Novelcraft

July 27, 2017 | 1 book mentioned

“I war-gamed out everything. My biggest fear was that somebody tries to play out my book and finds out it won’t work.” At The New York TimesAlexandra Alter writes about the new Minecraft novel by Max Brooks, author of World War Z: “In the process, he may have also created a strange new entertainment category, one that hovers somewhere between fan fiction, role-playing games and literature — a novel set in a game, that can itself be played within the game.” And while we’re on the topic of games, let’s also talk about geekdom and race.

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