Virtual Reality in Fiction
Explore the best fiction books about virtual reality! Dive into immersive worlds, mind-bending adventures, and futuristic tales where VR blurs the line between reality and illusion.
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Otherland: River of Blue Fire
by Tad Williams
A group of unlikely heroes goes up against the ruthless Grail Brotherhood, who are exploiting Earth's children.
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Mountain of Black Glass
by Tad Williams
The struggle to control "Otherland" continues, as the wealthy elites seek hegemony over this dazzling cyber universe, and a cryptic message from an oddly familiar …
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Sea of Silver Light
by Tad Williams
The epic conclusion of the Otherland saga journeys back to the bizarre world of virtual realities in which the characters discover a multifaceted pathways to …
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Neuromancer
by William Gibson
Case, a nerve-damaged data thief, is recruited by a new employer for a last-chance run against a powerful artificial intelligence.
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Count Zero
by William Gibson
In the future world of the Sprawl, an urban complex that extends from Boston to Houston, a sentient computer data base known as the Cyberspace …
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Mona Lisa Overdrive
by William Gibson
William Gibson, author of the extraordinary multiaward-winning novel Neuromancer, has written his most brilliant and thrilling work to date . . .The Mona Lisa Overdrive. …
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Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
The “brilliantly realized” (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired …
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The Diamond Age
by Neal Stephenson
Vividly imagined, stunningly prophetic, and epic in scope, The Diamond Age is a major novel from one of the most visionary writers of our time …
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Killobyte
by Piers Anthony
In the virtual-reality computer game Killobyte, wheelchair-bound ex-cop Walter Tobin is a hero--and he can have the use of his legs restored. Diabetic Baal Curran …
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Dream Park
by Larry Niven
For fifteen virtual reality gamers undertaking a four-and-half day quest, the fantasy slaying of monsters is suddenly interrupted-by murder.
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The Barsoom Project
by Larry Niven
Nothing is what it seems at Dream Park, the state-of-the-art amusement park of the future, where customers live out the adventures of a lifetime. What …
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The California Voodoo Game
by Larry Niven
Dream Park, the ultimate in amusement parks, was about to embark on the greatest Game ever: the California Voodoo Game. Across the world bets were …