New York Times bestselling authors Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller imagine a near future in which people can leave their bodies behind and enter Otherworld, a virtual-reality game that recreates every sensation—sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch. In Otherworld there are no screens or controls, no laws to break or rules to obey: users can experience forbidden or impossible desires and live without consequence. This is the first book in a fast-paced trilogy.
The game is so addictive that many never want to leave, and when Simon enters Otherworld he discovers that for some it might not end. As the boundaries between real life and virtual experience erode, characters must confront the costs of surrendering to engineered pleasure and the dangers of technology that can deliver everything a person wants.
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Simon enters Otherworld, a virtual-reality game that lets users leave their bodies and experience sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch with no laws or controls. As he becomes immersed, he discovers that the game's pleasures are intensely addictive and that some players never return. The book follows Simon and other players as real-world responsibilities and relationships fray while the creators and the company behind Otherworld face ethical and technological consequences. Themes include addiction, consent, the erosion of boundaries between virtual and real life, and the moral price of engineered desire.
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G-NRIS™ identifies Otherworld primarily as Science Fiction, Thriller, and Speculative Fiction. Its strongest themes include Virtual Reality, Addiction, Technology and Ethics, Escape vs Reality, and Consequences of Pleasure. Prominent narrative patterns include Virtual World, Addictive Game, Blurred Reality, and Dystopian Technology.
Readers connected to this book most often reflect Psychological Moral Explorer reader archetypes. Their strongest shared genre interests include Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Mystery, and Literary Fiction. They are commonly drawn to themes such as Grief and Loss, Exploring The Fractured Self, Exploring Justice And Consequence, and Family Secrets.
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