- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd (28 Feb 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0727859609
- ISBN-13: 978-0727859600
- Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 14.1 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 626,172 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Virtual Reality has become the predominant form of entertainment for the masses: with a helmet and glove and appropriate software programmes, they can spend their leisure time in fantasy worlds. One company has developed Total Virtual, an extension of the original in which the dreamer lies unconscious while fantasy worlds are experienced, not through helmet and glove, but by direct input to the brain. Anna's son has died in an act of rebellion against European dominion over Britain, and she opts for treatment using Total Virtual - to rediscover her lost child, at least in the illusion of fantasy. But when she dies in the clinic and more suspicious deaths follow, her brother, Michael, is left to discover the real, sinister objective behind the Total programme.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I am an american reader who read Christopher's early work years ago. Christopher has matured as a writer, and I was very impressed by the complexity of this novel, both politically and in terms of character development. Here is a character far from a Hollywood hero; a thoughtful, doubting man living in a web of personal hiistory and family relationships who must come to grips with a horrifying secret. The novel is set against a not too distant future that is a bleak vision of Britain's place in the EU, vividly imagined by Christopher. A book that would be an excellent choice for reading groups, there's a lot to think about here, issues of technology, freedom, and resposiblility the West must face soon
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
You don't expect an author over 80 to produce one of his finest works almost 30 years after his last novel aimed at the adult market. But this tale of what might be in the very near future is simply breathtaking in its treatment of complex political, social and personal story strands stretching throughout the book. Criminally overlooked and will no doubt be very difficult to find in future, I would recommend anybody who enjoys reading a fine story told by a great storyteller at the top of their game to buy a copy and enjoy. It is simply fabulous stuff. I was not expecting anything like this and was delighted to be so surprised.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I loved John Christopher as a child and enjoy his work now as an adult. I wish more of his early works could be in print now as I have an allergy to book dust in very old books os am unable to enjoy copies of his older books from the 60's.
However this book is not one of his best. It seems well out of date for the time he wrote it. There is no internet invented yet in this book set in the future and the mobile phones take a funny dated style.
I strongly recommend skipping this and going for some of his other works.
However this book is not one of his best. It seems well out of date for the time he wrote it. There is no internet invented yet in this book set in the future and the mobile phones take a funny dated style.
I strongly recommend skipping this and going for some of his other works.
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