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If you're into good old text adventures, you might be interested in an upcoming book that (as far as I'm aware) is fairly unique in that it's written as a text

If you're into good old text adventures, you might be interested in an upcoming book that (as far as I'm aware) is fairly unique in that it's written as a text adventure. Not a choose your own adventure book, but as if the main character is literally in a text adventure, with prompts on what to do and everything: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31374622-post-high-school-reality-quest https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31374622-post-high-schoo... It's coming out June 2017. Disclaimer: I'm married to the author, so I might be biased :P To be fair though, I read a very early copy, and thought it was solid. It's only gotten much, much better since what I read. The head of the small press publishing it has compared it to Microserfs.

shakna 10y ago
I can't help but imagine Buffy and Angel with the Text Parser narrating. This sounds kinda cool.
zem 10y ago
sounds really interesting, if more akin to a litrpg than to microserfs. i'll definitely read this when it comes out. is there an announce mailing list?
- FreezerburnV 10y ago
  She apparently has a mailing list on her website: http://www.megedenbooks.com/ http://www.megedenbooks.com/ She just told me that she basically never uses it, so if you sign up for it, you won't be getting any spam. But she said she'll make sure she sends out something announcing the release of the book and/or a reminder some small period in advance. You can also put it on your "want to read" list on Good Reads (linked in my OP) and should get information about release via that. The Amazon page (also available via the Good Reads page) also seems to have a way to get information about release. Sorry if I seem like I'm dumping a bunch of information, just trying to convey what my wife told me about how to get what you're looking for/be helpful/give as many options as possible for people to get information depending on what they're comfortable with :)
  - zem 10y ago
    thanks, i signed up for the mailing list :)

shakna 10y ago

I can't help but imagine Buffy and Angel with the Text Parser narrating. This sounds kinda cool.

zem 10y ago

sounds really interesting, if more akin to a litrpg than to microserfs. i'll definitely read this when it comes out. is there an announce mailing list?

FreezerburnV 10y ago
She apparently has a mailing list on her website: http://www.megedenbooks.com/ http://www.megedenbooks.com/ She just told me that she basically never uses it, so if you sign up for it, you won't be getting any spam. But she said she'll make sure she sends out something announcing the release of the book and/or a reminder some small period in advance. You can also put it on your "want to read" list on Good Reads (linked in my OP) and should get information about release via that. The Amazon page (also available via the Good Reads page) also seems to have a way to get information about release. Sorry if I seem like I'm dumping a bunch of information, just trying to convey what my wife told me about how to get what you're looking for/be helpful/give as many options as possible for people to get information depending on what they're comfortable with :)
- zem 10y ago
  thanks, i signed up for the mailing list :)