Labyrinth of Reflections (Диптаун / Глубина #1)

Sergei Lukyanenko, Сергей Лукьяненко


Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars
4.14 · 30 ratings · 271 pages · Published: 26 Mar 1996

Labyrinth of Reflections by Sergei Lukyanenko, Сергей Лукьяненко
The story is set in the near future, where a chance invention allows people to experience virtual reality without the need for costly hardware — a seconds long movie drives a person into a sort of psychosis, forcing one's subconsciousness to perceive a simple 3D game as real world. Soon after the invention, Microsoft and IBM build a virtual city on the Internet called "Deeptown" (named so after the street name for VR — the Deep), which anyone is free to log on and enter. The painted world becomes a second home for millions people — but some of them 'sink', i.e. forget to return to the reality and eventually die of dehydration. Only a small group of people calling themselves divers are capable of leaving the Deep at will. Gods of the virtual world, they help those who sink.

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