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Nov 05, 2013
Katie Kenig
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
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scifi-fantasy,
dystopia
Wow, what a fun and suspenseful ride this book is! I just loved it!
Set in a future ravaged by energy wars and crises, global warming and overpopulation, the only escape from the horrors of life is Oasis, an immersive Virtual Reality world where you can do or be anything you can dream of. Kids now go to school there. People meet and marry there. Sports tournaments take place there. And now, the creator of Oasis has hidden an Easter egg there, and the player who finds it will inherit his vast esta ...more
Set in a future ravaged by energy wars and crises, global warming and overpopulation, the only escape from the horrors of life is Oasis, an immersive Virtual Reality world where you can do or be anything you can dream of. Kids now go to school there. People meet and marry there. Sports tournaments take place there. And now, the creator of Oasis has hidden an Easter egg there, and the player who finds it will inherit his vast esta ...more
Read March 2015 & February 2021
4 1/2 stars
What a fun read! I totally recommend it to all my geeky friends, especially those who also grew up in the 80s.
4 1/2 stars
What a fun read! I totally recommend it to all my geeky friends, especially those who also grew up in the 80s.
Aug 24, 2011
Cheryl
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fiction,
listened-to-it
Really enjoyed this thought-provoking, oft funny, sometimes freaky book.
At beginning, liked the book well enough, due to the Nostalgia factor.
By the end, I felt like it was fun - and I cared about the characters. It took some time, but it got there.
Highly recommended to anyone who grew up in the 80's, gamers, music lovers, lovers of quirky books.
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At beginning, liked the book well enough, due to the Nostalgia factor.
By the end, I felt like it was fun - and I cared about the characters. It took some time, but it got there.
Highly recommended to anyone who grew up in the 80's, gamers, music lovers, lovers of quirky books.
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I read this for book group (books-to-movies discussion group since this will be a move in 2018). It's a cute story, a fun read, and even thought provoking at times. It's definitely most appreciated by folks who came of age in the 1980's, especially gamers (video, D&D, etc.). While the references weren't lost on me (and sometimes even fun), it got to be a bit much. I would be hard pressed to name a person to whom I'd recommend this book, mostly because of the limited audience to whom it's primari
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This is a fun read for gamers and geeks - especially fans of old school video games and 1980s Japanese cartoons. The fact that I enjoyed the book without knowing much about either is probably a testament to its entertainment value.
Ironically, this book is dystopian and utopian at the same time, since I think the author is kind of in love with his geek-gamer virtual-reality future even though the reality-reality of this future sucks. In fact, that's the down side of this book for me: it's a litt ...more
Ironically, this book is dystopian and utopian at the same time, since I think the author is kind of in love with his geek-gamer virtual-reality future even though the reality-reality of this future sucks. In fact, that's the down side of this book for me: it's a litt ...more
