One of the most fascinating potentials for interactive drama and roleplay is in the bedroom or related venues as well as in mature subject matter materials. These books are about mature subjects and are intended for adults only. If you know of other worthwhile books of this type, please feel free to email Dr. Phillips. Some of the texts listed here are not specifically about roleplay or interactive drama but related subjects in an adult context.

• 101 Grrrreat Quickies - Yet another of Laura Corn's books, see above for comments.
  
• 101 Nights of Grrrreat Sex: Secret Sealed Seductions for Fun Loving Couples - This is another of Laura Corn's books, see above for comments.
  
• 101 Nights of Grrrreat Romance: How to Make Love with Your Clothes On - This is another of Laura Corn's books, see above for comments.
  
• 52 Invitations to Grrreat Sex - No I did not spell it wrong. This is part of Laura Corn's series of seduction game books which have the actual scenarios sealed . . . half are for the man and half are for the woman, you open a sealed seduction and then go from there. One criticism of the books have been that they're not appropriate for everyone (quite a few of the scenarios or games can get expensive and others make assumptions about relationships which may not be true). Still, worthwhile.
  
• The Art of Play: An Adult's Guide to Reclaiming Imagination and Spontaneity - by Adam Blatner and Allee Blatner.
  
• The Beauty of Fetish - I love the photography of Steve Diet Goedde and have always found the lovely Mistress Midori to be captivating and down right wonderful . . . I would just love to play in an interactive drama with her . . . so this book is perfect as it has both of these great artists working together.
  
• The Beginner's Guide to Group Sex: Who Does What to Whom and How - Holly Marie Flor explains all the ins and outs of the ultimate experimental adult sexual experience. This is not for all readers. Most interactive dramatists will not find it particularly useful, except for the groups attatched to established gothic fetish party establishments or similar venues that regularly combine mature situation roleplay scenes with sexual contact.
  
• Come Play with Me: Games and Toys for Creative Lovers - Joan Elizabeth Lloyd discusses and describes the use of toys and games by lovers for lovers.
  
• The Couple's Guide to Erotic Games: Bringing Intimacy and Passion Back into Sex and Relationships - This is a mini-how-to on erotic activities for consenting adults.
  
• Creative Loveplay: Sensual Ways to Explore Your Erotic Fantasies - There are some great ideas here for the adult interactive dramatist.
  
• Erotic Fantasies: A Study of the Sexual Imagination - ust what it says.
  
• Erotic Theatre - John Elsom's sadly out of print study of theatre and erotica.
  
• The Ethical Slut: A Guide to Infinite Sexual Possibilities - Dossie Easton and Catherine A. Liszt provide groundrules for living an open lifestyle. Many of their rules for informed consent are perfect guidelines for interactive dramatists interested in creating mature theme scenarios.
  
• Exhibitionsim for the Shy: Show Off, Dress Up and Talk Hot - Carol Queen has given the world a classic and wonderful book here. This is well worth a read.
  
• Face to Face: An Experiment in Intimacy - This study in intimate communication might be useful to some interactive dramatists interested in mature theme pieces.
  
• Fantasex: A Book of Erotic Games for the Adult Couple - Rolf Milonas has collected some of the more widely known games for adults, many of which have strong roleplay or similar elements.
  
• Fetish - John Yau edits this anthology which attempts to explore the more extreme variations of fetishism.
  
• Fetish Fantastic Erotica on the Edge - Cecilia Tan edits a wild exploration into fetish.
  
• Fetish: Fashion, Sex, and Power - Valerie Steele presents a detailed exploration of a wonderful topic.
  
• For Play: 150 Sex Games for Couples - This is intended for couples wishing to "spice up" their relationship. Many of the scenarios have role play elements for those wishing to adapt them to the interactive drama scene.
  
• Getting Close: A Lover's Guide to Embracing Fantasy aqnd Heightening Sexual Connection - Barbara Keesling presents a program of erotic exercises and techniques for women with the goal of creating a lasting sexual bond.
  
• The Gilmartin Report - by Brian G. Gilmartin.
  
• The Great Sex Weekend: A 48-Hour Guide to Rekindling Sparks for Bold, Busy, or Bored Lovers - Includes 2-Hour Plans for the Really Busy - Since most surveys have shown that for most couples frequency and satisfaction of sex declines rapidly within the first year of marriage and continues to go downhill after that, Dr. Pepper Schwartz and Dr. Janet Lever have designed a program to help couples regain the spark they once had. The program (with complete instructions on what to do) can be customized to fit each couple's level of emotional or sexual comfort.
  
• A Hand in the Bush: The Fine Art of Vaginal Fisting - Deborah Addington tells everything you wanted to know and more about this particular activity.
  
• Imaginative Sex - John Norman provides fifty-three fantasy scenarios intended for consenting adults (the assumption is husband-wife combinations) along with advice for knot-tieing and sexual exploration. Obviously, this book is not intended for everyone.
  
• The Joy of Sexual Fantasy - This is a lot of fun, it's a good general introduction and guide to erotic fantasy, types and meanings.
  
• Kinkycrafts: 99 Do-It-Yourself S/M Toys for the Kinky Handyperson - Here you have it, detailed instructions for building everything from a cat-o'-nine-tails to a spanking bench to a basement dungeon. Many of these projects might make rather interesting props for interactive dramas as well.
  
• Loving More: The Polyfidelity Primer - Ryam Nearing provides guidelines for those interested in group marriage and the expanded family.
  
• Nice Couples Do: How to Turn Your Secret Dreams into Sensational Sex - This piece by Joan Elizabeth Lloyd is more of a series of erotica than fantasy fulfillment.
  
• Observing the Erotic Imagination - This one is a classic by Robert Stoller.
  
• Pain and Passion: A Psychoanalyst Explores the World of S and M - Robert Stoller talks with consensual sadomasochists and discusses their motivatons.
  
• Polyamory: The New Love without Limits - Dr. Deborah M. Anapol discusses the secrets of sustainable intimate relationships.
  
• Plural Marriage for Our Times - Dr. Philip L. Kilbride discusses changes in marriage patterns and advocates the practice of plural marriage as a cure for many contemporary social ills facing American society. Excellent reading.
  
• Recreational Sex: An Insider's Guide to the Swinging Lifestyle - Patti Thomas gives a basic introduction to the recreational sex lifestyle.
  
• Safe, Sane, Consensual, and Fun - John Warren guides the reader through adult roleplay, scenes, and activities for consenting adults.
  
• Screw the Roses, Send Me the Thorns: The Romance and Sexual Sorcery of Sadomasochism - Philip Miller and Molly Devon think S/M is fun and it shows in their wonderful introduction to the scene. This is a very useful book. It's also a delight to read.
  
• Sex Toy Tricks: More Than 125 Ways to Accessorize Good Sex - Jay Wiseman continues his series of books on ways to spice up sexual relationships with some very practical advice on bringing "toys" into the bed.
  
• Sex Trap VCR Game - Someone who has this, please tell me what it is.
  
• The Shadow of Dionysus: A Contribution to the Sociology of the Orgy - Michel Maffesoli offers a postmodern inquiry into the social significance of the orgy complete with detailed discussion of orgiasm which has some interesting sociological and psychological relations to interactive drama performance dynamics. Cindy Linse and Mary Kristina Palmquist have translated the text from the original French edition.
  
• SM 101: A Realistic Introduction - Jay Wiseman has written one of the best introductions to the sadomasochism scene there is. This should also be required reading for anyone interested in adult roleplay . . . vanilla or not.
  
• Supermarket Tricks: More Than 125 Ways to Improvise Good Sex - Yet another of Jay Wiseman's books on ways to spice up sexual relationships.
  
• Theatre, Aristocracy, and Pornocracy: The Orgy Calculus - Karl Toepfer's study.
  
• Thierry Mugler: Fashion Fetish Fantasy - This isn't just a fashion career, it goes beyond with sketches and photographs thoughout.
  
• Three in Love: menage a trois from Ancient to Modern Times - While Barbara Foster, Michael Foster, and Letha Hadady are scholars and writers, they are also involved in a long term loving menage a trois relationship. In this history, they examine the menage from to today. A very enlightening read.
  
• Threesome: How to Fulfill Your Favorite Fantasy - In a simple and straightforward style, Lori E. Gammon presents her views on the menage a trois and how to achieve it. She presents very simple advice on topics ranging from seduction to sustaining relationships. She addresses most of her discussion to her women readers but men will find it just as fascinating. Delightful reading.
  
• Threesomes: Studies in Sex, Power, and Intimacy - Arno Kaplan's classic study on the menage a trois and similar configurations.
  
• Ties That Bind: The SM/Leather/Fetish Erotic Style - Issues, Commentaries, and Advice - Guy Baldwin and Joseph Bean explore the BDSM lifestyle.
  
• Together Sex - Ann Allen's discussion on group dynamics and adult interaction in sexual situations.
  
• Tricks: More Than 125 Ways to Make Good Sex Better - Jay Wiseman presents various ways to spice up sexual relationships.
  
• Tricks 2: Another 125 Ways to Make Good Sex Better - Jay Wiseman continues his series of books on ways to spice up sexual relationships.
  
• Whispered Secrets: The Couple's Guide to Erotic Fantasy - This book is based upon the experiences of fifty couples.
  
• Women Can Win the Marriage Lottery: Share Your Man with Another Wife (The Case for Plural Marriage) - Adriana Blake minces no words, here she advocates plural marriage as a means of correcting many social and interpersonal woes - painstakingly researched behind the simple style. She pulls no punches in her enjoyable book which is particularly aimed at women.
  

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Design, Theory, and Education

This is a list of texts related to interactive drama design or educational use. Some works listed here may be intended for other uses but have application in interactive drama. If you know of other worthwhile books of this type, please feel free to email Dr. Phillips.

• Design Games: Playing for Keeps With Personal and Environmental Design Decisions
  
• Designing and Evaluating Games and Simulations: A Process Approach - Margaret Gredler provides a techniqe and process for looking at design goals and then evaluating if a game or simulation meets those goals. The simulation sections of his book is very useful for the interactive dramatist who wants to understand his process better. Educators who use role play will also find it to be an incredible resource for evaluating educational goals.
  
• Designing Your Own Simulations - by Ken Jones.
  
• Did Darwin Get It Right?: Essays on Games, Sex, and Evolution - Evolution and biology from John Maynard Smith.
  
• Drama That Delivers: Real-Life Problems, Students' Solutions - by Nancy Duffy Hery.
  
• The Effective Use of Role-Play: A Handbook for Teachers and Trainers - by Morry Van Ments.
  
• Factions and Fictions: Excercise for Role Play - by Michael Lamb.
  
• A First Book of Games and Simulations - by Donald R. Cruickshank.
  
• Game Generating Games: A Triology of Games for Community and Classroom - by Richard D. Duke.
  
• Games and Simulations in Science Education - by Henry Ellington.
  
• The Guide to Simulations/Games for Education and Training - by David W. Zuckerman.
  
• Inside Australian Teenage Fiction: Games, Simulations, and Role-Plays - by Elizabeth M. Christopher.
  
• Interactive Learning Events: A Guide for Facilitators- by Ken Jones.
  
• Interactive Learning Events
  
• Lernen durch Rollenspiel: Theorie und Praxis feur die Schule - by Ursula Coburn-Staege.
  
• Paper, Pencils, and Pennies: Games for Learning and Having Fun - by Ronald T. Hyman.
  
• Pretend Play as Improvisation: Conversation in the Preschool Classroom - by R. Keith Sawyer.
  
• Role Play (Oxford) - This book is intended for English as a Second/Foreign Language teachers who wish to use role play as an educational activity in their classes. Gillian Porter Ladousse has put many example brief role plays into the book and classified them as to difficulty and language use. For interactive dramatists, the first chapter on theory and design will be helpful.
  
• Role Play and Simulation Games: Uses in Social Work Education - by Nano McCaughan.
  
• Role Play in Language Learning (Longman) - by Carol Livingstone.
  
• Simulation and Gaming in Education - by P. J. Tansey.
  
• Simulation Games: An Approach to Learning - by Dennis M. Adams.
  
• Simulation Games: Design and Implementation - by Robert Maidment.
  
• Simulation Games in Learning - by Sarane S. Boocock.
  
• Simulation-Gaming in Education and Training: Proceedings - Edited by David Cookall.
  
• Simulation in the Classroom: An Introduction to Role-Play, Games and Simulation in Education - by John Laverack Taylor.
  
• Simulations in Language Teaching (Cambridge) - While the topic for this text is rather specific, those interested in simulation theory may find what Ken Jones has to say on the subject of use. The bibliography of simulations available is a bit dated but many of these classics can be adapted to interactive drama style recreational play.
  
• Taking Action: Writing, Reading, Speaking, and Listening Through Simulation-Games - by Lynn Quitman.
  

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Improvisational Theatre

Improvisational Theatre has been a large part of my own work. This section has quite a few texts that make for some worthwhile reading. This stuff is just plain fun! You can find more resources on this subject at my Taipei Eclectic Science Fiction Improvisational Theatre Sports Workshop. English as a Foreign Language teachers will find my Taipei Improvisational Theatre Structures: English Conversation ILS site to be an excellent resource. If you you have questions or suggestions for other worthwhile texts, please email Dr. Phillips.

• Atkins, Greg. Improv! A Handbook for the Actor. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1994.
  
• Barker, Clive. Theatre Games: A New Approach to Drama Training. London: Methuen, 1977.
  
• Bernardi, Philip. Improvisation Starters: A Collection of 900 Improvisation Situations for the Theater. Cincinnati: Betterway Books, 1992.
  
• Boal, Augusto. Games for Actors and Non-Actors. Translated by Adrian Jackson. London: Routledge, 1992.
  
• Broehl, Bernie. The Improv Page.
  
• Caruso, Sandra, and Paul Clemens. The Actor's Book of Improvisation: Dramatic Situations for the Teacher and the Actor. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1992.
  
• Cassady, Marsh. Acting Games: Improvisations and Exercises. Colorado Springs: Meriwether Publishing, 1993.
  
• Foreman, Kathleen, and Clem Martini. Something Like a Drug: An Unauthorized Oral History of Theatresports. Red Deer: Red Deer College Press, 1995.
  
• Gesell, Izzy. Playing Along: 37 Group Learning Activities Borrowed from Improvisational Theater. Duluth: Whole Person Associates, 1997.
  
• Goldberg, Andy. Improv Comedy. Hollywood: Samuel French, 1991.
  
• Hall, William, and Paul Killman. Bay Area Theatresports Playbook 1990. San Francisco: Bay Area Theatresports, 1990.
  
• Halpern, Charna, Del Close, and Kim "Howard" Johnson. Truth in Comedy: The Manual of Improvisation. Colorado Springs: Meriwether Publishing, 1994.
  
• Hodgson, John, and Ernest Richards. Improvisation. New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1974.
  
• Horn, Delton T. Comedy Improvisation: Exercises and Techniques for Young Actors. Colorado Springs: Meriwether Publishing, 1991.
  
• Izzo, Gary. Acting Interactive Theatre: A Handbook. Portsmouth: Heinemann, 1998.
  
• Johnstone, Keith. Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre. London: Methuen, 1981 edition.
  
• MacLeod, Hugh. Improvisational Theatre Structures.
  
• Manderino, Ned. The Transpersonal Actor. Los Angeles: Ned Manderino Associates, 1976.
  
• Morris, Eric, and Joan Hotchkis. No Acting Please: "Beyond the Method" (A Revolutionary Approach to Acting and Living. Hollywood: Samuel French Trade, 1995 edition.
  
• Neelands, Johothan. Structuring Drama Work: A Handbook of Available Forms in Theatre and Drama. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
  
• Newton, Brad. Improvisation: Serious Fun for the Classroom. Dayton: Ohio Psychology Press, 1992.
  
• Patterson, Dan, and Mark Leveson. Whose Line is it Anyway? London: Century, 1989.
  
• Phillips, Brian David. Interactive Drama Books List.
  
• -. Scenario-Based Theatre-Style Interactive Drama Freeform Live Action Roleplaying Game Archive.
  
• Rudlin, John. Commedia dell'Arte: An Actor's Handbook. London: Routledge, 1994.
  
• Salas, Jo. Improvising Real Life: Personal Story in Playback Theatre. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1993.
  
• Spolin, Viola. Improvisation for the Theatre (updated edition). Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1994.
  
• -. Theater Game File. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1989 edition.
  
• -. Theater Games for Rehearsal: A Director's Handbook. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1985.
  
• -. Theater Games for the Classroom: A Teacher's Handbook. Evanston: Northwestern University Press, 1986.
  
• Sweet, Jeffrey. Something Wonderful Right Away: An Oral History of the Second City and the Compass Players. New York: Limelight Editions, 1978.
  
• Unexpected Productions. The Living Playbook.
  
• Wirth, Jeff. Interactive Acting: Acting, Improvisation, and Interacting for Audience Participatory Theatre. Fall Creek: Fall Creek Press, 1994.
  

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Cultural Texts

This is a list of books which may be of interest to the interactive dramtists and performers. If you know of others, please email Dr. Phillips.

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Robert Anton Wilson

This is a list of books by Robert Anton Wilson, my favorite writer. Wilson is a philosopher, author, psychologist, shaman, and just about anything else you can think of. His work has had a tremendous impact upon a generation of writers and thinkers.

• Acceleration of Knowledge
  
• The Book of the Breast - Yes, an entire book devoted to my favorite obsession.
  
• Coincidance: A Head Test - This is a nice collection of literary essays and philosophical musings.
  
• Cosmic Trigger:: Final Secret of the Illuminati, Vol 1 - RAW's autobiography.
  
• Cosmic Trigger Vol 1
  
• Cosmic Trigger: Down to Earth, Vol 2 - The second volume of RAW's autobiography.
  
• Cosmic Trigger II: Down to Earth
  
• Cosmic Trigger: My Life After Death, Vol 3 - The third but not final volume of RAW's autobiography.
  
• The Earth Will Shake
  
• Everything Is Under Control: Conspiracies, Cults, and Cover-Ups
  
• The Earth Will Shake (The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles) Vol 1
  
• The Widow's Son (The Historical Illuminatus Chronicles, Vol 2)
  
• Nature's God (Historical Illuminatus Chronicles, Vol. 3)
  
• The Illuminati Papers - An eclectic and refreshing collection of essays and parodies. It is well worth a read, certainly a drive down memory lane.
  
• The Illuminati Papers
  
• The Illuminatus Trilogy - Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea have created what I consider to be one of the most thrilling novels of our times (this is a compendium edition with the three original novels bound in one volume). This is without a doubt my favorite novel of all time. I cannot praise it more highly. Once you've read it, you can see that it's actually had a huge uncredited impact on the thinking, art, and writing of quite a wide range of artists and philosophers. Of course, quite a few game designers and interactive dramatists have been influenced by this piece and Wilson's other writings as well.
  
• Ishtar Rising: Or, Why the Goddess Went to Hell and What to Expect Now That She's Returning - This is excellent. I cannot recommend it enough, especially for women readers.
  
• Masks of the Illuminati - Historical fiction with a twist.
  
• New Inquisition
  
• Principia Discordia , Or, How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate of Malacypse the Younger - Here we have the classic Bible of Discordianism.
  
• Prometheus Rising - This book is excellent. I use it for literary analysis of characters as well as a psychology primer. Interactive dramatists would not go wrong with this book in their library.
  
• Prometheus Rising
  
• Quantum Psychology: How Brain Software Programs You and Your World - Yes, this books is, yes, yes, yes . . . well worth the time. Another mainstay for an interactive dramatist's library.
  
• Reality Is What You Can Get Away With: A Screenplay
  
• Reality Is What You Can Get Away With
  
• Religion for the Hell of It
  
• Right Where You Are Sitting Now: Further Tales of the Illuminati
  
• Schrodinger's Cat Trilogy: The Universe Next Door, The Trick Top Hat, and Tthe Homing Pigeons - In this series of novels you can see James Joyce's influence on RAW.
  
• Sex and Drugs: A Journey Beyond Limits
  
• The Walls Came Tumbling Down
  
• Wilhelm Reich in Hell - A play.
  

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Michel Foucault

Here are a few of the many works by or about Michel Foucault. These, and his other works, are well worth your time . . . particularly for the interactive dramatist interested in social dynamics and power.

• The History of Sexuality: An Introduction Vol 1
  
• The Use of Pleasure: The History of Sexuality Vol 2
  
• Care of the Self the History of Sexuality Vol 3
  
• The Care of the Self (History of Sexuality, Vol 3)
  
• The history of sexuality
  
• Rethinking Sexuality: Foucault and Classical Antiquity
  
• Rethinking Sexuality: Foucault and Classical Antiquity
  

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John Norman

This is a list of the Gor novels by John Frederick Lange, Jr., Ph.D. under the name of John Norman. For more resources, see the Interactive Drama Resources page. If you know of any complete interactive drama scenarios based upon this series, please let Dr. Phillips know.

• 1: Tarnsman of Gor
  
• 1: Tarnsman of Gor
  
• 2: Outlaw of Gor
  
• 3: Priest-Kings of Gor
  
• 4: Nomads of Gor
  
• 5: Assassins of Gor
  
• 6: Raiders of Gor
  
• 7: Captive of Gor
  
• 8: Hunters of Gor
  
• 8: Hunters of Gor
  
• 9: Marauders of Gor
  
• 9: Marauders of Gor
  
• 9: Marauders of Gor
  
• 10: Tribesmen of Gor
  
• 10: Tribesmen of Gor
  
• 10: Tribesman of Gor
  
• 11: Slave Girl of Gor
  
• 11: Slave Girl of Gor
  
• 12: Beasts of Gor
  
• 12: Beasts of Gor
  
• 13: Explorers of Gor
  
• 14: Fighting Slave of Gor
  
• 15: Rogue of Gor
  
• 15: Rogue of Gor
  
• 16: Guardsman of Gor
  
• 17: Savages of Gor
  
• 17: Savages of Gor
  
• 18: Blood Brothers of Gor
  
• 18: Blood Brothers of Gor
  
• 19: Kajira of Gor
  
• 20: Players of Gor
  
• 20: Players of Gor
  
• 21: Mercenaries of Gor
  
• 21: Mercenaries of Gor
  
• 22: Dancer of Gor
  
• 22: Dancer of Gor
  
• 23: Renegades of Gor
  
• 23: Renegades of Gor
  
• 24: Vagabonds of Gor
  
• 25: Magicians of Gor
  
• Imaginative Sex - John Norman provides fifty-three fantasy scenarios intended for consenting adults (the assumption is husband-wife combinations) along with advice for knot-tieing and sexual exploration. Obviously, this book is not intended for everyone.
  
• Gor saga - by Maureen Duffy.
  
• Gor Saga - by Maureen Duffy.
  

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Spaceways

The Spaceways novels were mostly written by Andrew Offutt under the name John Cleve although others also contributed to the series. The novels are a wild ride of science fiction space opera. They are wonderful pulp and good for some rather racy entertainment. When I was in college, oh so many years ago, I created a tabletop roleplaying campaign based upon the series (using the original Traveller science fiction RPG rules). If I had known about interactive dramas way back when, I would have created some rather risque scenarios based upon the novels. Sadly, the series is out of print and my copies are packed away in a box at the bottom of a pile of junk somewhere in my Mother's garage back in the United States.

• 1: Alien Bondage
  
• 1: Alien Bondage
  
• 2: Corundun's Woman
  
• 3: Escape from Macho
  
• 3: Escape from Macho
  
• 4: Satana Enslaved
  
• 5: Master of Misfit
  
• 6: Purrfect Plunder
  
• 7: The Manhuntress
  
• 8: Under Twins Suns
  
• 9: In Quest of Qalara
  
• 10: The Yoke of Shen
  
• 11: The Iceworld Connection
  
• 12: Star Slaver
  
• 13: Jonuta Rising
  
• 14: Assignment Hellhole
  
• 15: Starship Sapphire
  
• 16: The Planet Murderer
  
• 17: Carnadyne Hoard
  
• 18: Race Across the Stars
  
• 19: King of the Slavers
  

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General Cultural Texts

These are books of general interest.

• A Distant Mirror: the Calamitous 14th Century - This book has nothing to do with contemporary interactive drama, but in it historian Barbara W. Tuchmann describes a masque activity commonly played in the French Court of the day which sounds very much like current Theatre-Style Interactive Dramas as played by many modern troupes. In the masque, guests were assigned characters they then roleplayed for the duration of the evening - often in freeform. Given specific tasks and goal orientations that are at odds with other players, one would then have the equivalent of the modern interactive drama.
  
• Dream Park - This is Larry Niven's classic science fiction novel about murder and mayhem that take place at a huge futuristic entertainment complex in which players take on characters and roleplay while going through physically and mentally challenging adventures. Many live roleplayers were inspired by this piece, as well as tabletop RPGers. If you have not read this classic, do so. Someday this is what interactive drama will be like . . . and it will be so kool!
  

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