I enjoyed Sentenced to Troll so I was happy to check out these two books. While I enjoyed this book the similarities to Ready Player One in plot and characters and even environments are really hard to miss. I'm showing this book came out six years later so which influenced which seems obvious.
Category Archives: Science Fiction
Enhancer by Kane
A loser every-guy works as a janitor and tech at a local club and has no hope for the future. Then two superpowered men fight to the death right in front of him, one of them with his dying words telling the lower to take a device from him and run. Ty does and joins … Continue Reading ››
8-Bit Bastards Level 2 by Mason
I've never zoned out so much during a book as I did with this.
8-bit Bastards Level 2
By Joshua Mason
Spectrum Audiobooks
December 2019
The idea of a retirement in virtual reality where you can do anything you want forever that gradually gets old is fascinating. The 8-bit Easter eggs and gaming mechanics is fun. But the characters were … Continue Reading ››
Solaris by Lem
I had no idea what to expect here. the description seems to imply a love story and Very Serious Deep Thoughts. Man was I disappointed.
Solaris: The Definitive Edition
By Stanislaw Lem
Audible
1961
I'm going to tell you what I wish someone had told me [SPOILERS]: this is boring as heck. Not the charming slow moving classic SciFi … Continue Reading ››
Hell to Pay by Chmilenko
Book 2 of Ascend Online was very different than book 1. Unlike most series, it seems that Chmilenko is focused on the world of the game (and perhaps the battle between in-game sister “gods” Order and Chaos) rather than the players.
Hell To Pay
Ascend Online 2
by … Continue Reading ››
Salvage Trouble by Morin
From the publisher: Carl Ramsey has a starship to run. Down on his luck, struggling to pay the cost of fuel, he’s just looking for some quick, easy cash. While looting the wreck of a passenger ship, they discover that one escape pod never ejected, and … Continue Reading ››
A Trap for the Potentate by Atamanov
This is book 3 in the Dark Herbalist series with Amra, the goblin herbalist, and his plotline testers. Continuing after book 2, Amra has turned his sights to defeating the challenging quest to go to the end of the river Styx – a challenge that … Continue Reading ››
Stay on the Wing by Atamanov
This is book 2 in the Dark Herbalist series with Amra, the goblin herbalist, and his plotline testers. This story picks up right where the first one ends with Tim (Amra’s player’s real name), his sister, his girlfriend and friends playing an online VR MMORPG.
Stay on … Continue Reading ››
Extracted by Haywood
Imagine a time machine. Then imagine checking out the future and everything looks great. Then you look again and the world has ended. Why and how? You aren’t sure so you go back in time to the moment of death for three heroes who you plan … Continue Reading ››
The Collapsing Empire by Scalzi
The Interdependency is a galaxy wide coalition of systems run by a central system where an Empero leads the government, trade guilds, and church. Each system is dependent on the others and not self sufficient - on purpose to ensure they work together. But when … Continue Reading ››