Soda Pop Soldier - Book Review
Soda Pop Soldier, by Nick Cole, is an SF book with a big gaming component.
The weird "Soda Pop" of the title is because in the near future, advertising rights are taken by winning virtual wars in a game, and the main character - PerfectQuestion - is a soldier for a cola company.
There is another game in the book, however - a Black, illegal game, which PerfectQuestion is playing to get some extra money.
Both games are interesting, although there are some slower scenes in the illegal one.
The action was pretty good, and had plenty of good twists. The outside world was so interesting though (with space travel and colonies, a New New York over the old one, etc) I felt there was too little of in the book, though.
Overall, recommended if you like books where a lot of the action happens in games.
The weird "Soda Pop" of the title is because in the near future, advertising rights are taken by winning virtual wars in a game, and the main character - PerfectQuestion - is a soldier for a cola company.
There is another game in the book, however - a Black, illegal game, which PerfectQuestion is playing to get some extra money.
Both games are interesting, although there are some slower scenes in the illegal one.
The action was pretty good, and had plenty of good twists. The outside world was so interesting though (with space travel and colonies, a New New York over the old one, etc) I felt there was too little of in the book, though.
Overall, recommended if you like books where a lot of the action happens in games.
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