Virtual Zen [Paperback]

Ray Nelson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1996

A taut, poignant, coming-of-age tale set in the future. Shaken after his father's suicide, John Henry Koyama abandons his music career and takes to the streets of Pacifica, the vast new nation stretching between California and Japan. There, John Henry becomes a messiah to a dissatisfied generation and soon finds himself following his doomed father's path.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Avon Books (Mm) (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0380781859
• ISBN-13: 978-0380781850
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.3 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,037,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A look at the near-future, August 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Virtual Zen (Paperback)

This is not a profound book, but it's a fun easy read. It uses the common theme of a rich kid leaving his inheritance -- and the chance to be run by the organization who ran his father -- to take to the streets, and be heard. Taking a new name, he starts a new culture. The book harkens back to the sixties themes of love, simplicity, and harmony.

0 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars It was beyond a shadow of a doubt a complete abomination., December 19, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Virtual Zen (Paperback)

Never before in my experience have a read a book so misconstured and out of context. It was more or less about nothing more than semantics. Never did it adress the true issues at hand. Never did id make me feel, never did I say what about me, what about him. This book far lacked what I would call an indultaion of the human mind. Nothing more than a lugubroious look at our universe, misconstured, and abomidabal.