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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
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Immersing himself in a mid-twenty-first-century technological virtual utopia to escape an ugly real world of famine, poverty, and disease, Wade Watts joins an increasingly violent effort to solve a series of puzzles by the virtual world's creator.
At once wildly original and stuffed with irresistible nostalgia, READY PLAYER ONE is a spectacularly genre-busting, ambitious, and charming debut-- part quest novel, part love story, and part virtual space...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
Days after winning OASIS founder James Halliday's contest, Wade Watts makes a discovery that changes everything. Hidden within Halliday's vaults, waiting for his heir to find, lies a technological advancement that will once again change the world and make the OASIS a thousand times more wondrous--and addictive--than even Wade dreamed possible. With it comes a new riddle, and a new quest--a last Easter egg from Halliday, hinting at a mysterious prize....
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Jeremy Logan novels volume 6
Language
English
Description
"Like millions of people around the world, Jeremy Logan (famed enigmalogist, or investigator of unexplained things) has grown to rely on his incredible new tech device. Made by Chrysalis, the global multibillion dollar tech company, the small optical device connects people in a stunning new way, tapping into virtual reality for the first time on a wide scale. And yet, when Logan is summoned by Chrysalis to investigate a disturbing anomaly in the massive...
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Series
In Death series volume 30
Language
English
Description
Bart Minnock, founder of the computer gaming giant U-Play, enters his private playroom, and eagerly can't wait to lose himself in an imaginary world, to play the role of a sword-wielding warrior king in his company's latest top-secret project, Fantastical. The next morning, he is found in the same locked room, in a pool of blood, his head separated from his body. It is the most puzzling case Eve Dallas has ever faced, and it is not a game.
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Mortality doctrine volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Michael and his friends, Sarah and Bryson, are still being chased by a cyber-terrorist. And now the government is after them, too"--
6) Snow crash
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
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Description
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's CosaNostra Pizza Incorporated, but in the Metaverse he's a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that is striking down hackers everywhere, he races through a search-and-destroy mission to find the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about Infocalypse
Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the freeway as far as the eye can see. The...
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Mortality doctrine volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Michael is a skilled internet gamer in a world of advanced technology. When a cyber-terrorist begins to threaten players, Michael is called upon to seek him and his secrets out..
"From James Dashner, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Maze Runner series, comes the first book in the bestselling Mortality Doctrine series, an edge-of-your-seat cyber-adventure trilogy that includes The Rule of Thoughts and The Game of Lives. Includes a sneak...
8) Lock in
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Lock in novels volume 1
Language
English
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When a new virus causes one percent of the population to become completely paralyzed in body but not in mind, the United States pursues a scientific initiative to develop a virtual-reality world for victims, with unexpected consequences.
9) Otherworld
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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Description
For fans of Black Mirror and HBOs Westworld, and readers of James Dashner and Veronica Roth, Otherworld is the first book in New York Times bestselling authors Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller's new YA sci-fi-thriller series. The future is now. And the future is terrifying.“Full of high stakes, thrillers, and fantastic twists and turns, fans of Ready Player One are sure to love this addictive read.”Buzzfeed.com There are no screens. There are...
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Series
Mortality doctrine volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"Michael and his friends, Sarah and Bryson, must stop the Mortality Doctrine and those behind it now as the fate of humanity is in the balance"--
11) Reamde: a novel
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Dodge novels volume 1
Language
English
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When his own high-tech start up turns into a Fortune 500 computer gaming group, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa family who has amassed an illegal fortune, finds the line between fantasy and reality becoming blurred when a virtual war for dominance is triggered.
12) Ready player one
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find an Easter egg, which will give the finder his fortune.
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Poseidon's children volume 1
Language
English
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Description
One hundred and fifty years from now, Africa has become the world's dominant technological and economic power. Crime, war, disease and poverty have been eliminated. The Moon and Mars are settled, and colonies stretch all the way out to the edge of the solar system. And Ocular, the largest scientific instrument in history, is about to make an epochal discovery... Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace, so that he can continue his...
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English
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"When his consciousness is uploaded into his company’s internal Slack channels, boosting his productivity, Gerald, who works for a PR firm, as his reality becomes more absurd, enlists the help of a co-worker to help him escape—and to find out what happened to his body.
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Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are driving the next technological revolution. If you want to get in on the action, this book helps you understand what these technologies are, their history, how theyre being used, and how theyll affect consumers both personally and professionally in the very near future. With VR and AR poised to become mainstream within the next few years, an accessible book to bring users up to speed on the subject...
Author
Series
Artificial Reality Division novels volume 1
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
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