- Science fiction, Virtual reality, Fiction, Fantasy fiction
The not so distant future where everybody has a second life in cyberspace. A growing sub-culture of cyberfolk and cyberpunks who are spending less and less time in the physical world, and ever increasing time 'plugged in'. But there is trouble brewing. Someone or something is trapping users 'online'. A rag-tag assortment of elite cybercitizens band together to stop the invasion. --- Volume 1 of the [Otherland series](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16026545W/)
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Contemporary, grave, classical in form and epic.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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- Author
- Tad Williams
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 782
- Publisher
- New Amer Library, Orbit, DAW Books
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9781417724833
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“In einer normalen Welt wäre Frühstückszeit gewesen, aber in der Hölle wurde offenbar kein Frühstück serviert; das Bombardement, das vor Tagesanbruch losgegangen war, sah nicht danach aus, als wolle es nachlassen.”
Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 14, 1957 in San Jose, California) is an American fantasy author based in California. His works, which span epic fantasy, science fiction, urban fantasy, comics, and scripts, have sold tens of millions of copies worldwide and significantly influenced a generation of writers. Williams is known for his genre-defining and genre-blending contributions to literature, including his breakthrough novel [*Tailchaser's Song*][1], the *Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn* series, the *Otherland* series, and [*The War of the Flowers*][2]. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2250827W [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2250810W
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