On New Earth, Epic is a computer program that is not just a way of life, it's a matter of life and death. Eric finds ways around some of the programming and starts winning which brings him to the attention of the committee. Interesting story that has parallels with OS Card's Ender's Game.
*This review will not adequately express my feelings about this book*I couldn't get into this book. The characters were extremely bland. I didn't really care what happened to them. I was frequently bored and ready to give up. I thought that, as always, the way that the government did something "in o...
Check this review out at our blog!3.5 Stars!To begin with, this book is kinda old, slightly cheesy, and somewhat cliché, so you ask, “Why review/read it?” Well. It wasn’t exactly a literary masterpeice. Plot wise… it could be better. BUT! I simply cannot help but like it. Why? Well, the story begins...
What if the quality of your life depended on how well you played a MMORPG? What’s a MMORPG you ask? It is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. Well, on New Earth that is exactly the way life is.On New Earth, violence is illegal. Epic (the MMORPG) was created for people to clip up, e...
What if the quality of your life depended on how well you played a MMORPG? What’s a MMORPG you ask? It is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game. Well, on New Earth that is exactly the way life is.On New Earth, violence is illegal. Epic (the MMORPG) was created for people to clip up, e...
An interesting look at society descended from ours where all physical violence is outlawed. People live in two worlds: the physical world where struggle and poverty are common except for the wealthy and elite; and the world of Epic a VR game. How well a player does in Epic determines his or her wea...