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I've been reading this strange but fun sci-fi book by this Russian author Dan Sugralinov, about a man who's a loser/game addict who then wakes up with a mysteri
by mancerayder 8y ago
I've been reading this strange but fun sci-fi book by this Russian author Dan Sugralinov, about a man who's a loser/game addict who then wakes up with a mysterious implant in his brain that lets him see "stats" of people, and connects him to some mysterious network of information. "Restart" is the name of the first book. Not only does he see people's stats and standing in the world in the form of social level, but he becomes obsessed with upgrading his own stats, as if he were living an RPG game itself.
- kryogen1c 8y agoFor a nondystopian (depending on your perspective, I suppose) version of this reality, see Daniel Suarez's daemon and freedom. Highly recommend.
- dirkgently 8y agoSorry, but Daemon is one of the worst sci-fi books I have ever read.
- renke1 8y agoCan you elaborate? – A coworker is recommending that book to me. I don't want to waste my time reading it if it's really bad. I am mostly into hard science fiction.
- dirkgently 8y agoThe plot is far-fetched, but that's not the problem. It's the writing style - it feels like a cheap thriller written for teens. Too many characters and cheap tricks to 'educate' the reader about technical mumbo-jumbo. Of course, this is my very subjective opinion. But having read enough PKD and Gaiman, my expectations are different than may be majority of the readers.
- mdpopescu 8y agoYep, there's an entire fantasy genre called LitRPG, which is pretty much dominated by Russian authors.
- firmgently 8y agoAlso check out the brilliant Black Mirror episode 'Nosedive' on a similar theme