Bova, Ben - Death Dream

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By: Ben Bova
Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
Mayhem is afoot at Cyber World, the futuristic setting of this ambitious but not entirely
satisfying thriller by SF stalwart Bova ( Voyagers ). While computer programmers
Damon Santorini and Jason Lowrey are in Florida creating a virtual reality (VR) park that
will simulate a walk on the moon, combat in a jet fighter and other exotic adventures,
users of a VR flight simulator they developed for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are
suffering inexplicable strokes. Santorini agrees to investigate, tugging the story line into
several curious twists--and nearly as many false starts and blind alleys. Bova concocts a
complicated melange of high government and Air Force officials, old love affairs and
possible identity changes, but he fails to deal fully with several plot fragments. Although
each major adult character here is sexually dysfunctional, their peccadilloes--one of
which leads to a significant subplot--are rendered in the same subdued voice as the rest of
the novel. Also, descriptions of the VR programs in strictly workmanlike prose prove
disappointing--as does the book's incredible denouement. Though Bova's attempt to
combine SF and high-tech thrills occasionally engrosses, it ultimately fails to slip into
high gear.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or
unavailable edition of this title.
From School Library Journal
YA?This novel of "technology gone too far" could easily take place today. At Para-
Reality, a company that hopes to get a leg up on Disney in the entertainment industry,
Dan Santorini has been hired to develop the ultimate virtual-reality simulation game. He
moves to Florida only to find that something is very wrong. First his daughter has some
disturbing encounters in the games that the company provides for her school, and then a
colleague is killed while practicing one of his VR programs. As... read more --This text
refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Customer Reviews
Avg. Customer Review:
entertaining..., September 10, 2002
Reviewer
: My initial thoughts when I saw a VR related story made me cringe. All I could think
of are all the Late Night B Movies that so make VR an unattractive subject.
I got the audio version from the library on the simple fact that Ben Bova is an
established fiction author. Suprisingly I enjoyed this quit a bit. The audio version had me
anticipating what would happen next more from the story than from the reading of the
story.
If the reading was done a bit more like acting things out I probably would have gave
this a five stars. At least they had some different sounding voices for some of the
characters but the reader's ability to switch between character voices had some flaws.
This story based on VR technology really did get my thoughts going on the dangers of
other pieces of technology. Interesting and entertaining story. --This text refers to the
Audio Cassette edition.
scary, February 20, 2002
Reviewer
: The theme of manipulation through virtual reality is unsettling in that it is so possible,
but the book is well done and interesting to read. One of Ben's best efforts. --This text
refers to the Hardcover edition.
An interesting foray into vr, February 2, 2001
Reviewer
: Although Bova tends toward the odd and strange ways of men dealing with children
and society, DEATH DREAM is a great book. The only reason it does not deserve 5 stars
is because the descriptive nature is not quite as good as it could be. I would reccommend
this book to anyone interested in computers or VR.
This is a tough book to review, July 30, 1998
Reviewer
: How do you review a book that is perfectly enjoyable up until about page 450, and
then you suddenly realize that the conclusion is not going to be a great revelation? Early
on I greatly enjoyed this book and the occasional flashbacks into the characters pasts
were quite interesting. I also realized as I was reading this book that there's not a whole
lot of action and the book probably could have been trimmed by about 150 pages. But in
the end, I feel as though I got led in circles. Who is the Inquisitor? Who does he
represent? What about the foreign investors? What about Disney possibly buying out
ParaReality? So many ideas are introduced and nothing comes of any of them. I'll give
one of his other books a shot, but this was a bit of a disapointment. Good first 450 pages,
though.
Synopsis:
In a USAF lab in Ohio, combat veteran and test pilot Jerry Adair experience for the
first time flight simulation enhanced by VR. He dies.
At a school at Orlando, Florida, 12-year old Angela, gliding through the underwater
wonderland, finds the mermaid princes watching over her father. He is dead.
Jace Lowrey is the brilliant one. Dan Santorini, the quiet, regular guy. As a team they
are unbeatable. Their ideas work. Up into beyond-state-of-the-art reality.
Ideas that a corporation - or government agency - would kill for.
Realities that can overwhelm...
Virtual Reality. Just who coined the phrase is uncertain. It has also been called
‘alternative reality’ and ‘cyberspace’. Virtual reality has become the catchword, the title
that is most generally used to describe a computer-produced environment in which you
can experience a complete electronically induced hallucination.
Published by Bantam Books.
ISBN:0 450 58881 5.
Contents
Synopsis:
Contents
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER 12
CHAPTER 13
CHAPTER 14
CHAPTER 15
CHAPTER 16
CHAPTER 17
CHAPTER 18
CHAPTER 19
CHAPTER 20
CHAPTER 21
CHAPTER 22
CHAPTER 23
CHAPTER 24
CHAPTER 26
CHAPTER 27
CHAPTER 28
CHAPTER 29
CHAPTER 30
CHAPTER 31
CHAPTER 32
CHAPTER 33
CHAPTER 34
CHAPTER 35
CHAPTER 36
CHAPTER 37
CHAPTER 38
CHAPTER 39
CHAPTER 40
CHAPTER 41
CHAPTER 42
CHAPTER 43
CHAPTER 44
CHAPTER 45
CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER 47
CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER 49
CHAPTER 50
EPILOGUE
CHAPTER 1
“A pair of bandits, Daddy. Five o’clock high.”
Jerry Adair was startled by his daughter’s voice. The sonsofbitches sure know how to
get my attention. Using my daughter’s voice. The dirty pissing bastards.
He pulled back on the pistol-grip side stick and felt his F-22 jet fighter tilt upward into
a steep climb. His right forearm rested comfortably in the cradle that protected it against
the crushing g-forces that would punish him in a real flight. The F-22 could pull nine g’s
when it was going balls-out; no human pilot could handle an ordinary up-from-the-floor,
between-the-knees control stick under that kind of acceleration load. The side sticks and
arm cradles were the only way to get the job done.
With the thumb of his left hand he nudged the throttle control knob and felt himself
pushed deeper into his padded seat from the increasing acceleration. He knew it was
actually the seat deflating, but damn it felt real.
His back even throbbed slightly where the vertebrae had been cracked years earlier in
that wheels-up landing he had made in Saudi Arabia.
Should never have told the bastards about that, he grumbled to himself.
They use every goddamned thing against you.
Barely vocalizing the words, he murmured, “Panoramic view.” His Agile Eye IV
helmet visor lit up and he saw his own fighter as a bright yellow swept-wing symbol in
the center of the universe, its nose aimed at the sky. Sure enough, a pair of red symbols
were moving in swiftly after him, but far behind. Nothing else in the area. No radar locks,
no missiles launched. Not yet. The ground was a rolling green carpet far below, like a
cartoon or a kid’s drawing, with his potential targets drawn in with big red X’s
painted over them.
Damn, the g-suit was squeezing his guts just as if he was really flying. How do they do
that? Great simulation: Physical reactions just like the real thing. Got to hand it to those
double-domed sonsofbitches, they’re making this ride everything you could ask for.
Maybe even more.
The two bogies were diving down toward him, Adair saw. He kicked left rudder and
levelled off, hoping they would overshoot him; then he would slip behind them and fire
his Sidewinders at the bastards. He was surprised at how much effort it took to reach the
missile arming switches and flick them on. A small deadly black cross appeared on his
helmet display. If it touched the symbols of the intruder aircraft the missiles would
launch automatically.
But the bogies were not going to overshoot him, he saw. They were slowing down,
popping their airbrakes to begin a high-speed yo-yo that would plant them on his tail.
Cursing, puffing from exertion as if he were really flying, Adair thumbed the throttle
control forward to full military power and pulled the stick back, trying to put as much
distance between them and himself as he could while he clawed for altitude. The
intruders immediately broke off their maneuver and hustled after him.
“They’re closing in, Daddy,” his daughter’s voice warned, edging higher, tinged with
fear.
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