Book list: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 17:16, 18 June 2006

A list of IF-related books, sorted by author's surname, and presented in reference style. Please add any books that ought to be listed here.

Books

Bailey, Robin W. Enchanter. Avon Books, 1989.
Bailey, Robin W. The Lost City of Zork. Avon Books, 1991.
Card, Orson Scott. Characters & Viewpoint. Writers's Digest Books, 1999.
Carless, Simon. Gaming Hacks. O'Reilly, 2004.
Cover, Arthur Byron. Planetfall. Avon Books, 1988.
Cover, Arthur Byron. Stationfall. Avon Books, 1989.
Crawford, Chris. The Art of Computer Game Design: Reflections Of A Master Game Designer. McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 1984.
Crawford, Chris. The Art of Interactive Design: A Euphonius and Illuminating Guide to Building Successful Software. No Starch Press, 2002.
Crawford, Chris. Chris Crawford on Game Design. New Riders Games, 2003.
Crawford, Chris. Chris Crawford on Interactive Storytelling. New Riders Games, 2004.
Dacosta, Frank. Writing Basic Adventure Programs for the TRS-80. Tab Books, Inc., 1982.
Effinger, George Alec. The Zork Chronicles. Avon Books, 1990.
Firth, Roger, and Sonja Kesserich. The Inform Beginner's Guide. The Interactive Fiction Library (IFLibrary.org), 2002.
Freeman, David. Creating Emotion in Games: The Craft and Art of Emotioneering. New Riders, 2004.
Gardner, Craig Shaw. Wishbringer. Avon Books, 1988.
Glassner, Andrew. Interactive Storytelling: Techniques for 21st Century Fiction. AK Peters, Ltd., 2004.
Holmes, J. Eric, M.D. Fantasy Role Playing Games. Hippocrene Books, 1981.
Meadows, Mark S. Pause & Effect: The Art of Interactive Narrative. New Riders Press, 2002.
McGath, Gary. COMPUTE!'s Guide to Adventure Games. COMPUTE! Publications, Inc., 1984.
Montfort, Nick. Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction. MIT Press, 2003.
Nelson, Graham. The Inform Designer's Manual, Fourth Edition. The Interactive Fiction Library (IFLibrary.org), 2001.
Peterson, Dale. Genesis II: Creation and Recreation with Computers. Reston Publishing Company, 1983.
Rouse III, Richard. Game Design: Theory & Practice. Wordware, 2001.
Schuette, Kim. The Book of Adventure Games. Arrays, Inc., 1985.
Wardrip-Fruin, Noah, and Pat Harrigan, eds. First Person: New Media as Story, Performance and Game. MIT Press, 2004.
Winston, Patrick. Artificial Intelligence. Addison-Wesley, 1977.

Links

Vintage Game Book List at Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe.
Posts about IF-related books on the rec.arts.int-fiction newsgroup

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 * Bailey, Robin W. ''[[The Lost City of Zork]]''. Avon Books, 1991.
 * Card, Orson Scott. ''Characters & Viewpoint''. Writers's Digest Books, 1999.
+* Carless, Simon. ''Gaming Hacks''.  O'Reilly, 2004.
 * Cover, Arthur Byron. ''[[Planetfall (novel)|Planetfall]]''. Avon Books, 1988.
 * Cover, Arthur Byron. ''[[Stationfall (novel)|Stationfall]]''. Avon Books, 1989.
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 * [[Gary McGath|McGath, Gary]]. ''[[COMPUTE!'s Guide to Adventure Games]]''. COMPUTE! Publications, Inc., 1984.
 * [[Nick Montfort|Montfort, Nick]]. ''[[Twisty Little Passages|Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction]]''. MIT Press, 2003.
-* [[Graham Nelson|Nelson, Graham]]. ''[[DM4|The Inform Designer's Manual, Fourth Edition]]''. The Interactive Fiction Library (IFLibrary.org), 2001.
+* [[Graham Nelson|Nelson, Graham]]. ''[[The Inform Designer's Manual]]'', Fourth Edition. The Interactive Fiction Library (IFLibrary.org), 2001.
 * Peterson, Dale. ''Genesis II: Creation and Recreation with Computers''. Reston Publishing Company, 1983.
 * Rouse III, Richard. ''Game Design: Theory & Practice''. Wordware, 2001.