The California Voodoo Game

by Larry Niven

Other authorsSteven Barnes (Author)

Paperback, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Genres

Science Fiction

All Topics

Fiction

Collection

English paperback sf

Publication

Del Rey (1993), Mass Market Paperback, 343 pages

Description

Dream Park, the ultimate in amusement parks, was about to embark on the greatest Game ever: the California Voodoo Game. Across the world bets were being placed; fortunes and reputations hung in the balance. Gaming careers would be made--or destroyed. And the most advanced software package ever invented was going to be tested. But one of the players was a murderer--and worse. Only Alex Griffin, head of Dream Park Security, and Game Master Tony McWhirter guessed the extent of the treachery tainting the Game. Somehow, they had to catch the killer--but above all, the Game must go on....

User reviews

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In "Dream Park" we were introduce to the idea of futuristic live action role playing games. Holograms, actors, and elaborate sets are used to put teams through amazing quests, during which they must fight bad guys, solve puzzles, and overcome treacherous terrain. At the level the players in the

books are playing, it is the equivalent of the Olympic Games. Millions of dollars ride on the success of the game - for players, game designers, and Dream Park. The California Voodoo Game is set to be played by five of the best teams from all over North America, and the setting will be an abandoned arcology. Where once thousands lived, worked, and played, now the teams will search for magic talismans and battle zombies. In the days before the game, a security woman is found dead under suspicious circumstances. Security Chief Alex Griffin is sure it involves the game. He gets himself inserted as an actor in the game in order to determine what is going on. Quite suspenseful!

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