Epic
by:
Conor Kostick (author)
Welcome to a society governed through computer games! On New Earth, society is governed and conflicts are resolved in the arena of a fantasy computer game, Epic. If you win, you have the chance to fulfill your dreams; if you lose, your life both in and out of the game is worth nothing. When...
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Welcome to a society governed through computer games! On New Earth, society is governed and conflicts are resolved in the arena of a fantasy computer game, Epic. If you win, you have the chance to fulfill your dreams; if you lose, your life both in and out of the game is worth nothing. When teenage Erik dares to subvert the rules of Epic, he and his friends must face the Committee. If Erik and his friends win, they may have the key to destroying the Committee’s tyranny. But if they lose . . . Watch a QuickTime trailer for this book.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780142411599 (0142411590)
ASIN: 142411590
Publish date: May 15th 2008
Publisher: Firebird
Pages no: 366
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Adventure,
Teen,
Science Fiction,
Adult,
Games,
Action,
Dystopia,
Sports And Games
Series: Epic (#1)
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...
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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...
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