Review: A MUST Read!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2012
It took me about a week to get through this novel but MAN was it worth it. This has got to be one of my favorite books that I have read in a while (and I go through two or three books a week).First off the plot summary: With out giving anything away let me say that the story follows four characters: the creator of universe, the man sent to live in that universe, a computer hacker both physically and emotionally blinded, and a creature made from the pieces of your nightmares. The story begins with Denver being sent into the "hosts" VR world after committing a crime he didn't really want to be apart of in the first place. From there, Denver begins to "live" his life inside the "world". It looks, tastes, and feels like reality but he "knows" that it is not. Now, I am using a lot of quotation marks because this story really messes with your head. What is reality? Is it just our perception because if that is it then being inside a computer playing WOW or Diablo III is the real thing.One caveat: out of nowhere and for no purpose than I could determine, Foster introduces a group of Christian terrorists in the real world that seem to exist to mock Christianity. As a Christian I felt a bit offended, and I suggest that if Foster does a rewrite to just make them generic terrorists and not alienate 1-2 billion people (which by the way  is the correct number of people I suggest to read this book)I want to write so much more but I am holding back. Everything about this book is great and contains ALL the best elements of AI and reality stories. I really hope that this book is found by the general public and gets all the credit it deserves.