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Otherland: City Of Golden Shadow (Otherland, Bk 1)
Otherland City Of Golden Shadow - Otherland, Bk 1
Author: Tad Williams
When Renie Sulaweyo's younger brother, Stephen, returns from the Net after visiting Mister J's, a virtual reality equivalent of the Hellfire Club, she's worried about him. When his next Net trip leaves him in a coma, Renie is terrified and angry. Soon she discovers evidence that other children have lapsed into comas under similar circumstances. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780886777104
ISBN-10: 0886777100
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: 784
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3.7 stars, based on 46 ratings
Publisher: DAW Hardcover
Book Type: Hardcover
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reviewed Otherland: City Of Golden Shadow (Otherland, Bk 1) on + 17 more book reviews
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I liked this book. It was engrossing, vividly described and captivating. Pulled me right in
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This book is a set-up for the rest of the series. It is hard going at first since he has to set up each individual character. Once you get into the story you get hooked. If you haven't read the series yet a helpful hint is make sure you have the next book on hand before you finish one. The author doesn't waste time ending each book but just leave the story to continue on to the next one.
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I read about 200 pages of the 779 pages before I stopped. Paucity of likable characters? I did like the two main ones, but they seemed suspended in an unlikable world...maybe I'm disliking cyber-fiction...
tamara avatar reviewed Otherland: City Of Golden Shadow (Otherland, Bk 1) on + 78 more book reviews
In the future, the internet is not a place accessed while sitting on a chair in front of monitor - it's a place your mind travels to, your virual reality self dressed in any number of sim personas, depending on how much you can afford to spend.

A new 'world' is shown to a few select people. A golden city that seems more real than anything they have ever seen on the net before. Each person attempts to travel to this place for his or her own personal reasons.

When discovered, it proves to be more than any of them bargained for. Virtual reality worlds, full of the amazing, the 'what ifs', the past, the future and anything you could imagine.

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