It all started when Georgina Powers had sex with an interviewee—the first time ever in a ten-year career in journalism—in a hotel room high above the Hudson River. But what could have been a forgettable quickie becomes a shaming obsession—and worse: a deadly stimulus for an ice-cold killer. Faced with virtual-reality porn programs which feature stolen images of herself and a sadist's dreams, Georgina risks her own life in a world driven mad by its own inventions.
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It's hard to imagine a book merely 10 years old feeling like a "period piece," but that's exactly how Denise Danks's Frame Grabber, released in Britain in 1992, comes across. The virtual world that lies at the heart of the story is a multi-player online game involving sordid sexual conquests instead of dragons and fantasy quests. Technology reporter Georgina Powers becomes enmeshed in this world when she engages in a twisted affair with virtual reality expert David Jones, who enjoys acting out his sadomasochistic fantasies in both the real and virtual worlds. Despite the book's dated premise, Georgina is a complex heroine who bears weaknesses to match her ample strengths, and Danks's clean, snappy prose keeps the story moving at a fast clip.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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“A smart and sexy mystery series.” -- Marion Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
“Denise Danks has magnificently cornered the market in the crime of tomorrow’s wizard technology.” -- The Times
“Denise Danks has magnificently cornered the market in the crime of tomorrow’s wizard technology.” -- The Times
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" Frame Grabber" is a strange and more than slightly disturbing mystery. It involves a lot technical computer knowledge, whish, alas, I do not possess, and spiced up violent Internet virtual relity porn. In this uneasy mixture of technical information (snooze...), and twisted sexuality, it becomes almost impossible to relate to any of the characters. Above all, the heroine of this book, to put it mildly, weird Georgina Powers, was bigger puzzle to me than any of the quirks of this novel. Why this lady does what she does is still completely unknown to me. People do all kind of strange things, including myself, but if you decide to write about them, than we need some clues or reasons.They are sorely missing in this incomplete book.
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