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41) META: Game On
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WELCOME TO THE METAVERSE
2065: the streets are abandoned, shops are empty, parks are silent. But is that really much of a surprise when you can connect to the Cybernet?
Everyone can turn on, log in and drop out.
Cyrus, a failed physicist, and drop-out game designer Everett are on the cusp of their big breakthrough into the meta ranks of Neverborn, the world's most popular game.
But when several high-profile avatars disappear, and their human counterparts...
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Eine Welt ohne Videospiele und nur du kannst sie zurückholen - ein fantastischer Gaming-Roman von Youtuber Manuel Schmitt alias SgtRumpel für alle Fans von Ready Player One und Free Guy
Neil Desmond, bekannt als E-Sport-Legende Orkus666, verflucht die Welt nach einem desaströsen Match gegen seine Erzrivalin KiraNightingale. Am nächsten Morgen erwacht er in einer Welt, in der alles anders ist: Computer werden lediglich zur Datenverarbeitung verwendet,...
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Why did we let the machines assimilate our musical culture?
In a world where machines create most music, Alice Parsons is fed up, but what can she do? When she loses the only job she’s ever liked, she stumbles on a club that caters only to humans. She’s intrigued, and decides to inquire within. She discovers a group of rebels whose values align with her own. The president of MuseFam, the largest supplier of AI-generated music, takes an interest...
44) The Drop
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A shattered planet. A superstar DJ. Her biggest fan. And, one monumental secret.
Since a mysterious weather event in 2025 made the outside world off limits, veteran DJ Juanita has become the headline 'Virtuoso' for Love Buzz, a non-stop virtual music festival beamed directly into survivors' headsets. For Juanita, trapped inside her Sydney apartment and addled by isolation and addiction, the show must go on, and on, and on.
Three years after The Storm...
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The government took control of Jake's mind, but his heart will help him break free. At least, it will try to. Jake is on a secret mission and carrying a deadly object. A mission he's not aware of, and one he's not supposed to return from. He's been turned into a pawn in a game that is bigger than him, controlled by dark and greedy forces who aim to rewrite his past, and delete his future. But after an accident wakes Jake up from the mind control of...
46) Woke World
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Happy Demise Day! The involuntary euthanasia for unproductive citizens will commence shortly… 17-year-old Stella receives an unexpected mysterious inheritance. The amulet unlocks some long-buried magic within her. In a society entirely controlled by government forces, she begins to break rules. Like secretly not taking the government-mandated pills. And as the very fabric of her reality begins to crumble, she's horrified by the truth being hidden...
47) Mind Burn
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From USA Today bestselling author Rhett C. Bruno and T. E. Bakutis, Mind Burn is Ready Player One meets Minority Report, in which Detective Soto must hunt down a dangerous criminal capable of hijacking and controlling people through their cybernetic implants.
When your new employer tasks you with investigating the first successful mass shooting in twelve years, it's understandable to be nervous. Fortunately, detective-in-training Cowan Soto has a...
48) Crimson Gauntlet
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"Outstanding, intriguing. Dark, grim, fast paced, nerve wracking!" "A riot to read!" "Read it in a single sitting." "An exciting addition to the LitRPG field with loads of character development and interaction, I found this a difficult book to put down." "Humor, action, suspense, mysteries and twists!""Crimson Gauntlet certainly will appeal to fans of both the LitRPG and apocalyptic subgenres of sci-fi. It sticks the ending and opens up an intriguing...
49) The Intuitives
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IMAGINATION JUST BECAME OUR GREATEST WEAPON.
In Egypt, an archaeological team discovers the lost tomb of Alexander the Great. Seven years later, every public school student in America takes a strange new test, but only six are chosen to attend a summer program at the mysterious Institute for the Cultivation of Intuitive Cognition, where nothing is as it appears to be, including the students themselves.
Roman Jackson, 11-the lonely artist.
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Playing a virtual game is fun...unless the game wants you dead. Nigel Watson is a clever teenage hacker who uses his skills to make extra spending money. But, after someone plunders his mother's bank account and drains the funds, Nigel realizes his hacking could save the family. Soon, Nigel's online expertise is noticed by the billionaire founder of the Colossal Machine, a virtual game played by millions of people around the planet. When Nigel is...
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Solving cryptographic puzzles is fun...unless the puzzle is designed to kill you. Nigel Watson is a clever teenage hacker who narrowly escaped with his life in White Hat Black Heart. Unable to speak, he must find a new way to thwart a mysterious threat that is taking over the world's computer infrastructure. Artificial intelligence has become self-aware...and determined that people must die. A rogue billionaire attempts to save the life of his ailing...
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In a world on the brink of destruction, Post-Apocalyptic Joe in a Cinematic Wasteland, Episode 2 takes readers on an edge-of-your-seat adventure. Joe faces the desolate aftermath of a global cataclysm head-on and embarks on a perilous journey of self-discovery and purpose. Along the way, he discovers the true power of friendship and how to survive no matter how tough things get. With suspenseful twists and turns, Joe's journey will leave you on the...
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"Your journey in life is not complete until you make your first contact with your soul. This will uplift you to your next stage in personal evolution--The Hybrid Being--physical at times and metaphysical at other times, with the power to move between these two stages at will. For this to happen, start a conversation today with your soul. The Universe is waiting for this to happen… Are you ready, player one?"
NEIL DAVID CHAN, from A Higher Conversation."Read...
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"In twelve-year-old Reyna Cheng's world, gaming is everything. Professional esports teams are the mainstream celebrities. Kids begin training from a young age, aspiring for the big leagues. Reyna is the up-and-coming junior amateur Dayhold gamer, competing in a VR battle royale against AI monsters and human players. But despite Reyna's rising popularity and skills, no one knows who she is. Gaming is still a boys' club and to protect herself against...
55) Sonorous
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Who will create music 50 years in the future? In a world where machines create music, Alice Parsons is fed up, but what can a single person do? When she loses the only job she'd ever liked, she stumbles on a club that caters only to humans. She's intrigued and decides to inquire within. She discovers a group of rebels whose values align with her own. The president of MuseFam, the largest supplier of AI-generated music, takes an interest in the group...
56) Peeves
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"Gremlins meets Inside Out in this sneaky parable about courage and self-control. Fun, funny, and surprisingly heartfelt."-Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One
Steven (Slim) Pickings is on the edge of a breakdown-but then, it always feels like Slim is teetering on the edge of something. The difference this time is that something's caused Slim's worries to come alive!
He's set loose a bunch of annoying, pesky, outrageously contagious creatures-and...
57) Art of Atari
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ATARI is one of the most recognized names in the world. Since its formation in 1972, the company pioneered hundreds of iconic titles including Asteroids, Centipede and Missile Command. In addition to hundreds of games created for arcades, home video systems, and computers, original artwork was specially commissioned to enhance the Atari experience, further enticing children and adults to embrace and enjoy the new era of electronic entertainment. ART...
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Would you sell your life to save another?Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she's got a job, unlike most, and won't have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they're poor, but she's got death insurance and a roof over her head. Life is livable...But then Sam's daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts. Overnight, her life (and...
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If you liked Ready Player One and Ender's Game, strap in for Socket Greeny..."A brilliantly-written complexly-layered plot, set in a vivid, tangible future world." --IndieReaderI was a nobody.I had this funny name and white hair and really didn't care about anything. But then one day something happened. Change is like that. One day you're a nothing, the next you're saving everything. Not everybody.Everything.It's not that I didn't want to do what...
60) Death Donor
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Would you sell your life to save another?
Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she's got a job, unlike most, and won't have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they're poor, but she's got death insurance and a roof over her head. Life is livable...
But then Sam's daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts. Overnight, her life (and...
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