| Title | : | The Reality Bug (Pendragon, #4) |
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| ISBN | : | 0743437349 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780743437349 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 375 |
| Publication | : | First published September 1, 2003 |
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VIRTUAL REALITY?
The territory of Veelox has achieved perfect harmony. Fifteen-year-old Bobby Pendragon arrives on this territory in pursuit of the evil Saint Dane, but all is peaceful on Veelox - because it's deserted. The inhabitants have discovered a way to enter their own personal dream worlds, where they can be whomever they want, wherever they want. Their bodies lie in stasis while their minds escape to this dream realm.
Fresh from his battle with Saint Dane in 1937 Earth, Bobby is confident that they can defeat whatever Saint Dane has planned for this world. But once Bobby enters the virtual world, will he be able to resist the lure of the ultimate in escapism?
The Reality Bug (Pendragon, #4) Reviews
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The Reality Bug (Pendragon, #4), D.J. MacHale
The Reality Bug is the fourth book in the Pendragon series by D. J. MacHale. The world is all about peoples' imaginations. People create their own fantasy worlds and live inside their dreams. Bobby begins on the territory of Veelox, with Gunny, where they land in the dark room outside the Veelox flume. Bobby and Gunny encounter Saint Dane and believe they have him cornered, however, twenty realistic holograms of the villain suddenly appear around him, but Bobby found the right one and fought him, but Saint Dane called out Eelong and Bobby was scared that he was going with Saint Dane so he let go, allowing Saint Dane to escape. Bobby and Gunny decide to split. Gunny will immediately go to Eelong and report back later with news while Bobby stays on Veelox because Saint Dane had mentioned that it is on the verge of destruction. Bobby hates the darkness and is worried if the inhabitants of Veelox are floating giants after meeting Aja Killian, the local Traveler, in the form of a massive holographic face. Bobby doesn't know if the huge hologram is life-sized. He meets up with a very ordinary, humanoid Aja in a city much like those on Second Earth, called Rubic City. The only differences are that it is deserted, and there is a huge structure called the Lifelight pyramid looming over the town. ...
تاریخ نخستین خوانش: روز ششم ماه دسامبر سال 2011 میلادی
عنوان: پندراگن: کتاب چهارم: ویروس واقعیت؛ نویسنده: دی.جی. مک هیل؛ مترجم: ویدا اسلامه؛ تهران، کتابسرای تندیس، 1390، در 471 ص؛ شابک: 9789648944983؛ موضوع: داستانهای خیالی از نویسندگان امریکایی - سده 20 م
تصویری کودکانه، از سرزمین آرزوهاست، قلمرو «ویلاکس»، در اوج آرامش و هماهنگی ست. «بابی پندراگن» پانزده ساله، در پی «سنت دین» شیطان صفت، وارد قلمرو «ویلاکس» می‌شود؛ و درمی‌یابد، که: «ویلاکس»، در صلح و آرامش است. ساکنان «ویلاکس»، به راهی دست یافته اند، که از آن راه، می‌خواهند وارد سرزمین آرزوهای خویش شوند، و در آنجا، هر کسیکه می‌خواهند، باشند؛ و در هر جایی که می‌خواهند، زندگی کنند. در حالیکه بدنشان، در جای ثابتی قرار دارد. ذهنشان، به گستره ی خیال می‌گریزد. بابی که از مبارزه با «سنت دین»، در زمین سال 1937 میلادی، برگشته، باور دارد که می‌تواند نقشه های «سنت دین»، برای این جهان مجازی را، نقش بر آب کند. اما آیا «بابی»، پس از ورود به این جهان مجازی، یارای پایداری در برابر وسوسه ی گریختن از واقعیت را دارد؟ ا. شربیانی -
5 Golden Stars
98%
welcome to virtual reality
the advanced territory where you can live in your dream life,
will you pass?
I know I wouldn't, at least not at first.
"imagine the most amazing video game you ever played. You know, great graphics, realistic sound, 3-D environments, excellent challenges, the whole deal. Now, imagine that game being about twelve billion times better. That's what they've got on Veelox. I'm not exaggerating. There's no way I could give you a quick description beyond that."
this is how technology in Veelox looks like, or at least after inventing Lifelight.
a territory that even Pendragon compared it to science fiction, which is irony, this book is a sci-fi itself, a sci-fi world in a sci-fi world! hehe, cool, aye?
well, it's dangerous, because the possibility to be able to live your dream life is tempting, isn't it? everything happening in its perfect way, everything is perfect. pleasant, whatever you call it.
& when the food problem was solved....
it's very tempting indeed, it could be addicting, leaving your real life behind to live your dream life, imagine everyone do that.
it will end in...
society fall apart
that's what threatening Veelox, Pendragon & his smart friend, the Traveler of Veelox, a girl who is bossy & a bit snappy at first, but I like her; Strong, clever & caring & trying to do everything she can to save her territory.
in 4th book of Pendragon's dangerous adventure as a Traveler to save Halla, we will see what will happen to them between the pages of this book, when reality was abandoned & dreams turned to individual's reality. & the simulations can be dangerous, life-threatening dangerous.
what Saint Dane had planned for this territory is obvious. how can they stop it is tricky.
(you know how the characters affecting our languages, now you see the proof, I'm talking/writing like Bobby! & proud) -
-- Reread 2016 --
This has always been up there in my favorites from the series simply because it has one of my book buzz words: virtual reality. It's something find incredibly interesting and am always eager to explore in stories.
This book in particular is sort of a turning point for the series because of the turn of events on Veelox, which I won't spoil for you here; you'll have to read it to find out!
As a side note as I stated in one of my updates; I did not remember shipping a particular couple back when I originally read this series almost ten years previously but I'm pretty positive I'm rooting for them now. I'm actually kind of enjoying that I don't really remember at all how this series ends seeing as I only read the last couple of books once as soon as they each came out. I am very much looking forward to finding out how this all wraps up by the end. -
Still great, but I didn’t like how Aja treated Bobby.
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About half way through this book I thought it would definitely fail to impress enough. Plot was okay, and all things considered apart from the world setup it didn't felt too special. But what a great comeback! Twists and unpredictable turn of events made it a great success. Author surely knows how to keep things fresh. And as a reader I feel truly blessed.
Next book will be another success, hopefully. -
Seriously... this one was so freaking good. I can't even begin to properly form my thoughts on this book, it was absolutely amazing.
I've always been a sucker for Virtual Reality stuff- the first season of Sword Art Online remains a favorite anime of mine- and this definitely didn't disappoint in that regards at all. I absolutely loved the premise of this, both good and bad.
Goodness though, the bad stuff in this one was very VERY bad and I'm still a little in shock. And now I need to get my hands on the next book or I'm going to go crazy.
This series keeps bringing up more questions but not answering any and it's driving me up the wall. -
3.5 stars
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While it certainly took me forever to get through this book, I do have to say I enjoyed it. I've not been highly enthused for this series, so I imagine a lot of my difficulty in making headway on reading this was probably a mental thing. Getting through this series will probably be a continuous struggle, but I think it's important that I give it the chance I denied it when I was younger.
That being said, I can easily say that this installment absolutely upped the ante, and I appreciated that. There's a lot going on in the lives of all the characters, not just Bobby, but things are growing more complicated for Mark and Courtney as well, which was nice to see. I'd say that the theme of this book has to do with a lot of mental/emotional challenges that occur for each of the characters, and the subsequent decisions they make dealing with those challenges, I don't think feel as though that's something that always gets explored in middle grade fiction to such grave extremes as what we see here, and that was a nice change to the formula, in my opinion. It was also very interesting to see
Either way, I'm glad I finally got through this book, because I've never had high expectations when taking this series into consideration, but this somehow managed to overcome that barrier for me as a reader. -
Bobby Pendragon had saved Earth. So, why did he feel that he had actually failed? Maybe it was the fact that he had to let people die to save the rest. The fear that he was failing as a traveler was with him all the time and now a new threat had raised its head and he would have to face it alone. Gunny, his partner, needed to pursue Saint Dane to another world leaving Bobby the task of traveling to Veelox where Dane has just left and was claiming victory. Veelox...a world of the ultimate technology. Where thought became reality and every one was happy. How then could Saint Dane be claiming that as his first victory? But Bobby and the local traveler Aja find out that the reality isn't what it appears.
Book 4 and Author D.J. MacHale continues his PENDRAGON series by introducing and building another whole new world. Some authors can create stories set over many books as this one is but that usually entails them worldbuilding a singular universe of their own. MacHale has become a master of building and blending all these multiple creations into one huge story line and giving the readers heroes that are courageous and yet plagued with their own flaws. That only adds to this great series. -
2.5
I only liked the parts where Loor was in it. -
reaaallly liked this one, reminded me of the digimon movie a little bit, you know the part I mean ;) overall I'm really enjoying reading this series!!
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Follow Bobby as he arrives on Veelox, a territory built on imagination and the power of technology. The lead traveler encounters Aja Killian who has created a new virus that could be either the salvation or demise of her home territory but could it be that simple?
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A bit of an Inception flair to this one. Up until now the last "chapter" of one book was the first chapter of the next book. I have 1~5 and have been checking each time I finish a book that the last chapter is indeed the next first chapter and have not bothered to read it as the last chapter since I was planning on immediately reading the next book. However, I don't know if it's because of a different edition or a sudden decision to change the format, but the last chapter of this book is not the first chapter of the next book, so be sure to check so you don't miss reading anything. The last chapter is like part of the prologue and part of chapter 2 or 3, something jumbled up like that. Kinda weird change.
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The main characters’ best friend and girl-friend are having troubles fitting in and the main characters girl-friend has issues about her self-esteem. The best friends name is Mark and the girl-friends name is Courtney. They both recently graduated from middle school. Mark is a super nerd, and he decided that he didn’t want to be a nerd any more. The first day of school he made an entire fool of himself. Courtney was a super athlete who never lost and was better at sports then anyone. The first day of soccer practice the other girls dribbled around her, stole the ball, blocked all her shots and made a bunch of shots past her. The next day is not as bad for Mark. Nothing bad happens and at the end of school, the sci-clops (a science team) ask him to join their team. For Courtney, it gets worse. She does even worse then the last practice and the coach cuts her down to Junior Varsity.
In real life, people feel like Courtney sometimes. I once took a test for getting into Hunters high school and it was way to advanced for me. I felt like I was getting worse at math and E.L.A. It lowered my self-esteem. And that is what people have issues about all of the time in the real world. People also feel like Mark sometimes to. When they can’t fit in, and they always end up messing up. -
In yet another Pendragon installment, "The Reality Bug," the author, D.J. MacHale, brings Bobby Pendragon to the territory of Veelox. The world has made many advances in virtual reality- to the point that all of its inhabitants are addicted to it. Bobby meets Aja Killian, who, like him, is a Traveller. Together, they try to save the territory from killing itself from neglect using a virus called the Reality Bug. This turns out to be a trap from Saint Dane, the main antagonist, and things go very wrong, very quickly.
The book was a very good read (heh) with its interesting setting and storyline. The author really experiments with this book, because unlike the past books in the series, nothing really goes well for the characters. Just when you think everything is solved, it just gets worse. Eventually, Pendragon and friends come to the point where they fail, just when you think they've won. This was the first book so far in the series where everything wasn't solved, and I think helps the series continue to be even more interesting when you know that the good guys will not always win. These many twists in the plot keep the book, and the entire series, very interesting and keeps you reading on. -
This was a bit of a letdown. This one promised to be more scifi and futuristic and looked really cool, buuut I think I may have expected too much.
Bobby Pendragon travels to the territory of Veelox, where most of the inhabitants are in a fantasy world called Lifelight. Plug yourself in and you can live the perfect, but fake, life.
I think I was expecting it to be more scientific, which isn't Pendragon's style. This isn't a hardcore scifi series, it's scifi/fantasy/adventure/whatever, so the technobabble is limited. I tried to console myself with that, but the more involved they all got in the world of Lifelight, the harder it was to be okay with the situation. I feel like D.J. MacHale could've pulled it off, but the whole Reality Bug becoming corporeal and breaking out of Lifelight just...didn't work.
I'm hoping that the next Pendragon book won't tackle scifi, since that seems to be a sore spot for me. It's my favorite, and when it's not just right I'm left with an unsatisfied feeling. -
Grade/Intrest level: 5th - middle school.
lexile: 580.
Genre: fiction/adventure.
Main characters: Bobby Pendragon, Aja, Loor, Mark, Courtney, Vincent, Saint Dane.
setting(s): lifelight, second earth, and Zadaa.
POV: Bobby's journels - first person/ second earth - third person.
Bobby travels to Veelox to help Aja protect the territory from Saint Dane. He has released a "bug" into the lifelight system. Lifelight is a digital world that is controlled by the sleeping person like a dream world. Bobby travels into lifelight with Loor to revive Vincent, the long lost creator of Lifelight. Vincent went into Lifelight to be alone for ever though. They may have to make sacrifices to convince him of their cause...
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به نظر من این دی جی مکهیل واقعا باید ایده هاشو منتشر کنه!اخه به ذهن کدوم ادمی میرسه که یه دستگاه باشه که تو رو به تخیلاتت ببره!لامصب این تخیلی نویسا عجب ذهن خلاقی دارن.اگه منم همچین ذهن خلاقی داشتم که الان مخترع بودم.این از این اینم از کتاب دوم پندراگون که توی اونم ایده هاشش عاللی بود.واقعا این پندراگون از همه ی تخیلی ها(هم سطح هری پاتر)سرتره
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Any fan of science fiction will love this installment of The Pendragon Series! I haven't read anything quite like the world that MacHale created here! The new characters we meet and the fantastical concepts in this book really put it over the top! It was such a joy reading this book!
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Oh my gods. What the hell was that??!! I'm still in shock.
