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Hi Reader who is also a reader and welcome to booked for the week – our normal Sunday chat with a selection of fantastic book industry! I am currently reading Dorothy Parker, who has done more for the language than I had previously done. I am experiencing fairly regular moments of “Oh, She He said that “more evidence, if necessary, that the soul of argue is the same depression and alcoholism as the brevity.
This week is a Game City design expert and author of Virtual citiesKonstantinos Dimopoulos! Greetings Konstantinos! Do you mind if we have a nose in your library?
What are you currently reading?
I always tend to read several books at the same time, excluding those of the children we are going through with my daughter. Oh, and also excluded the books of origin of the role -playing games.
Having said that, and being in a sort of fantasy phase when it comes to literature, I am currently reading sixteen ways to defend a walled city of Kj Parker and, finally, starting my immersion in the most traditional sword and witchcraft with the Conan of 1954.
At the same time, I am reading the rather impressive procedural generation in the design of games that has been modified by Tanya Short and Tarn Adams and can be described as crucial only for anyone interested in trying the PCG in their games.
Finally, I am also (slowly) crossing the Benjamin The Arcades project and rereading the architectural and urban classic which is a patterns of Alexander, Ishikawa and Silverstein patterns.
What did you read the last time?
Being in my fantasy phase above, I recently finished the orconomic By J. Zachary Pike, who thought I had found more fun but still appreciated, and the surprisingly non -humorous the art of the political lying of (presumably) Jonathan Swift.
On the front of the books relating to the game, I finished the excellent Myster Island mysteries by Nicolas Deneschau and the equally excellent procedural narrative in the game design collection (again) by Tanya Short and Tarn Adams.
What are you observing later?
Silmarillion’s detection is an absolute priority, and one that I can’t wait for time, since it will be the first time that I will read it in English and the new illustrated edition is simply amazed. The novel by Warhammer 40k The Infinite and the Divine by Robert Rath is also at the top of my list, and could come before my third and last attempt to face Joyce’s Ulysses.
What quote or scene of a book attacks most?
There are too many to list, but, if I am honest, the two who simultaneously thought were the ASMODEUS DA MANSOUL flight (book two by Jerusalem) and Gandalf who preaches wisdom and pity in Frodo in the Lord of the Rings:
“Many who live deserve death. And some who die deserve life. You can give them to them? Then don’t be too eager to manage death in the judgment. Because even the wise cannot see all the ends.”
As for the Asmodus flight, in addition to being incredibly intelligent, really fun and decidedly surreal, it is a fantastic example of the fact that children could easily drive the devil crazy if they wanted it.
What book do you find yourself disturbing friends to read?
Depending on the occasion and we are not discussing politics, the Lord of the Rings The trilogy is something that I always suggest to people, since I am in a fanatic crusade to ensure that books remain the dominant version of Tolkien’s masterpiece.
Which book would you like to see someone adapt to a game?
It is a shame cried that the Vlad Taltos books of the wonderful Steven Brust have not yet been adapted to the vehicle. I aim to try to solve this problem, but it will be a struggle.
A small bonus gift for you, reader, if I can: I had a minor revelation recently. For decades now, I have not been able to escape the constant anxiety of the aspiring cataloging every time I interact with any media, especially books. Yes, I think, I’m having fun. I must remember it, both in its entirety and for its individual parts, and also as it exists in relation to Everything else I ever likedand thus building towards a sort of network of greater understanding. I have to read all things and remember everything I have read.
Unfortunately, video games hurt my memory (it is probably not true, but I’m blaming them anyway), and I’m lucky if I can tell you the plot of an episode of television that I saw last week. But recently I came to the conclusion that it doesn’t matter: I don’t expect to remember every meal I have ever eaten, but I trust that somehow they have nourished me*. So: let the things love to wash on you, read the whims and, at random, do not try to grasp the specifications too much, and perhaps the parts that really have an impact will remain with you anyway. I am calling this “school chaos theory”. I also do it with the website newsletters. Rather than trying to keep up with things, I subscribe to any newsletter that could be slightly interesting. Who knows what will wait for me in my mailbox when I really want to read something?! Perhaps some literary criticisms. Maybe a little shit on the Goblin.
This, of course, does not apply to our guests, who are failures one and everything in order not to appoint every book never written. Book for now!
* In reality probably not all of them. Recently I really got in mixing crunchy biscoff with vegan Greek yogurt. It tastes like cheesecake. Highly recommended.
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