I'm currently behind on reviews, so don't be surprised if the recent reviews are a bit sparse.

Only You Can Save Mankind

author:	Terry Pratchett (1992)
series:	Johnny Maxwell #1
date added:	2015-04-08
date read:	2004-03-01
pages:	210
author:	gender:male, origin:british
genre:	fantasy
rating:	★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Cover of Only You Can Save Mankind.

A computer game that turns out to be real – in 1992. Great fun. Has aged, of course, but the important bits still work.

Cover of Erebos.

Erebos

by Ursula Poznanski · published 2010 · read 2018-03-12

★★★★☆

Very nearly a 20-years-later update: now including AI and less benevolence.

Epic

by Conor Kostick · published 2004 · last read 2022-09-20

★★★★☆

Another entertaining take on what video games mean.

Cover of Ready Player One.

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline · published 2011 · read 2015-08-05

★★☆☆☆

An infinitely worse take on video games.

Cover of Johnny and the Dead.

Johnny and the Dead

by Terry Pratchett · published 1993 · read 2007-09-01

★★★★☆

The next book in the series.