![]() One day she comes home to find her little brother, Steven, comatose after spending some time in the VR world. Main character Reny (a nickname for Irene) is a teacher of computer science/VR manipulation at a university. At least, the younger people seem to do this. Many people, instead of congregating/living in cities with malls and town centers and such, live good parts of their lives in the virtual world. In a future-world setting (the book was written in 1996), virtual reality (VR) in the form of using an avatar to explore the “net,” is fairly commonplace. #Tad williams otherland cliff notes series#There are 4 books in the Otherland series in total ( City of Golden Shadow, River of Blue Fire, Mountain of Black Glass, and Sea of Silver Light, the first two of which are available in audio so far). I say “at least” because I have only just started that book (and it’s 24.3 hours long!), and I have no idea if it resolves any of the story. The book ends with no plot lines resolved and more questions than answers…so, if you read this book, be prepared to read at least the next book in the series ( River of Blue Fire. There was only one downside to the book, which I may as well get out of the way now: it’s not a complete story. This is actually a cyberpunk book, a quite good one at that. I saw a fantastical-looking image on the cover and, knowing that Tad Williams typically writes fantasy novels/series, I just assumed it was a fantasy novel. I knew nothing about the book when I started listening, I hadn’t even read the blurb in the description. I hate to admit this, but I judged this book by the cover at first. And somehow, bit by bit, it is claiming the Earth’s most valuable resource – its children. ![]() The best minds of two generations have labored to build it. Incredible amounts of money have been lavished on it. Surrounded by secrecy, it is home to the wildest dreams and darkest nightmares. Themes: / cyberpunk / virtual reality / science fiction / Signed by Author(s).By Tad Williams Narrated by George Newbern Is he part of The Grail Brotherhood? Does he oppose them? Or, as he sits like a spider at the centre of a vast web, does he have ambitions of his own? The answers will only be found in Otherland:- (original cost £16.99). And Mister Sellars, a strange old man on a military base, a prisoner of both the government and his own body, may be the greatest mystery of them all. But youth and frailty are not enough to get you excused from saving the world. Fourteen-year-old Orlando is also the invincible barbarian Thargor, but only in his imagination. ![]() ![]() As he flees from the bloody battlefields of World War I to a castle in the sky, and onwards to lands beyond imagining, he must not only evade his terrifying pursuers, but solve the terrible riddle of his own identity. Paul Jonas is lost, seemingly adrift in time and space. With the heart of a poet and the soul of a shaman, he will journey with Renie on this quest to the very heart of darkness. !Xabbu is a Bushman, come to the city to learn skills which may save the spirit of his tribe. When people around her begin to die, she realises she has stumbled onto something she is not meant to know, a terrifying secret from which there is no turning back. But when her young brother is struck down by a bizarre and mysterious illness, Renie swears to save him. But every age has its heroes, and unusual times call for unusual champions: Renie Sulaweyo, a teacher and backbone of her family, proud of her African heritage, has fought all her life simply to get by. Fewer still are willing or able to take up the challenge of this perilous and seductive realm. Only a few have become aware of the danger. And somehow, bit by bit, it is claiming the Earth's most valuable resource - its children. ![]() The best minds of two generations have laboured to build it. This first volume in a mesmerising story takes us to our own near future when a global conspiracy at the highest levels threatens to sacrifice our Earth for the promise of a far more exclusive place - Otherland, a universe where any fantasy can be made real, but which is ruled by Earth's wealthiest and most ruthless power-brokers, The Grail Brotherhood. Now he opens a whole new dimension of the imagination with 'Otherland: City Of Golden Shadow'. Light foxing to text block & some tanning to page edges:- Synopsis: The highly successful 'Tailchaser's Song' and his magnificent, bestselling trilogy, 'Memory, Sorrow And Thorn', brought Tad Williams worldwide acclaim as a master of fantasy. © 1996: 1st in the 'Otherland' series of books. Cover Art: Michael Whelan / Illustrations: Michael Whelan (illustrator). Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. ![]()
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