{"product_id":"becoming-real-9798992626032","title":"Becoming Real","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sean Fenian\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Fenian House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Fenian House Publishing\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Science Fiction - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael Hagerty-\u003ci\u003eGhostRayder\u003c\/i\u003e, to his fans-reviewed video games and made game videos for a living. He was intimately familiar with virtual worlds. They were his everyday bread and butter. He was quite certain he understood very clearly the lines of demarcation between game and reality, between what was physical, and what was virtual. What was real, and what was not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen one day, not long after he reviewed a newly released VR open-world adventure game, a mystery source sent him a modified version of the game, and asked him to go back in and try it again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMichael would soon find out, amid a high-stakes game of hide-and-seek with shady multinational corporations and shadowy government agencies, that the question of real or virtual, human or not, was far more nuanced and less clear-cut than he had ever believed possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSean Fenian's \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecoming Real\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is an exploration of the natures of humanity and reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr perhaps it's a commentary on some of the blind spots of video game design.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr perhaps it's an SF postmodern love story with a twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr perhaps, it's \u003ci\u003eall\u003c\/i\u003e of these things... and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecoming Real\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e may be about Michael Hagerty... but it's not really \u003ci\u003eabout\u003c\/i\u003e Michael Hagerty.\u003cp\u003e------\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is (c) 2025, Sean Fenian and Fenian House Publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished by Fenian House Publishing\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46331985297559,"sku":"9798992626032","price":1196.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798992626032.webp?v=1768724887","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/becoming-real-9798992626032","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}