| Gamer Fantastic Contributor(s): Greenberg, Martin H. (Editor), Hughes, Kerrie L. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0756405637 ISBN-13: 9780756405632 Publisher: Daw Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Mass Market Paperbound - Other Formats Published: July 2009 Annotation: From a teenager who finds a better future in virtual reality; to a private investigator hired to find a dying man's grandson in the midst of a virtual reality theme park; from a person gifted with the power to pull things out of books into the real world; to a psychologist using fantasy role-playing to heal his patients; from a gaming convention where the real winners may not be who they seem to be; to a multi-layered role-playing game that leads participants from reality to reality and games within games--these imaginative and fascinating new tales will captivate both lovers of original fantasy and anyone who has ever fallen under the spell of role-playing games. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - Collections & Anthologies - Fiction | Science Fiction - Collections & Anthologies - Fiction | Fantasy - Contemporary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010668134 |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 4.26" W x 6.74" (0.34 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Let the games begin These thirteen original stories by veterans of the fantasy realms take role-playing games and universes to a whole new level. From a teenager who finds a better future in virtual reality; to a private investigator hired to find a dying man's grandson in the midst of a virtual reality theme park; from a person gifted with the power to pull things out of books into the real world; to a psychologist using fantasy role-playing to heal his patients; from a gaming convention where the real winners may not be who they seem to be; to a multi-layered role-playing game that leads participants from reality to reality and games within games-these imaginative and fascinating new tales will captivate both lovers of original fantasy and anyone who has ever fallen under the spell of role-playing games. |