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Plot Summary of Dream Park
"This is the story about an amusement park of the future,
where players can fight holographic monsters with swords
in a realistic looking holographic environment--Dungeons
and Dragons in the 22nd century. But one of the players
stole sensitive technology and murdered a guard, and
security chief Alex Griffin has to infiltrate one of the
games to find the player who killed the guard and stole
the secrets."

Steve, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Dream Park
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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - finding a killer (criminal) - finding a spy/saboteur
Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - method of transportation - money/gems/treasure
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - police/lawman
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Takes place on Earth? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - none/very little science jargon needed
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing
How much dialogue? - mostly dialog
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