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Explore/create : my life in pursuit of new frontiers, hidden worlds, and the creative spark / Richard Garriott with David Fisher.
Van Pelt Library GV1469.34.A97 G37 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Garriott, Richard, author.
- Fisher, David, 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Garriott, Richard.
- Video games industry--Biography.
- Video games industry.
- Entrepreneurship--Biography.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Astronautics--Popular works.
- Astronautics.
- Genre:
- Popular works.
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 291 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : William Morrow, [2017]
- Summary:
- The legendary entrepreneur and online gaming pioneer, creator of the Ultima series and the forthcoming Shroud of Avatar, and private space travel advocate examines the importance of adventure and curiosity in his life in this inspiring memoir, complete with interactive tie-ins, puzzles, tricks, and secret codes.
- Contents:
- 1 Titanic Mistakes 5
- 2 I was a Teenage Dungeon Master 13
- 3 The Origin of Origin 25
- 4 The Wonders of Wondering 49
- 5 Minding My Own Business 69
- 6 A Universal Language 79
- 7 IV-Play The New Rules of Engagement 91
- 8 Making Enemies 102
- 9 The Haunted Themed Interactive Events 115
- 10 The Magic of Science 135
- 11 The discovery of the Pina Colada 145
- 12 End the Beginning of the World 151
- 13 Nothing for Money 173
- 14 a World and Never Got a Day of Rest 181
- 15 : A-Geocaching We Will 193
- 16 Playing for Keeps 201
- 17 201
- 18 221
- 19 Taking Up Space 255
- 20 Don't Kill Stephen Hawking! 269
- 21 Oh! The Places We'll Go 277.
- Titanic mistakes
- I was a teenage dungeon master
- The origin of Origin
- The wonders of wondering
- Minding my own business
- A universal language
- IV-Play, or the new rules of engagement
- Making enemies
- The haunted beginnings of themed interactive events
- The magic of science
- The discovery of the Piña Colada
- The end of the beginning of the world
- Nothing for money
- We created a world and never got a day of rest
- Finder's leavers: a-geocaching we will go
- Playing for keeps
- He's got a ticket to покататься
- Packing (and smuggling) for space: the space kielbasa
- Taking up space
- Don't kill Stephen Hawking!
- Oh! The places we'll go.
- ISBN:
- 006228665X
- 9780062286659
- OCLC:
- 880565709
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