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Virtual Reality

Explores simulated digital environments that are indistinguishable from or explicitly subvert physical reality.

The thrill of losing oneself in a digital world, where the rules of physics bend and reality is subjective. It's the disorienting sensation of questioning what is real when digital experiences feel as potent as physical ones, and the potential for digital existence to become more compelling than the original.

Books

Ready Player OneErnest Cline
Snow CrashNeal Stephenson
Ready Player TwoErnest Cline
DarwiniaRobert Charles Wilson
Double VisionTricia Sullivan
GameplayKevin J. Anderson
The PeripheralWilliam Gibson
Mona Lisa OverdriveWilliam Gibson
HeroDan Sugralinov
VectorsMichael P. Kube-McDowell
HoveringRhett Davis
GuildTerry W. Ervin, II
GamearthKevin J. Anderson
ReamdeNeal Stephenson
DiasporaGreg Egan
Surface DetailIain M. Banks
Rainbows EndVernor Vinge
WarcrossMarie Lu
Demons Don't DreamPiers Anthony
The Dreaming VoidPeter F. Hamilton
GlasshouseCharles Stross
Halting StateCharles Stross
WildcardMarie Lu
River of Blue FireTad Williams
For the WinCory Doctorow
Heir ApparentVivian Vande Velde
SalvationPeter F. Hamilton
SnapshotBrandon Sanderson
GridlinkedNeal Asher
DissidenceKen MacLeod
ColonyBen Bova
Central StationLavie Tidhar
BloodhypeAlan Dean Foster
Jane, UnlimitedKristin Cashore
Dream ParkLarry Niven
Girl Gone ViralArvin Ahmadi
Heavy WeatherBruce Sterling
The Ganymede TakeoverRay Faraday Nelson
Bug ParkJames P. Hogan
White spaceIlsa J. Bick
Omnitopia dawnDiane Duane
GamechangerL. X. Beckett
The Phoenix ExultantJohn C. Wright

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