Reality Crash

by Lou Grantt, Cyd Ropp

Even though he's a programmer for Virtual Vision Network, Adam Porter never wonders how it all works. He knows that virtual vision offers subscribers a variety of premium channels with which to view the world. There's Cartoon Vision for family fun, Chapel Vision for meditation, Ultramodern and Shangrila for variety. And his personal favorite, Frontier Vision, where he and his virtual dog, Bo, defend the homestead from bands of desperados. But going off-line always brings a return to normal, everyday life until a head injury puts his receiver on the fritz, revealing a post-apocalyptic world that Adam has never seen before. Adam is forced to question what is real and what is an illusion. With Network cops dogging his every move, Adam goes on the run and stumbles upon the Actual Reality Underground where he joins a band of Eco-guerrillas in a plan to blow up the virtual vision transmitters and force the population back to the actual reality they don't even know exists.

Genres: Science Fiction

274 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 1, 2008

About the author

Lou Grantt was born and raised in the suburbs of northern New Jersey. After marrying, divorcing and traveling extensively, she settled in sunny, warm Southern California. She attended and graduated university in her 30s, with a degree in film production. She spent a number of years as a Hollywood script consultant and then editor of a trade paper for screenwriters before retiring to the high desert east of L.A. Quickly bored of retirement, she starting writing. Half a dozen books later, she decided to open a used book store where she rubbed elbows with readers and writers from the area. Her next books are works in progress.

Reviews

[Andy Parkes · Rating 3 out of 5]

To say this book was heavily influenced by The Matrix would be an understatement.

I did like it's take on the all encompassing "Corporation as Government" themes.

I enjoyed reading it but I won't be in a massive rush to read the sequel it left itself open for

Worth a look if you like the genre