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The Mind-Riders: A Science Fiction Novel
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ISBN10: 1434444201
ISBN13: 9781434444202
Publisher: Borgo Pr
Published: Jan 14 2012
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781434444202
Publisher: Borgo Pr
Published: Jan 14 2012
Pages: 164
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
First published in 1976, The Mind-Riders features a remarkable anticipation of virtual reality gaming, in which the revised sport of boxing pits physically identical virtual fighters against one another, operated by electronically-connected handlers -- with viewers receiving transmissions of the combatants' emotions as their simulations slug it out. Ryan Hart, banished from the sport in its early days because of his lack of marketable emotion, is brought back by an obsessed media executive who wants to see the reigning champion beaten at any cost. Hart is not certain that he can win, after such a lapse of time, nor is he certain he can resist pressure to give the vast virtual crowds the dose of sadistic exultation they crave. But that doesn't stop him from heading into the virtual ring and fighting the bout of his life! Rousing science fiction adventure by a master of the genre.
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