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Author Archives: robertpkruger
Low-Resolution Fantasy, a Defense of “Bad” Art
I’ve always felt I missed something important about why my first encounters with Dungeons & Dragons were so powerful to me. When I wrote my essay for Baen early this year, I began to fit some pieces together, but as … Continue reading
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Writing that Moves: Amontillado, Part 1
Poe’s classic short story “The Cask of Amontillado” has gripped my imagination since I first read it in junior high. How does it work? Here’s the first part, taken from the whole story at Project Gutenberg. It’s nice and short. … Continue reading
Writing that Moves: Learning by Reading Reference List
Crack open a few books on writing, and you’re liable to get the sound advice that the stories you admire are full of tricks you can learn from. A few of these writing books may even give examples. All the … Continue reading
Writing that Moves: Scare Me
How do you hold reader interest in a scary story? This is the first in a series where I’ll share a little writing and comment on it. I invite questions and criticism, because this is as much practice and learning … Continue reading
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Keep Your Reader Reading, an Evolutionary View
I was going to title this post “A Hypothesis About Cognition that Roughly Explains Just About Everything,” but I’m most interested in this idea from the standpoint of narrative. Why do we do something rather than nothing, like, say, eat … Continue reading
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Revisiting the Threat of AI
My friend Alex Lamb, a software developer and author, gave a great response to my casual musing about Artificial Intelligence. If this topic interests you, take a look at the comments on my original post.
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A Long Trip with Lucius, Part 7
Since I started this memoir about Lucius, I’ve moved with my family to Redmond, Oregon, and the protracted summer has just yielded to fall. Lucius, Gullivar, and I passed through this country an hour after my last installment, on the … Continue reading
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The Cognitive Science of Religion, Filed Under “Gaming”
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Cognitive-Science-of-Religion This is a fascinating and important area of inquiry. I used to think that disavowing religion was like denying your blind spot, not because I think that everyone secretly believes in God but rather that if they don’t, they’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged literalism, politics, religion
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Player’s Handbook, Gamemaster’s Guide, User’s Manual
This winter quarter I’ll be teaching a class in JavaScript, and while driving around town today I mused about how I might impress my students with the power of open-source libraries. This led me to a train of geeky associations … Continue reading
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Joe Midlist, the End of an Archetype
The following is from a post I made several months ago in a Facebook group I started. I founded the ebook company ElectricStory.com and have run it for fourteen years, publishing a few top authors in fantasy and science fiction, … Continue reading
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