Status
Available
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Publication
Putnam Adult (1993), Edition: First Edition, Hardcover, 304 pages
Description
With the magic of Killobyte, a wheelchair-bound cop stands and fights an army of sorcerers, a heartbroken girl heals her pain through role-playing, and a mystery player satisfies his urge to kill.
User reviews
LibraryThing member beatbox32
With the advent of widespread online multi-player games like World of Warcraft and Everquest, this novel really seems ahead of its time. Especially when you consider that Anthony had the idea to write this novel in 1981. Granted, some old technology is involved (i.e. dial-up modems) but you can't
Anthony also gives us a couple of different lessons:
1. Diabetes, of which I was woefully ignorant of the details. Yeah, I've heard the term "blood sugar" used before, but I never really knew what it meant because it doesn't concern me. Anthony has given me an amount of sympathy to those that suffer from this disease, especially Type 1.
2. Lebanon during a time of civil war. You gain a good baseline of knowledge on the different state and non-state actors involved. Still very relevant to current times.
If you're a fan of video games and Piers Anthony, despite a few characterization flaws, you'll definitely enjoy reading this.
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really fault the author for referencing the knowable communication medium at the time.Anthony also gives us a couple of different lessons:
1. Diabetes, of which I was woefully ignorant of the details. Yeah, I've heard the term "blood sugar" used before, but I never really knew what it meant because it doesn't concern me. Anthony has given me an amount of sympathy to those that suffer from this disease, especially Type 1.
2. Lebanon during a time of civil war. You gain a good baseline of knowledge on the different state and non-state actors involved. Still very relevant to current times.
If you're a fan of video games and Piers Anthony, despite a few characterization flaws, you'll definitely enjoy reading this.
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LibraryThing member gansadorf
Read this on recommendation from a friend. He read it so many times as a kid the cover fell off his copy. Had I read this for the first time as a kid, I probably would have done the same. It's a good read. Enough adventure to keep you interested, but scant enough on details to get bogged down in
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technology. Worth the read. Show Less
LibraryThing member Snukes
I love the concept of being able to physically enter a game. I read this before games such as WOW even existed, and multi-player strategy games were very limited. It was fun to imagine how much farther such things could go.
LibraryThing member elenaj
I liked this as a teenager, but this time, I couldn't get 50 pages in. The writing is awkward and boring, and the characterization is worse.
Subjects
Original publication date
1993
Physical description
304 p.; 3.4 inches
ISBN
0399137815 / 9780399137815