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Mar 30, 2018
"Lost in Translation" may be a better title for this book. The feeling that I was observing events rather than immersed in a real environment could not be shaken The most memorable of the characters were minor, like the chain-smoking policeman and the un-apologetic Red Guard fanatic. I think that may have a lot to do with not being able to keep track of Chinese names without a scorecard. The video game read more like a motion picture or television series, because human participants did not appear to be able to influence the outcome. Then again (spoiler alert) that may have been the point of the gaming aspect. If this is the first book of the trilogy, I may read the others in a format where I can take notes. It was interesting enough to be outside the conventions of American sci-fi, and I am inspired to look into Russian and European authors to expand my scope, or to venture into the worlds of South Asian authors in the genre