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Hyperversum

Hyperversum, vol.1

By Cecilia Randall

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| Hardcover | 9788809061729

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Book Description

Daniel ha una passione bruciante per un videogioco online, "Hyperversum", che trasporta la sua fantasia nella storia. Dentro la realtà virtuale ha imparato a essere un perfetto uomo del Medioevo e conosce tutte le astuzie per superare ogni livello di gioco. Una sera, Daniel gioca con alcuni amici e Continue

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Hyperversum 2. Il falco e il leone

La presentazione e le recensioni di "Hyperversum 2. Il falco e il leone", opera di Cecilia Randall edita da Giunti. A due anni di distanza dal primo viaggio e dopo molti vani tentativi, Hyperversum trasporta nuovamente Ian e Daniel nel XIII secolo. P ... (read full critics)

Qlibri published on Sun, 28 Nov 2010

Hyperversum 3. Il cavaliere del tempo

La presentazione e le recensioni di "Hyperversum 3. Il cavaliere del tempo", libro per ragazzi di Cecilia Randall edito da Giunti. Sono passati tre anni dal momento in cui Ian e Daniel si sono salutati prendendo strade (e secoli) molto diversi tra lo ... (read full critics)

Qlibri published on Sat, 27 Nov 2010

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Unfortunately this book hasn't translated yet, so you can find it only in Italian.
Which is really bad, because it is more than worth of reading.
From the inside cover:
«Start» Daniel ordered.
The darkness faded from the screens, showing an animated sequence: contrasting with ... (continue)

Unfortunately this book hasn't translated yet, so you can find it only in Italian.
Which is really bad, because it is more than worth of reading.
From the inside cover:
«Start» Daniel ordered.
The darkness faded from the screens, showing an animated sequence: contrasting with a black background it was possible to see the Earth planet lazily rotatingd, like a blue sphere. On the upper side of the screen appeare an alphanumeric counter that changed fast, alternating numbers and letters.
Then, the Earth froze. The counter stopped at the same time, showing:
1214 a.D.
Suddenly, the planet starting to become big and bigger, giving to the four players the impression of falling fast to the ground. They went through clouds and when it was possible to see again, they were able to recognize where they were. They saw Europe, then France, then the Flanders region, in the northern part of the country:nowadays, the region was divided between France and Belgium.
Player, you are in the Flanders region.
It's the 1st March 1241 and the end of the war between England and France is rapidily approaching.
The story as itself is quite simple, but original. Daniel, the main character of the story with Ian (who is a historian), is keen on this strange video game, called Hyperversum. The software of this game, through a virtual reality, was able to re-create a historical situation and the players could act through it, like characters in a movie. Using simple sensors and helmets, they are under the impressionof actually being in the place, at the time of the fact portrayed, but without actually risking of getting injured during the game.
Unfortunately, during this game something got wrong and the four player were actually transported in the France of 1214, without being able to get back to their reality. From that moment, they went through every kind of peril and adventure, in a crescendo that exploded in the final cliffhanger of the book.
Good for us that there's already a sequel.
The writing style isn't bad, even if I expected something more an author that is actually Italian.
She looked for a peculiar style, with pecuiliar words and complicated phrasing, in order to be consistent with the historical moment she is describing.
Too bad that she wasn't able to describe action without using enough synonymouses, and resolving to use words as "the man", "the guy", "the american man" and stuff like that... thing that would have made my poor beta going slightly mad.
But, besides that, she did well her job. It was easy to see there were REAL RESEARCHES behind what she described, even if she clearly stated at the beginning of the book that it was a novel and that she took some liberty from realy history.
Settings were well described and the characters had a clear personality. Ian tended to be a bit too much perfect, the classic hero in a shining armour. But seeing how the book ended, I could forgive her even this.

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Esus said on Feb 2, 2008 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

Daniel's an american university student. He loves playing Hyperversum, a videogame that can virtually move players to every historical and geographical location they choose. But one day, while he, his brother Martin, his girlfriend Jodie, his best friend Ian and a couple of friends are playing, sth ... (continue)

Daniel's an american university student. He loves playing Hyperversum, a videogame that can virtually move players to every historical and geographical location they choose. But one day, while he, his brother Martin, his girlfriend Jodie, his best friend Ian and a couple of friends are playing, sth that can't be explained happened and all of them are really moved into France of 1214, with no chance to get back.
Very particular, detailed, changing points of view and page-turner.

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rubidu said on Dec 27, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback