[arg_discuss] The Book they had to write in that ARG

[Naomi Alderman]

That was probably Perplex City (unless someone else has done it since then).
When we said that one of the characters, Violet, needed to be a
credentialled author to access the Perplex City library, the players got
together to produce a book so she could be credited as "editor".
http://perplexcitywiki.com/wiki/Tales_From_Earth

Review in the in-game newspaper, The Sentinel:
http://wayback.perplexcitystories.com/?url=www.perplexcitysentinel.com/archives/2006/03/earth_anthology.html

-- Naomi

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Markus Montola <Markus.Montola at uta.fi>wrote:


> Hi everyone,

>

> Remembered that someone (maybe Christy) at her lecture (maybe at Nokia?)

> sometime (2007?) told an anecdote of an ARG where players had to actually

> write an actual novel and publish it in something like lulu.com to

> overcome the challenge.

>

> Anyone else heard about this? What was the story again?

>

>

> Thanks! :-)

>

>  - Markus Montola

>

> PS. Maybe old news, but Sean Stewart & al are apparently publishing a

> sequel to Cathy's Book.

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