Its a double feature this week - Zach Barths and Matthew Burns of former Zachtronics fame!
(Do read Edwin’s interview with Zach on theirunrealised 40K factory game).
Cheers Zach and Matthew!
Mind if we have a nose at your bookshelves?
What are you currently reading?
Im usually pretty skeptical of long-running genre series (or snobby?
Im currently on my 17th book, Making Money.
Not the best in the series, but hardly the worst.
Its not really about that!
It was published in the 90s, when interest in nature and natural products moved into the mainstream.
What did you last read?
My favorite kind of journalism!
Matthew:I read The Complete Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino.
These stories are funny, imaginative, and filled with strange imagery.
Theyre more lighthearted than Calvinos more formally experimental works and I think I enjoyed them more for that reason.
What are you eyeing up next?
In nonfiction, Im interested in reading Werner Herzogs memoir, Every Man For Himself And God Against All.
What quote or scene from a book has stuck with you?
My wife and I joke about it sometimes.
Its okay, William Gibson, youre still my favorite author.
Matthew:In The Book of Disquiet, Fernando Pessoa writes, To express oneself is always a mistake.
What book do you find yourself bothering friends to read?
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Matthew:I dont find myself recommending fiction much, since tastes vary so widely.
What book would you like to see someone adapt to a game?
But, looking through my Goodreads history…
I think I could get behind a Transmetropolitan game.
I can picture it in my head, where I guess its a mid-90s voice-acted point-and-click adventure game?
Interspersed with the straightforward description of lands and peoples are credulous retellings of fantastical legends and religious miracles.
Its fun to imagine a game like 80 Days set in this time and place.
Zachs mention of Neuromancers opening line reminds me of something Ive thought about before.
Its a little shaky but here goes.
Sucks for next weeks guest, I suppose.
