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Dream Park

Dream Park

The beginning of a hard sci-fi series, Deam Park is a visionary science fiction classic from Larry Niven and Steven Barnes A group of pretend adventurers suit up for a campaign called "The South Seas Treasure Game." As in the early Role Playing Games, there are Dungeon Masters, warriors, magicians, and thieves. The difference? At Dream Park, a futuristic fantasy theme park full of holographic attractions and the latest in VR technology, they play in an artificial enclosure that has been enhanced with special effects, holograms, actors, and a clever storyline. The players get as close as possible to truly living their adventure. All's fun and games until a Park security guard is murdered, a valuable research property is stolen, and all evidence points to someone inside the game. The park's head of security, Alex Griffin, joins the game to find the killer, but finds new meaning in the games he helps keep alive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.


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“It was a light, brief kiss, but it was less an ending than a promise, and he was happy.”

Source: Dream Park (1981), Chapter 31, “Departures” (p. 429)

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“I am Yali, and I would like to welcome you to Heaven. I hope you will enjoy your stay.”

He laughed heartily, as at a private joke. “Yes, I most certainly hope you do. After all, some of you may stay forever. It is a nice place, actually, one of those infinitely rare situations where one is rewarded commensurately to one’s efforts. Surely that is Heaven by any man’s definition?”
Source: Dream Park (1981), Chapter 19, “Neck Riddles” (p. 258)

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“The Gamers are so out of touch with reality that they were never considered a serious threat.”

Source: Dream Park (1981), Chapter 10, “Neutral Scent” (p. 140)

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“There’s a fine line between sensible emotional restraint, and the withdrawal symptoms of a stimulus junkie denied her fix.”

Source: Dream Park (1981), Chapter 2, “A Stroll Through Old Los Angeles” (p. 13)

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