Caverns of Socrates

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Summary: Exciting, but pulpy fantasy/sci-fi book
Review: The book starts out slow and somewhat nerdy. The group involved is made up of adventure gamers who are thrown into a virtual fantasy world via AI computer. Chants of "Up the Black Foxes" (the adventure gamer group title) get annoying. Despite all of this, the plot is good and the characters are diverse and work well together. The writing is fluent, but not always poetic. A worthy effort. If you like pulpy fantasy, this is a great book, otherwise it's average--though the ending is extremely satisfying

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Summary: Pathetic
Review: These people giving this book five stars have got to be crazy, or has the world gone mad. I got through 200 of 400 pages and then had to put it down. It is the most amateurish piece of writing I have ever seen in my life! A 12 year old could write a better essay in school. The characters are way too perfect. All they do is grin and laugh at stupid jokes and they are flawless. The whole thing is just so implausible that it makes you want to scream. Do not buy this book, ok.
If you want a great read, then go for the 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series by george rr martin.

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Summary: Excellent Premise, a very good read
Review: This is a very good book. It seems to be the start of a series, but I believe it should be left stand alone. The ending was a bit odd, but the book itself blended science and fantasy well. I highly recommend it.

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Summary: The Best!
Review: This is probably the best book ever written that combines both fantasy and science fiction. The characters are so complete and great and I love the plot. This definitely needs a sequel.

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Summary: The Best!
Review: When I first read the reviews on Amazon, I was a little disappointed because it was not of McKiernan's usual Mithgar. I thought to myself, oh well, I get to read something different. After finishing the first chapter, I was thinking to myself, this won't be a future techno book, it's going to be a techno-romance. Goody. So, with diminished spirits, I plowed my way through the book. As soon as I read past the explinations of the brain waves, I really got into it. I think that it is a combination of the movies, The Matrix, Jurassic Park, and Lost in Space. I think McKiernan used essences (or they used it from him) from each of these movies. I think that it is like The Matrix because they use the theory that maybe we are just brains in vats, and this is not real. Jurassic Park, because it has a feel that Oh Oh, there's a computer and a storm, what's bound to happen. Only instead of dinosaurs running amuck, it's six people trapped in a witches cradle in a "virtual reality" game. Lost in Space, because the lives of these six people are in the 'hands' of a computer. What will happen? McKiernan really grabs a hold of you in this book, and he never lets you go. The ending, I wish there was a sequel!

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Summary: WOW!
Review: When I first read the reviews on Amazon, I was a little disappointed because it was not of McKiernan's usual Mithgar. I thought to myself, oh well, I get to read something different. After finishing the first chapter, I was thinking to myself, this won't be a future techno book, it's going to be a techno-romance. Goody. So, with diminished spirits, I plowed my way through the book. As soon as I read past the explinations of the brain waves, I really got into it. I think that it is a combination of the movies, The Matrix, Jurassic Park, and Lost in Space. I think McKiernan used essences (or they used it from him) from each of these movies. I think that it is like The Matrix because they use the theory that maybe we are just brains in vats, and this is not real. Jurassic Park, because it has a feel that Oh Oh, there's a computer and a storm, what's bound to happen. Only instead of dinosaurs running amuck, it's six people trapped in a witches cradle in a "virtual reality" game. Lost in Space, because the lives of these six people are in the 'hands' of a computer. What will happen? McKiernan really grabs a hold of you in this book, and he never lets you go. The ending, I wish there was a sequel!