Simulacron-3

by Daniel F. Galouye, Mike Resnick (Afterword)

Overview

It is a jangling and disintegrating near-future, a world in which virtual reality has become the primary means of entertainment and the more significant part of life for most of the population. Here, Douglas Hall's employer, Horace Siskin, the President of Reaction Inc., has created a synthetic world as a demonstration; a virtual l937 New Orleans in which Hall and his superiors Fuller and Lynch, live much of their lives. But when Fuller is murdered and Lynch disappears, governmental scrutiny and investigation threaten to destroy Reaction. Thus, Hall must find his way through this strange New Orleans to determine the identity of the murderer and the motive. He must, he comes to understand, apprehend the killer before both worlds, virtual and "real", have been destroyed. The identity of the murderer is a stunning surprise. It capsizes the reader's seeming understanding of the novel and casts light as well on the true meaning of virtual reality.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781612420202
Publisher:	Arc Manor
Publication date:	05/19/2011
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Daniel F. Galouye was a science fiction writer who wrote two extremely influential novels, Simulacron-3 and Dark Universe; both some of the earliest examples of popular sub-genres and themes in science fiction. 

Dark Universe (nominated for a Hugo when it was originally published) is one of the earliest (and many consider it one of the finest) examples of a post-apocalyptic novel. 

Simulacron-3, published in 1964, is one of the first to deal with virtual reality. At a time when most of us had not thought of the concept, Galouye was writing a story about people realizing that they are virtual constructs in a simulation. 

In many ways Galouye was very much ahead of his time, even the science fiction field, and many science fiction writers credit him as being one of the great science fiction writers of the time. 

Daniel Galouye died at the age of 56 in 1976 due to poor health which was complicated by injuries he had received during World War II as a Navy pilot.