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== Author Credits ==
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[[Image:Obriangl.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Paul O'Brian]]
'''Paul O'Brian''' is an interactive fiction author who has won several awards for his work, as well as an Interactive Fiction theoretician and reviewer.


*''Wearing the Claw'' (1996) for [[IF Comp]] 1996 (8th place).
His nickname on [[ifMud]] is '''Paul'''.
*''LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup'' (2000). Nominated for four [[XYZZY Awards]], including Best Game.
*''Earth and Sky'' (2001), as Lee Kirby, for [[IF Comp]] 2001 (8th place).
*''Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky'' (2002), for [[IF Comp]] 2002 (1st place). Winner of Best Use of Medium, [[XYZZY Awards]] 2002, and nominated for five other XYZZYs including Best Game.
*''Luminous Horizon'' (2004), for [[IF Comp]] 2004 (1st place). This is the third installment in the ''Earth and Sky'' series. Was a finalist for [[Best NPCs]] and [[Best Individual PC]] (Austin) at the [[XYZZY Awards 2004]].


== Other Credits ==
==Author Credits==
O'Brian is the current editor of the email/web magazine [[SPAG]].
* ''[[Wearing the Claw]]'' (1996; [[Z-code]]). [[IF Comp 1996]]: 8th place.
* ''[[LASH|LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup]]'' (2000; Z-code). Nominated at the [[XYZZY Awards 2000]] in four categories, including Best Game.
* ''[[Earth and Sky]]'' (as "Lee Kirby"; 2001; Z-code). [[IF Comp 2001]]: 8th place.
* ''[[Another Earth, Another Sky|Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky]]'' (2002; [[Glulx]]). [[IF Comp 2002]]: 1st place; [[Miss Congeniality]]: 2nd place. Winner of [[Best Use of Medium]] at the [[XYZZY Awards 2002]], and nominated for five other categories, including Best Game.
* ''[[Luminous Horizon]]'' (2004; Glulx). [[IF Comp 2004]]: 1st place. This is the third installment in the ''Earth and Sky'' series. Finalist for [[Best NPCs]] and [[Best Individual PC]] (Austin) at the [[XYZZY Awards 2004]].


== External Links ==
==Review and Article Credits==
*[http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm >VERBOSE], Paul O'Brian's interactive fiction page.
* [[IF Comp]] reviews: [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#96list 1996], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#97list 1997], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#98list 1998], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#99list 1999], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#00list 2000], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#01list 2001], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#02list 2002], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#03list 2003] and [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#04list 2004].
*[http://www.wurb.com/if/person/82 Paul O'Brian's listing on Baf's Guide]
* {{link|deadurl=http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/dmyers/pob.html|brokenarchive=http://web.archive.org/web/20021002070814/www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/dmyers/pob.html|Reviews}} of [[PrologueComp]].
*[http://sparkynet.com/spag/ SPAG ''(The Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games)'']
* [http://www.brasslantern.org/reviews/text/smoochie01obrian.html Reviews] of [[SmoochieComp]].
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/b5710b697d86502f Reviews] of [[WackyComp]].
* [http://www.ministryofpeace.com/if-review/byreviewer.html Reviews] for [[IF-Review]].
* [http://www.ifreviews.org/index.php?analista=64 Reviews] for [[Interactive Fiction Reviews Organization]].
* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/actofm.html Review] of ''[[The Act of Misdirection]]''.
* [http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/reviewers.html Reviews] for [[SPAG]].
* [http://sparkynet.com/spag/backissues/spag47.html SPAG Specifics] of ''[[Damnatio Memoriae]]''.
* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/dcletter.html Review] of ''[[Dangerous Curves]]''.
* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/waletter.html Review] of ''[[Worlds Apart]]''.


[[Category:People|O'Brian, Paul]]
==Organizational Credits==
* Editor of the email/web magazine [[SPAG]] from issues 18 to 41 (September 1999 to July 2005).
* Judge for [[PrologueComp]] (2001).
 
==Testing Credits==
* ''[[All Roads]]'' ([[Jon Ingold]]; 2001; [[Z-code]] 5).
* ''[[Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter]]'' ([[Michael Gentry]] and [[David A. Cornelson]], illustrator: [[Erika Swanson]], publisher: [[Textfyre]]; 26-Jun-2009; [[FyreVM]]).
 
==Links==
* [https://verboseinventory.wordpress.com/ >INVENTORY], Paul O'Brian's interactive fiction blog.
* [https://www.superverbose.com/tag/interactive-fiction/ >SUPERVERBOSE], another blog by Paul O'Brian, about "Watchmen, trivia, albums, interactive fiction, and more."
* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm >VERBOSE], Paul O'Brian's old interactive fiction page.
* {{baf person|Paul O'Brian|82}}
* [http://sparkynet.com/spag/ SPAG ''(The Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games)'']
===Interviews===
* [http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/backissues/spag31.html Paul O'Brian, author of "Another Earth, Another Sky"] - [[SPAG]] #31, January 3, 2003.
* [https://www.delron.org.uk/newsletter/insideadrift16/index.htm Interview: Paul O’Brian questioned by KF (View HTML)], [https://www.delron.org.uk/newsletter/insideadrift16.pdf (View PDF)] - [[InsideADRIFT]] Issue 16, May/June 2004.
* {{link|deadurl=http://www.robertograssi.net/at/terradif/005/inteng_001.asp|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20070125212903/http://www.robertograssi.net:80/at/terradif/005/inteng_001.asp|Interview with Paul O'Brian - By Roberto Grassi (English)}}, {{link|deadurl=http://www.robertograssi.net/at/terradif/005/int_001.asp|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20070122100254/http://www.robertograssi.net:80/at/terradif/005/int_001.asp|(Italian)}} - [[Terra d'IF]] Numero 5, February 2005.
* [http://archive.org/details/getlamp-obrian GET LAMP: Paul O'Brian]. Interview clips of Paul O'Brian for [[Get Lamp]].
 
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Latest revision as of 16:06, 19 November 2022

Paul O'Brian

Paul O'Brian is an interactive fiction author who has won several awards for his work, as well as an Interactive Fiction theoretician and reviewer.

His nickname on ifMud is Paul.

Author Credits

Review and Article Credits

Organizational Credits

  • Editor of the email/web magazine SPAG from issues 18 to 41 (September 1999 to July 2005).
  • Judge for PrologueComp (2001).

Testing Credits

Links

Interviews