-together of all the threads. We found out how the various game worlds intersect, what has happened to humans and game characters in other worlds,...more
This book is sort of a tying-together of all the threads. We found out how the various game worlds intersect, what has happened to humans and game characters in other worlds,...more
The third and final book of the trilogy was solid. It wasn't very imaginative. The problem/enemy offered no new ideas or surprises. In fact, the plot twists were small, with the ending seen coming a mile away. The only question was how exactly they'd pull it off. But it was written well and the characters were solid. It was good, not great.
I really enjoyed seeing all the virtual worlds combined together and reading about all the different viewpoints of the characters in the worlds. Really interesting ways of seeing the world and what could come if video games are allowed to run our lives.
I find the whole premise of this series fascinating. Didn't put it down from start to finish. I really enjoyed having Erik/Cindella's p.o.v.
A satisfying end to the series (I think it was the end, anyways) with ends tied up, and a very cute ending to the book itself.
Understood Penelope but her parts were just meh. The quick resolution of everything in the end was just shody.
I liked this book, great descriptions of places and people, but you need to read the previous books first!
It was very well written and had me wishing I could read faster. I was a little disappointed in a few minor character developments, but overall, a fantastic story!
May 22, 2011
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too many battle scenes;
This book was a whole was not a good ending to this series! This is one of the reasons it took a really long time. I mean, the ending to the book was okay, but the rest of it was boring and pointlessly confusing.
Didn't make me stay up to finish it like the other books did. Not awful, but not amazing either.
Loved it!! So sad the trilogy ended!!
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Conor Kostick was a designer for the world's first live action role-playing game, Treasure Trap. He lives in Dublin where he teaches medieval history at Trinity College. He is the author of many historical, political and cultural articles. Epic was his first novel and was awarded a place on the International Board on Books for Young People Honours list for 2006 and on the Booklist Best Fantasy Boo...more
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