Bibliograph

Press start to play, edited by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams ; foreward by Ernest Cline

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Label

Press start to play, edited by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams ; foreward by Ernest Cline

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Press start to play

Oclc number

898228368

Responsibility statement

edited by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams ; foreward by Ernest Cline

Summary

A groundbreaking anthology of short stories from award-winning writers and game-industry titans who have embarked on a quest to explore what happens when video games and science fiction collide. From text-based adventures to first-person shooters, dungeon crawlers to horror games, these twenty-six stories play with our notion of what video games can be-and what they can become-in smart and singular ways

Table Of Contents

God mode / Daniel H. Wilson -- NPC / Charles Yu -- Respawn / Hiroshi Sakurazaka -- Desert walk / S. R. Mastrantone -- Rat catcher's yellows / Charlie Jane Anders -- 1UP / Holly Black -- Survival horror / Seanan McGuire -- Real / Django Wexler -- Outliers / Nicole Feldringer -- <endgames> / Chris Avellone -- Save me plz / David Barr Kirtley -- The believe box / T. C. Boyle -- Roguelike / Marc Laidlaw -- All of the people in your party have died / Robin Wasserman -- Recoli! / Mickey Neilson -- Anda's game / Cory Doctrow -- Coma Kings / Jessica Barber -- Stats / Marguerite K. Bennett -- Please continue / Chris Kluwe -- Creation screen / Rhianna Pratchett -- The fresh prince of gamma world / Austin Grossman -- Gamer's end / Yoon Ha Lee -- The clockwork soldier / Ken Liu -- Killswitch / Catherynne M. Valente -- Twarrior / Andy Weir -- Select character / Hugh Howey

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