{"product_id":"simulacron-3-9781647100308","title":"Simulacron-3","description":"\u003cb\u003eA CAEZIK Notable book.\u003c\/b\u003e CAEZIK Notables is a series of speculative-fiction books marking important milestones in science fiction or fantasy. Each book published in the series has a new introduction highlighting the book's significance within the genre. In the 1960's, before anyone had even conceived of the concept of virtual reality, before computers were even in mainstream thought, Daniel F. Galouye imagined the unimaginable. In doing so, he wrote one of the most influential science fiction books of the day, and one that continues to not only influence modern writers but continues to resonate with science fiction readers everywhere. He conceived of a world that exists only virtually...one of the first stories about virtual reality. \u003cb\u003eThis is Matrix, decades before Matrix was conceived. \u003c\/b\u003eDouglas Hall is part of a team that builds an artificial environment to simulate reality. This enables them to get public opinion polls without waiting for the opinions of people around them. But then something goes terribly wrong and his partners on the program start disappearing. But is it a simulated disappearance, or is someone out to get them all? And what is the true nature of reality? Stories based on Simulacron-3 have been adapted for both television and movies, and the book is considered a favorite of many of the masters of science fiction. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGalouye, Daniel F.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Daniel F. Galouye was a science fiction writer who wrote two extremely influential novels, \u003ci\u003eSimulacron-3 and \u003ci\u003eDark Universe\u003c\/i\u003e; both some of the earliest examples of popular sub-genres and themes in science fiction. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eDark 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. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eSimulacron-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. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CAEZIK SF \u0026 Fantasy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629616304402,"sku":"9781647100308","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_50dcba8f-efb6-440c-8447-29afd5baf9e1.jpg?v=1732732503","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/simulacron-3-9781647100308","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}