This Is Not a Game by Walter Jon WilliamsThis Is Not a Game: A Novel by Walter Jon Williams

Games vary. Some you play on a board, everyone fighting to be the little metal car. Some you play on the latest whiz-bang video game system, featuring the most realistic graphics yet. And some you play with people, manipulating their emotions and ideas. But the best games arise from stories; storytelling being nothing more than an author playing a game with their reader. An imagination game, one in which the writer sets the rules. A game with drama and mystery, winners and losers. So Walter Jon Williams’ This Is Not A Game lies. It is a game. A hell of a game, a fascinating mystery, and intriguing social commentary. Where every reader is a winner, no matter what alternate reality you choose to call home.

Final Grade: 87 out of 100

via Blood of the Muse: “This Is Not a Game” by Walter Jon Williams (Orbit).

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