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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
Examples: Go in Kawabata's Master of Go Games in Card's Ender's Game Titular game in Hesse's Glass Bead Game Stuff I haven't read but sounds like they fit the bill: Various games in Banks' Player of Games (haven't got into Banks yet but it sounds like it fits the bill) Cards in Pushkin's Queen of Spades Chess in Nabokov's Luzhin Defense among others As you can see I'm down with a variety of genres and how the games relate to the work, so again, feel free to be creative with suggestions. | ||
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
On April 03 2014 00:26 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: Anyone have any recommendations for books (fiction, novels) about games? Where a game (real or fictional, card games, board games, other competition) plays a central role in the story. I realized I just really like books about games lol, so I'll take a look at all recommendations, feel free to liberally toss them out~ Examples: Go in Kawabata's Master of Go Games in Card's Ender's Game Hesse's Glass Bead Game Stuff I haven't read but sounds like they fit the bill: Banks' Player of Games (haven't got into Banks yet but it sounds like it fits the bill) Pushkin's Queen of Spades As you can see I'm down with a variety of genres and how the games relate to the work, so again, feel free to be creative with suggestions. Check out the one I just posted, you'd find it interesting. | ||
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farvacola
United States18857 Posts
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
Edit : pretty sure tons of SF books fill the bill. Errr, Solar Lottery maybe ? :p | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
The chess book seems interesting. I'll check it out if I see a copy somewhere. Truth stranger than fiction?  I have Zweig's Chess Story/Royal Game on my to-read list, as well as a couple other things by Zweig as well, thanks for the reminder. Haven't thought of The Gambler as that, but yeah, that was on my to-read list already as well. Not familiar with Solar Lottery, but I usually pick up Dick books when I see them on discount, so I'll keep an eye out for that one. I've already read Casino Royale! xD | ||
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
On April 03 2014 00:26 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: Anyone have any recommendations for books (fiction, novels) about games? Where a game (real or fictional, card games, board games, other competition) plays a central role in the story. Check out The Squares of the City by John Brunner | ||
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AiurZ
United States429 Posts
book about fantasy baseball, the guy like invents players and then rolls dice to figure out what happens, then they like get a life of their own (?) idk i havent read it, but i heard it was really good and ive been meaning to | ||
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Jonoman92
United States9109 Posts
On April 03 2014 00:26 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: Anyone have any recommendations for books (fiction, novels) about games? Where a game (real or fictional, card games, board games, other competition) plays a central role in the story. I realized I just really like books about games lol, so I'll take a look at all recommendations, feel free to liberally toss them out~ Examples: Go in Kawabata's Master of Go Games in Card's Ender's Game Titular game in Hesse's Glass Bead Game Stuff I haven't read but sounds like they fit the bill: Various games in Banks' Player of Games (haven't got into Banks yet but it sounds like it fits the bill) Cards in Pushkin's Queen of Spades Chess in Nabokov's Luzhin Defense among others As you can see I'm down with a variety of genres and how the games relate to the work, so again, feel free to be creative with suggestions. Ready Player One The whole book is centered around solving a multi-part riddle to win a competition. | ||
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dmnum
Brazil6910 Posts
edit: gabo is hospitalized. FUCK | ||
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packrat386
United States5077 Posts
On April 03 2014 00:57 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: Thanks for the recs so far. The chess book seems interesting. I'll check it out if I see a copy somewhere. Truth stranger than fiction? I have Zweig's Chess Story/Royal Game on my to-read list, as well as a couple other things by Zweig as well, thanks for the reminder. Haven't thought of The Gambler as that, but yeah, that was on my to-read list already as well. Not familiar with Solar Lottery, but I usually pick up Dick books when I see them on discount, so I'll keep an eye out for that one. I've already read Casino Royale! xD How about Moonraker? Cheating at bridge is like the entire first part of the book. | ||
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Paljas
Germany6926 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/TAE4Luj.jpg) despite the clear bias of the author in some topics, its still a very interesting and informative book. + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/jTwxAr6.jpg) this was... rather depressing | ||
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bookwyrm
United States722 Posts
![[image loading]](http://andreasmoser.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/big-breasts-and-wide-hips-by-mo-yan.jpg) | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
Interesting article on the politicization of literature, through the lens of Doctor Zhivago and the Cold War. | ||
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
On April 08 2014 04:22 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/during-cold-war-cia-used-doctor-zhivago-as-a-tool-to-undermine-soviet-union/2014/04/05/2ef3d9c6-b9ee-11e3-9a05-c739f29ccb08_story.html Interesting article on the politicization of literature, through the lens of Doctor Zhivago and the Cold War. If you've not read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, you would be intrigued by its role in the USSR. It was written by Solzhenitsyn just about ten years after he had served time in a Soviet gulag, and approved for publication by Khrushchev despite the objections of top party officials. One of, if not the first overt descriptions of the Soviet camp systems widely available in the USSR. | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21244 Posts
 Been meaning to get my hand on a copy of The First Circle and Cancer Ward at some point as well. | ||
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ThomasjServo
15244 Posts
On April 08 2014 04:45 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: I have Been meaning to get my hand on a copy of The First Circle and Cancer Ward at some point as well. Ah where Solzhenitsyn falls into the stereo-typically Russian lack of brevity, that is my thing with Russian novelists on the whole. They get there, but the take forever and a day to get to the point; you'll enjoy the journey to the point, but personally I get to feeling like I am wandering too much from the story. | ||
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Paljas
Germany6926 Posts
oh well, it is indeed dark | ||
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corumjhaelen
France6884 Posts
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itkovian
United States1763 Posts
On April 08 2014 04:42 ThomasjServo wrote: If you've not read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, you would be intrigued by its role in the USSR. It was written by Solzhenitsyn just about ten years after he had served time in a Soviet gulag, and approved for publication by Khrushchev despite the objections of top party officials. One of, if not the first overt descriptions of the Soviet camp systems widely available in the USSR. One of my favorite books. He wrote really well about ritual and habit and I felt very absorbed into the setting I just finished War & Peace. I enjoyed it, but I felt my interest definitely waning towards the end. The real climax seemed to be in the middle when + Show Spoiler + Anatole tried to escape with Natasha right before Andrei showed up. Above all other writers I've read, Tolstoy did an amazing job describing character development, characters interactions, and the reason behind character motives. The characters were very unique and real, and easily distinguishable from each other. Still, while I was really excited about the character development in the first half, I felt kind of disappointed by the characters at the end of the book | ||
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