BOOK: The great interactive dream machine by Peck

[Frederick Muller <fmuller@TELLURIAN.NET>]

Peck, Richard._The great interactive dream machine_,1996
[0-14-038264-X]
In this sequel to "Lost in Cyberspace" Josh's friend, Aaron turns
his computer into a dream granting machine -- except it is not quite
in control.  It activates on its own accord sending Aaron and Josh
to various places and times, creating strange situations.
Meanwhile they get a email from "The Watcher" who says he
knows what they are doing and that creates more problems.  The
whole story wraps up at the end, very nicely pulling things together
the reader didn't realize needed to be pulled together.  The one
thing that bothered me with this 149 page book is that some of the
"techno-babble" seems to be used incorrectly (I know it is science
fiction.)  At times is seems like an effort just to string computer
terms together.  This may also bother some computer literate kids.
 In the end though, the story overrides all.

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