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Madeline Green maakt deel uit van de Groep van Zeven: een tiental jongeren die zich bezighouden met simming. Simming wil zeggen dat ze proberen een gebeurtenis of een voorwerp uit het verleden virtueel volledig na te maken.
Madeline is bezig met het creëren van een bommenwerper die in 1964 gecrasht is. Ze heeft haar simulatie af en nodigt de Groep van Zeven uit om te komen kijken. Ze beoordelen elkaars sims, streng maar rechtvaardig. Maar al snel blijkt er iets helemaal mis...
Roddy, de superintelligente einzelgänger van de groep, heeft haar sim gesaboteerd. Roddy zal toch eens wat sociale vaardigheden moeten leren, het wordt steeds erger. De groep besluit hem de rug toe te keren en hem zo een lesje te leren.
Maar dat werkt juist averechts: Roddy besluit wraak te nemen op iedereen die hem tegenwerkt, en dat zijn er nogal wat in zijn ogen. Hij voelt zich helemaal alleen op de wereld...
Madeline is bezig met het creëren van een bommenwerper die in 1964 gecrasht is. Ze heeft haar simulatie af en nodigt de Groep van Zeven uit om te komen kijken. Ze beoordelen elkaars sims, streng maar rechtvaardig. Maar al snel blijkt er iets helemaal mis...
Roddy, de superintelligente einzelgänger van de groep, heeft haar sim gesaboteerd. Roddy zal toch eens wat sociale vaardigheden moeten leren, het wordt steeds erger. De groep besluit hem de rug toe te keren en hem zo een lesje te leren.
Maar dat werkt juist averechts: Roddy besluit wraak te nemen op iedereen die hem tegenwerkt, en dat zijn er nogal wat in zijn ogen. Hij voelt zich helemaal alleen op de wereld...
286 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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Diane Duane
170 books2,421 followersDiane Duane has been a writer of science fiction, fantasy, TV and film for more than forty years.
Besides the 1980's creation of the Young Wizards fantasy series for which she's best known, the "Middle Kingdoms" epic fantasy series, and numerous stand-alone fantasy or science fiction novels, her career has included extensive work in the Star Trek TM universe, and many scripts for live-action and animated TV series on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as work in comics and computer games. She has spent a fair amount of time on the New York Times Bestseller List, and has picked up various awards and award nominations here and there.
She lives in County Wicklow, in Ireland, with her husband of more than thirty years, the screenwriter and novelist Peter Morwood.
Her favorite color is blue, her favorite food is a weird kind of Swiss scrambled-potato dish called maluns, she was born in a Year of the Dragon, and her sign is "Runway 24 Left, Hold For Clearance."
(From her official website)
Besides the 1980's creation of the Young Wizards fantasy series for which she's best known, the "Middle Kingdoms" epic fantasy series, and numerous stand-alone fantasy or science fiction novels, her career has included extensive work in the Star Trek TM universe, and many scripts for live-action and animated TV series on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as work in comics and computer games. She has spent a fair amount of time on the New York Times Bestseller List, and has picked up various awards and award nominations here and there.
She lives in County Wicklow, in Ireland, with her husband of more than thirty years, the screenwriter and novelist Peter Morwood.
Her favorite color is blue, her favorite food is a weird kind of Swiss scrambled-potato dish called maluns, she was born in a Year of the Dragon, and her sign is "Runway 24 Left, Hold For Clearance."
(From her official website)
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June 27, 2020
In un futuro dove la realtà virtuale fa parte della vita quotidiana, un gruppo di ragazzi si trova per confrontare le proprie simulazioni.
Uno di questi però un giorno decide di rompere irrimediabilmente la simulazione di un'altra persona, il gruppo come punizione decide allora di allontanarlo.
Accadono però dei fatti strani, in particolare una persona del gruppo viene colpita da uno strano caso di meningite mentre partecipa ad una festa virtuale. Che sia una vendetta del reietto che ha scoperto un modo per ferire tramite la realtà virtuale le persone nel mondo reale?
Uno di questi però un giorno decide di rompere irrimediabilmente la simulazione di un'altra persona, il gruppo come punizione decide allora di allontanarlo.
Accadono però dei fatti strani, in particolare una persona del gruppo viene colpita da uno strano caso di meningite mentre partecipa ad una festa virtuale. Che sia una vendetta del reietto che ha scoperto un modo per ferire tramite la realtà virtuale le persone nel mondo reale?
August 24, 2013
Tedious beginning, mediocre ending
Madeline Green, also known as Maj, is a member of the Group of Seven: a gathering of youngsters that enjoy creating virtual simulations of historic events. Maj has just finished her simulation of a 1964 bomber plane that originally crashed on its maiden voyage. She invites the Group of Seven to watch and judge her latest creation. But early in the simulation something goes dreadfully wrong: Maj is unable to control the plane and she crashes almost directly after take-off. When it becomes clear that Roddy, the super intelligent loner of the group, has sabotaged Maj's simulation just to prove that he can, the group decides to teach Roddy a lesson. But this only inflames the situation: Roddy's out for revenge.
It is difficult to make sense of the author's decision to use the first quarter of One Is the Loneliest Number as a tedious description of a virtual simulation. Apart from a poor introduction of the main character is does not contain any information that tickles the curiosity of the reader. It is more than obvious that the simulation is going to crash, so building towards this is not adding much suspense to the story.
Luckily once this mind-numbing setting has been concluded the story really starts. The tone and rhythm completely change, another character is introduced in the form of Mark Grideley who immediately takes the lead and makes the character of Maj obsolete. It is as though the author realised his mistake and quickly took action to make the plot more exciting.
All considered this story turns out to be only a mediocre episode of the Netforce series, only to be read if you feel the urge to read the complete series.
Madeline Green, also known as Maj, is a member of the Group of Seven: a gathering of youngsters that enjoy creating virtual simulations of historic events. Maj has just finished her simulation of a 1964 bomber plane that originally crashed on its maiden voyage. She invites the Group of Seven to watch and judge her latest creation. But early in the simulation something goes dreadfully wrong: Maj is unable to control the plane and she crashes almost directly after take-off. When it becomes clear that Roddy, the super intelligent loner of the group, has sabotaged Maj's simulation just to prove that he can, the group decides to teach Roddy a lesson. But this only inflames the situation: Roddy's out for revenge.
It is difficult to make sense of the author's decision to use the first quarter of One Is the Loneliest Number as a tedious description of a virtual simulation. Apart from a poor introduction of the main character is does not contain any information that tickles the curiosity of the reader. It is more than obvious that the simulation is going to crash, so building towards this is not adding much suspense to the story.
Luckily once this mind-numbing setting has been concluded the story really starts. The tone and rhythm completely change, another character is introduced in the form of Mark Grideley who immediately takes the lead and makes the character of Maj obsolete. It is as though the author realised his mistake and quickly took action to make the plot more exciting.
All considered this story turns out to be only a mediocre episode of the Netforce series, only to be read if you feel the urge to read the complete series.
October 27, 2009
Old Children's Book. Liked it as a kid, but haven't read it in years.
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