The character development is easy to follow and understand. The mix of humans, non-player characters and artificial intelligence actors and their individual evolution is an interesting interweaving of plots and potentials that expand and flex as the story continues. I liked it a lot.
AlterWorld (Play to Live: Book #1)
by D. Rus
4.9 stars - 94 reviews
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Here's the set-up:
A new pandemic - the perma effect - has taken over Earth of the near
future. Whenever you play your favorite online game, beware: your mind
might merge with the virtual world and dump its comatose host. Woe be to
those stuck forever in Tetris! And still they're the lucky ones
compared to those burning alive eternally within the scorched hulls of
tank simulators.
But some unfortunates - the handicapped and the terminally ill,
shell-shocked army vets, wronged crime victims and other society misfits
- choose to flee real life willingly, escaping to the limitless world
of online sword and sorcery MMORPGs.
Once a seasoned gamer and now a terminal cancer patient, Max grasps
at this final chance to preserve his life and identity. So he goes for
it - goes for the promise of immortality shared with a few trusty
friends and the woman he loves. Together they roam the roads of
AlterWorld and sample its agony and ecstasy born of absolute freedom.
One Reviewer Notes:
I'm not a gamer - well, i wasn't, except for Angry Birds- but this dive into MMORPG world made me want to discover it. It's probably one of the best ways for a total novice in gaming to get a feel for them. Actually, i registered and tried a few free MMORPG's because of the book.. Well played, D. Rus! The basic concept (existence as consciousness in a virtual world, without a body carrier) raises some interesting philosophical questions as well. Apart from that it's just a good adventure read, addictive enough for me to buy the second volume right after i finished the first. Recommended, also for non-gaming adventure seekers.
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About the Author
D. Rus is a young Russian author whose books took the Russian literary market by storm in 2013. AlterWorld - the first novel of his Play to Live series - made him a bestselling author overnight as critics now credit him with single-handedly creating a new science fiction genre: LitRPG.
Set in the virtual reality of MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games - his books tell stories of real people who'd become stuck in the game and are forced to follow its rules while preserving their intergrity and fighting to make their new world a better place.
The five books of the series have created a huge following as more authors followed suit, making LitRPG the latest bestselling Russian genre that merges science fiction, fantasy and gaming conventions. D. Rus has been nominated for Start, one of Russia's prestigious literary prizes for the best debut science fiction novel.
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D. Rus is a young Russian author whose books took the Russian literary market by storm in 2013. AlterWorld - the first novel of his Play to Live series - made him a bestselling author overnight as critics now credit him with single-handedly creating a new science fiction genre: LitRPG.
Set in the virtual reality of MMORPG - Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games - his books tell stories of real people who'd become stuck in the game and are forced to follow its rules while preserving their intergrity and fighting to make their new world a better place.
The five books of the series have created a huge following as more authors followed suit, making LitRPG the latest bestselling Russian genre that merges science fiction, fantasy and gaming conventions. D. Rus has been nominated for Start, one of Russia's prestigious literary prizes for the best debut science fiction novel.
The first two novels of the Play to Live series - AlterWorld and The Clan - have been translated into English, and talks are under way to have the rest of the series published on Amazon.
