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| Virtual War: The Virtual War Chronologs--Book 1 (The Virtual War Chronologs) | 
| Author: Gloria Skurzynski
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 467126
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 196
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1416975772
EAN: 9781416975779
ASIN: 1416975772
Publication Date: April 14, 2008
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 Weak Main Character March 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Corgan has spent all of his fourteen years living in a box. Sure, the box can appear to be anyplace he wants. Virtual playmates and pets can be created for him. He has a virtual companion who teaches and nurtures him. But he is still in a box.
The problem, he has been told, is contamination. Ever since the Earth went through nuclear war, and ever since deadly diseases like Ebola and AIDS and hanta virus killed off all but about two billion people on Earth, everyone has had to live in sterile environments. Corgan is especially important, so he has never been exposed to any people or places that might cause him contamination. Corgan is a genius.
Corgan has a super developed sense of time. He can keep track of time down to hundredths of seconds, and he is aware without counting how much time has passed at any given moment. He also has a superior sense of touch--he can bring his hands to within a hair of something without touching it. Corgan's abilities will help his country to win the war.
In all of Earth, nowhere is left uncontaminated. Well, nowhwere until the Isles of Hiva are examined and it is found that they are without contamination. There will be a war to see which government will have control of these Isles and will be able to populate them. Corgan and two other children--Sharla, a super codebreaker, and Brig, a super strategist--will fight in this virtual war to determine possession of the Isles of Hiva.
I liked the concept of this book, and I liked the descriptions of a future in which Earth is contaminated to this degree. However, Corgan was too passive to be a good character. He should have rebelled more or at least questioned his life more. Also, his crisis of possibly losing his time-splitting abilities would have been an interesting side plot, but it is just dropped instead of examined.
 Taking gaming to its fiercest and most logical conclusion February 19, 2004
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Many of my sci fi loving boys loved this book - couldn't put it down. Also, many of my "I don't like to read" boys. Girls liked it too, since there is also a strong female character. Takes X-box and other gaming to its fiercest and most logical conclusion.
How did this end up in my high school library? May 24, 2003
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I did not like virtual war. Virtual War is 6th grade material all the way. Basically this is a simple science fiction novel with a simple plot that has been done before with boring,predictable characters. The story takes place in a world that has been contaminanted by nuclear disaster. In one of the last remaining bubble cities in the world. Inside the city a boy has been raised all his life in virtual reality to train for a virtual war. Near the start of the war the boy meets a his advisers. They show him what the world is like outside his virtual paradise. So the main character begins to question what he is fighting for. I give it 2 out of 5 stars because it is too simple to be in a high school library. Maybe in a elementary school. The actual war doesn't start untill the end of the book and is only a few chapters long.So for for pretty much the whole book no real action happens. And the character doesn't even really fight. He just controls soldiers with his finger. I only recommend it to people who need a quick read for a project or something because i fineshed it in about 2 hours.
Virtual War is the Best Science Fiction Book February 17, 2001
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is a really good book. I used to hate Science Fistion Books but for school I had to read one. One of my friends told me to read it. It is a bout a fourteen-year-old boy who lives in Wyoming in the year 2080. After Earth is infected but many diseases there is a war over an island that is not infected. Corgan and two other people Sharla, and Brig. They have to help Corgan win the war. This is one of the best books I've read. If a 12-year-old girl tried it and liked it you should too. It is fun and exciting. It gets you hooked in the second chapter.
GREAT NOVAL! February 3, 2001
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book brings you to the edge. It is like the matrix but better! it has twists and turns that are unbelivealbe! the cast of charactors and the plot mix so well and everything just flows from thing to thing. The best book I have ever read is by far this one. If u get the chance, READ IT!!!! u wont regret it1
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