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published
1986
(first published 1981)
by Ace
binding
Paperback, 448 pages
isbn
0441167306
(isbn13: 9780441167302)
description
For fifteen virtual reality gamers undertaking a four-and-half day quest, the fantasy slaying of monsters is suddenly interrupted-by murder.
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One of my all time favorite fantasy sci fi books. I wish there really was a Dream Park.
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Dungeons and Dragons meets science fiction meets murder mystery. Sure, it sounds like a stupid concept when I say it like that, but Larry Niven managed to wring two books out of the idea, and it's not a bad idea once it gets rolling. All things considered, it's a fair read with some pretty good images in it, although probably not a classic like The Mote in God's Eye or Ringworld.
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Read in August, 2004
I have always loved fantasy/SF gaming books in which the game turns out to be more real than originally thought. There was a great plot that kept me reading and a just as interesting sub-plot for the game. I can definitely see the world of Dream Park becoming the future in the next fifty or hundred years. The writing was so vivid that I wished the amusement park really did exist.
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It was passable, but man, it had some serious internal logic issues. I could tell it was like a pitch book for a Dream Park book series, but there just wasn't much going for it. The tech-hook is like a mash of a pretty random game of D&D, and the holodeck from Star Trek.
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perhaps i just don't understand what's so compelling about this story, or any story, riddled with ungrammatical clichés. one star for the premise.
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A wonderfully drawn vision of a future virtual world, compelling murder mystery and lots of fun.
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