Update:
Thanks everyone for participating in the giveaway! The giveaway is now closed, I hope you all enjoy the reading. :) As the number of participants was around the expected, I have sent you all a copy of the book!
Since I was a kid, I was obsessed with computers, technology, and books. Science fiction books, palpable technologies with surreal events, were my favorite addiction. I grew up drinking from this source, dreaming of writing my own stories one day. But growing up on the periphery I quickly came to understand it was not more than a dream, especially in Brazil. So, I was thrown into the nearest lane, jumping from technical support to software engineer.
Years flew by, and in the rush of day-to-day life, I ended up forgetting the essence that propelled me down this path. Goals, projects, codes, stress... blah, blah, blah. You know the deal, you took it too. However, after several (miracle) therapy sessions, I decided it was time to take a break from the command prompt and dive into Word. And, after many, many months, liters of coffee, a herniated disc, and a hefty dosage of ibuprofen, voilà, a book was born!
It is a cyberpunk story that speaks about work dehumanization, communities vs corporations and kicking the corporative ass.
Coincidetally, or not, the story connects with what we have experienced with Reddit and Lemmy, so I understood it would be fitting to conduct the book's giveaway on the Fediverse only!
Ghost Trigger is available on Kindle and Paperback, as well as other digital formats. It's a dive into passion, at the cost of a beer, and about three hours of your life.
I will be conducting the giveaway of 10 copies, in either:
- Paperback (North America, Europe and Australia only)
- Kindle
- Epub
To participate, just comment the format you would like to receive!
The giveaway will begin tomorrow, and winners will be chosen randomly.
It all the depends on the how and the what.
First of all, if the virtual reality is able to replicate physical sensation indistinguishably from the physical world, it's not virtual, then, is it? Then it's just alternative reality. If that was the case, the only dilemma would be the implications to the physical world. Will your body still exist, or are we talking San Junipero here?
As long as there are implications to the real world, then I believe a significant percentage of people will not abandon it, because of empathy.
I personally would only live an alternative reality if there was no one I love back in the real world anymore, or if I were to die.
As for virtual reality in the realm of possibilities, there will always be something missing, as addictive as it may be, so there will always be something to bring you back to reality
As for just trying it, hell yeah! As long as there are no negative consequences physically that I know of before hand.