- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Pan Books (12 April 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330315684
- ISBN-13: 978-0330315685
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.7 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,654,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Dream Park - a futuristic amusement park, where customers can live out the adventures of a lifetime. But when Eviane first came to the park, her special effects gun was replaced by a real gun and she killed a man. Now she has been lured back to the park, but this time, she is the target.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Lacks "Dream Park's" magic, but well worth the ride
22 Oct 1997
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Although missing some of the wonder that made the first novel in this on-going series a unique and highly satisfying work, "The Barsoom Project" remains, nonetheless, a very good read. Like its predecessor, the story has several dimensions, managing to succeed as an excellent fantasia on the rarely-studied, yet fascinating Eskimo mythos and magic, a provocative portrait of the likely future of the entertainment industry, and an abosrbing and convoluted murder mystery. Even if Barnes's and Niven's second "Dream Park" effort lacks the magic of their first, it is nonetheless a well-crafted book allowing the eager reader to check in on a few old friends, and live, if only for a moment, in a wonderland of entertainment that makes Disneyland<tm> look like an oversized swingset. Also in the same series by the same authors are:"Dream Park"and"The California Voodoo Game"--Dalin T. Error (dalint@hotmail.com)Alvin, Texas
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Return to Dream Park for those who want a little less
26 Oct 2007
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This return to Dream Park (the role-playing theme park of the future) is workman-like enough and avoids the pitfalls of the earlier novel, but ultimately there isn't much real meat here. This time through, the game is a "Fat-Ripper Special", which means that the players are paying their hard-earned dollars to lose weight, get plenty of exercise, and change the way they think about food. This certainly makes sense from a Dream Park perspective - people always seem to have money for weight loss - and this at least makes it distinct from the original Dream Park novel, but it doesn't make for an especially interesting story. Once again, the best part of the book is the Game itself, which this time is based on Inuit mythology. And once again, the back-story (a ruthless industrialist attempts to sabotage the visionary Barsoom Project) is where most of the science fiction is, even though it gets very few pages, and isn't really all that interesting. So like the original Dream Park novel, this book is recommended for gamers more than for sci-fi readers. Those uncertain if they really want to return to Dream Park would be better off skipping to the third installment, The California Voodoo Game, which is a substantially better book than this one.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A return to Dream Park - this time with Inuit mythology
20 July 1997
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Returning to the ever-fascinating Dream Park, where a bodyguard assignment also reopens a decade-old in-park murder. The game this time involves Eskimo/Inuit mythology - a little more helter-skelter and a LOT more metaphysical than "Dream Park's" New Guinea. But I'll come back to the park anytime
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