Virtual Life — David Hitchcock

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John Clayton is dreaming of a better future when he stumbles across the VR200 virtual reality helmet. It is part of a classified virtual reality combat simulator that was lost in a traffic accident. John quickly learns how to use the VR200 to run combat simulations - classical and modern - and to sit at the feet of history's greatest thinkers. With study, practice and ingenuity, John uses the VR200 to create not just an artificial intelligence, but also a virtual human being - capable of a complete range of thoughts, feelings and actions.

Unfortunately for him, the VR200's developers are hot on his trail. They suspect their lost equipment has fallen into the hands of foreign agents. The military will stop at nothing to retrieve the VR200 and to keep its loss a secret from Congressional critics and the media.