Art book: Paul D. Miller: The Book of Ice (Mark Batty Publisher, 2011) Paul D. Miller, also known as DJ Spooky, created a multimedia performance piece called Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica in 2009. This book is a part of that project. It’s kind of a documentation book or an artbook, Continue Reading
Books
Research Blog Antarctica #102: Pym
Novel: Mat Johnson: Pym (Spiegel & Grau, 2011) Mat Johnson’s Pym is a stellar example of what an Antarctic novel can be. It’s the story of a black American university man preoccupied with Edgar Allan Poe and issues of race. He gets sacked from his university for failing to serve Continue Reading
Ropecon!
Ropecon on ensi viikonloppuna, ja meitsi on mukana seuraavissa ohjelmanumeroissa: Unelma Keltaisesta kuninkaasta -julkaisutilaisuus Perjantaina 16:30 – 17:30 klondykessä, vetäjänä Juhana Pettersson Unelma Keltaisesta kuninkaasta -kirja kokoaa yhteen 12 parasta tanskalaista yhden illan roolipeliä. Julkaisuesitelmässä pelien tanskalaiset tekijät ja kirjan suomalainen kustantaja kertovat peleistä, projektista ja siitä, miksi tanskalaiset pelit Continue Reading
Unelma Keltaisesta kuninkaasta tullut painosta
Unelma Keltaisesta kuninkaasta ja muita tanskalaisia roolipelejä on kokoelma Fastaval-pelitapahtuman puitteissa syntyneitä yhden illan pelejä. Sen toimittivat minä, Kristoffer Apollo ja Tobias Wrigstad. Virallinen julkaisuhäppäri on 29.7.2011 Ropeconissa. Kirjaa saa pikapuoliin Fantasiapeleistä. (Kuva: Maria Pettersson)
Big in Denmark
My roleplaying game Ikuisuuden laakso (The Valley of Eternity) will be published translated into Danish by Rollespilsakademiet. The official publishing date is the 6th of July, 2011. Here’s the cover of the Danish edition:
Research Blog Antarctica #101: An Antarctic Mystery
Novel: Jules Verne: An Antarctic Mystery (Mondial 2006, orig. 1897) An Antarctic Mystery is Jules Verne’s sequel to the most enduring classic of Antarctic fiction, Edgar Allan Poe’s novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Poe’s novel has spawned a number of sequels by various authors. It follows Continue Reading
The Solmukohta Book is Looking for Articles
Solmukohta is an annual larp and roleplaying event held in the Nordic countries. Next year, it will be in Helsinki. Traditionally, the convention has been accompanied by a book of articles by the best and brightest of Nordic and world roleplaying writers. This year, the book will be edited by Continue Reading
Knudebooks for 2011 are online
Knudepunkt 2011 is still a few weeks away, but the unprecedented three books published this years are already online. Do Larp, edited by Lars Andresen, Charles Bo Nielsen, Luisa Carbonelli, Jesper Heeboll-Christensen & Marie Oscilowski, features “scripts” from larps made in recent years. I have one article in this book, Continue Reading
Role-playing a mainstream
I published an article called Role-playing and the Mainstream in Andrea Castellani’s anthology Larp Graffiti (2010). It’s been translated into Czech. Part 1 is here and part 2 here.
Nordic Larp parties!
Nordic Larp is a photobook about the Nordic larp scene and the best games it has to offer. It’ll be released on the 22nd of December, 2010. I wrote for it an article about Luminescence, a game I did with Mike Pohjola. Here’s info about the release parties: Nordic Larp Continue Reading