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Title: The Barsoom Project
Subtitle: Dream Park, Book 2
Author: Steven Barnes, Larry Niven
Narrator: Grover Gardner
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 33 mins
Language: English
Release date: 12-19-17
Publisher: Blackstone Audio
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Sci-Fi: Classic

Publisher's Summary:
A visionary science fiction classic from Larry Niven and Steven Barnes.
The Barsoom Project is the direct sequel to 1981's Dream Park. Eviane's first visit to the state-of-art amusement arena Dream Park ended in disaster: the special effects had seemed more real than life ...until the holograms she was shooting with live ammunition turned out to be solid flesh and blood ...and very, very dead.
Haunted by the past, rebounding from a lengthy spell in a mental hospital, she has returned to Dream Park to exorcise a nightmare that has become reality. But in Dream Park, nothing is what it seems. The Inuit mythology controlling the images is part of a "Fat Ripper Special" designed to implant new behavioral memes. The players are struggling against the game master, one another, and their own demons. And there is a killer who wants to ensure Eviane never regains her memory...no matter what it costs.
Blending together hard science fiction with virtual reality and RPG-like fantasy games, The Barsoom Project is science fiction at the cutting edge and a classic creation from two of the genre's most beloved writers.

Members Reviews:
Disappointing
Having read Dream Park many times and enjoyed it immensely with each reading, I was looking forward with great anticipation to this book.
The story line was confusing as the progress through the game (Fimbulwinter) seemed to have no connection whatsoever with the Barsoom project. Even at the final denouement the link was not clear, leaving an impression of "What was all that about?", and I would have far preferred to see a greater emphasis on the detective work of catching the bad guy than the emphasis that was on the rather feeble fantasy game.
A rather disappointing novel

I did not enjoy this book at all and really labored to finish ...
I was very excited to read this years after reading "Dream Park" and really enjoying it. Unfortunately, I did not enjoy this book at all and really labored to finish it. The game itself wasn't very interesting and neither were the characters.

5 star
Love the Dream Park series!

Good, not great
Dream Park was the reason I read this. A little too much going on and a bit hard to follow at times. Lots of characters with switching fantasy and IRL names used interchangeable

A Series Book
I really enjoyed this book. However, despite it's attempt to be a standalone it's a much better read if you have read "Dream Park". The "game" is still central to the book but it's slightly less immersive this time around and the outside view is, at times, jaring. Despite the above it is an excellent "stand alone". I do hope you read all three books in order. (I haven't read the latest book..."Moon Maze") so I can't comment there.