Portal: A Dataspace Retrieval [Import] [Print on Demand (Paperback)]

Rob Swigart (Author)

Product Details

• Print on Demand (Paperback): 356 pages
• Publisher: Universal Publishers,US (October 2, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595197841
• ISBN-13: 978-0595197842
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,959,212 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 Portal, the book of the story of the game., August 28, 2001

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Josh Daniel S. Davis "xaminmo" (Highland Village, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portal: A dataspace retrieval (Hardcover)

I played the game, Portal, when I was in gradeschool. I had a Commodore 64 and the game was 3 disks, 5 sides total. Wonderful depth and imagery, the book is told from the perspective on a space traveller sent off at near light speed who returns to find Earth deserted; about an AI computer program named Homer who desparately wants to remember what happened and about how all of it ties together with the expansion of human experience. I would highly recommend this book as a good read for everyone from 8 to 80 who likes sci-fi. Larger libraries should have this, including the DownTown Fort Worth library.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, this is the GOOD stuff., December 7, 1999

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Mads Storm Andersen (Denmark) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Portal: A dataspace retrieval (Hardcover)

Not much to say, other then Portal was one of the first Interactive Fiction game, that REALY succeeded telling a story. This is the Novel that came of the Game. Highly recommendable. A truly great read.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent storytelling, June 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Portal: A dataspace retrieval (Hardcover)

It does not matter how long ago this book came out. When I noticed that there was no review I thought I had to correct this terrible injustice and write one myself. The book is certainly not perfect by sci-fi standards, but there are few books that I've read which got me enchanted like this one. A little like reading Peter Pan when I was ten years old. It transports you into its imaginative world, making it so real that when you close the book you actually ask yourself if the real world might not actually be inside the book. Did I read "out of print"? What a shame. But don't give up so easily. ASK for it. With luck they'll get the press rolling again.