Playmasters [Paperback]

John Dalmas (Author), Rod Martin (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Baen; First Edition edition (January 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671656104
• ISBN-13: 978-0671656102
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,836,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Video Game Reality...., December 20, 2001

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Craig M. Rosenblum (Burnsville, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Playmasters (Paperback)

Okay here's the deal, this book is about opening our eyes to the perceptions of reality. This life we lead, is a mere shadow of the true selves that we are. So to help us see that, John Dalmas and Rod Martin, created a situation that follows thru Jan Ambers, as he goes thru experience after experience and sees that he's more than just Jan Ambers. That he is one of the beings, that protect the world. That he has an Earth persona as well as a True Persona of which he can only get glimpses of. This also involves concepts of reincarnation... You have to read it to get a glimpse of what I am talking about...

To help his character understand himself, he has him imagine himself as a video game player, whereas the person he thinks he is, is merely the cursor in the game, and where as he as a higher hidden self that is playing the game. Where there are hidden scripts, plans and things going on...

Also the enemy is a group of aliens looking for their long lost brother. The head is Cha Cha aka Charles Lawson, whose group is trying to corrupt the earth by finding ways to trick others to introduce forbidden or high level technology...

This is a classic in Sci-Fi and in New Age Fiction.... But it's also very down to earth...

A Must Read...

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Game or war?, February 25, 2002

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Michael Valdivielso (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Playmasters (Paperback)

If you're having fun when you do something is it a game or just a job you happen to like? Travel along with Le as he explores, among other things, what life is about, what is play, what is work, motion, cycles, self, attention vs. awareness and also tries to save the Earth from a game that has gotten a little out of hand. Good sci-fi, great for people who wish to escape for a weekend and just plain fun, with lots of food for the mind.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good concept, flawed execution, August 14, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Playmasters (Paperback)

In this confusing, and verbose story, the basic idea (that this world is a shadow of another greater world) is good, the basic story line (a warrior who has to hide knowledge from himself to save the world) is good. The execution is mediocre at best. The story is deliberately confusing, and often meanders into laughably bad explanations of what's going on in the greater world. This type of story has been done better.