- Plot
- A crime in virtual reality
- committed by a Chinese government hackers
- cops are brought in, but maybe aren't wanted
- other law enforcement people are investigating missing persons
- the corporate victim may be some kind of shell organization
- Themes
- economics
- virtual goods with real costs
- the question of security in online worlds
- monetizing repetition
- greed
- What causes value? Scarcity? Desire?
- technology
- its uses and detriments
- a bit more plausible (close to modern day)
- Copspace
- big police database
- recording capabilities
- omnipresent surveillance
- Formal issues
- Scottish dialect
- technological jargon
- 2nd person narration
- connects you with character
- triangulates events through different perspectives
- chapter titles include character
- this helps orient the reader to whom is being inhabited
- Characters
- Jack (works with Elaine and they develop a personal relationship)
- computer game specialist
- brought in for forensics
- he's being harassed by shadowy people
- has a sex offence charge for statutory interaction
- he may be a bit impulsive
- he goes after a criminal and gets stabbed
- he also gets shot
- Elaine (works with Jack and they develop a personal relationship)
- she's being targeted through Jack
- she's like an insurance agent
- Sue
- she's the investigating officer
- she's not in charge, she takes orders
- Connection to other texts
- LWB
- synthesis of online and offline/play and work
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