Rim

Alexander Besher

I also bumped into Rim for a coincidence at the bottom shelf of a large bookstore, at first it seemed to me that it was some kind of Nicholas Negroponte chronicles on how life will be (due to the Translation of the title into portuguese \”Virtual World\” and nothing against Negroponte). For pure curiosity I bought the book and found myself on a non-stoping reading week, amazed with the perfect connection between the future and concepts like Zen and Buddhism at their original form. Besher throw us right into a new dimension where the new frontier is not the outer space but a virtual universe, making it all seem very logical and even more frightening…very close to our reality! I agree with a previous review about a certain uncomfort for those not into Oriental culture, but it certainly adds charm to this wonderful book. Personally I liked it much better than Neuromancer, the very first of its kind but too far from reality. Lets see Mir now and if the son beats the dad…in quality purposes at least.

status	Copy #1 (3971): in
genre	Sci-Fi
publisher	HarperCollinsWest
publish date	1973
popularity	checked out 2 time(s)