Ah fair enough . What do you cover in the silk road book ? <| sep |> You can skip the first one if you want that ' s what I did . But apparently the story is quite good , so if you can get past the graphics and mechanics , it ' s probably worth it . If you decide to skip it , I ' d recommend watching a plot summary on youtube . The games take place after the books , so I ' d recommend reading all books first and then starting on the games . If you ' re impatient , you can play the games first , read the books in the meantime and then play the games again . But you ' ll know a lot more about the world and its characters if you read the books first . <| sep |> I ' m going to suggest Queen of Angels . It ' s got personal and ethical coming out of its ears and the Country of the Mind is a virtual world , though not exactly a computergenerated one . No uploaded consciousnesseseses though . Eon isn ' t nearfuture , doesn ' t have virtual worlds , and is more f a t e o f theworldhangsinthebalance than personal , IMO .