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  • A Hero of a Different Stripe

    LTUE Benefit Anthologies, #5

    by Joe Monson, Jaleta Clegg, Tristan A. Gilmore, Mark Silcox, Ross Baxter, Jessica Guernsey, Henry Herz, Melva Gifford, Emily Martha Sorensen, D.J. Butler, Ray Daley, James Ivan Hughes, Randy Lindsay, Stewart C. Baker, James F. McGrath, Wendy Nikel, James Dorr, Eric G. Swedin, Scott R. Parkin, Jamie Perrault, Ivan Richardson, Michael Young, Staci Olsen, Kevin Wasden ...
    Series Book 5 - LTUE Benefit Anthologies
    Not Your Standard HeroWe all know what heroes are like, right? Brilliant smiles, superpowers, above average beauty, love to pose for the cameras and bask in the limelight? The heroes found here are not your standard hero. Here you'll find shapeshifting (but ditzy) detectives, considerate sidekicks, avid romance readers, lunar garbage collectors, and more!These stories tell of heroes like Tom ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Game On!

    by Ed Greenwood, James Alan Gardner, Aliette de Bodard, Jennifer R. Povey, Cory Swanson, David Hankins, Wulf Moon, Cat Rambo, Jo Miles, Karen Aria Lin, Mike Rimar, Tris Lawrence, Eric Choi, Mark Silcox, Melissa Yi, Michael Picco, Sean Williams ...
    What if future criminals played games of skill for their freedom? Would spellcasters dare use magic to skew chance in their favor? What if aliens judged us based on the games we play? Can a dying woman literally cheat Death?Games are about more than winning and losing. They’re about risk and reward, strategy and blind fortune, our need to win and our fear of being outplayed. And when magic and ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Experience Machines

    The Philosophy of Virtual Worlds

    Edited by Mark Silcox ...
    In his classic work Anarchy, State and Utopia, Robert Nozick asked his readers to imagine being permanently plugged into a 'machine that would give you any experience you desired'. He speculated that, in spite of the many obvious attractions of such a prospect, most people would choose against passing the rest of their lives under the influence of this type of invention. Nozick thought (and many ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • A Defense of Simulated Experience

    New Noble Lies

    by Mark Silcox ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
    This book defends an account of the positive psychological, ethical, and political value of simulated human experience. Philosophers from Plato and Augustine to Heidegger, Nozick, and Baudrillard have warned us of the dangers of living on too heavy a diet of illusion and make-believe. But contemporary cultural life provides broader, more attractive opportunities to do so than have existed at any ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy

    Raiding the Temple of Wisdom

    Edited by Jon Cogburn, Mark Silcox ...
    Series Book 70 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    This volume will convince readers that the swift ascent of the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons to worldwide popularity in the 1970s and 1980s is the most exciting event in popular culture since the invention of the motion picture.”Dungeons and Dragons and Philosophy presents twenty-one chapters by different writers, all D&D aficionados but with starkly different insights and points ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Philosophy Through Video Games

    by Jon Cogburn, Mark Silcox ...
    How can Wii Sports teach us about metaphysics?Can playing World of Warcraft lead to greater self-consciousness?How can we learn about aesthetics, ethics and divine attributes fromZork, Grand Theft Auto, and Civilization?A variety of increasingly sophisticated video games are rapidly overtaking books, films, and television as America's most popular form of media entertainment. It is estimated that ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

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    Read and Gain Advantage on All Wisdom Checks

    by William Irwin ...
    Series series The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
    Do demons and devils have free will? Does justice exist in Menzoberranzan? What’s the morality involved with player characters casting necromancy and summoning spells?Dungeons & Dragons and Philosophy probes the rich terrain of philosophically compelling concepts and ideas that underlie Dungeons & Dragons, the legendary fantasy role-playing game that grew into a world-wide cultural phenomenon. A ... Read more

    $11.00 USD

  • Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Dungeons & Dragons

    One Woman's Quest to Trade Self-Help for Elf-Help

    by Shelly Mazzanoble ...
    With tongue-in-cheek humor, the creator of the award-winning Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress takes on the self-help section, proving that the benefits of the Dungeons & Dragons® game goes far beyond simple entertainment. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Of Dice and Men

    The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who

    by David M. Ewalt ...
    Updated with an introduction by Joe Manganiello and extensive new content for the 50th Anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, the fascinating and authoritative history of Dungeons & Dragons that “tracks D&D’s turbulent rise, fall, and survival, from its heyday in the 1980s…to the 21st century” (The Wall Street Journal), by award-winning journalist David M. Ewalt.Even if you’ve never played Dungeons & ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Fantasy Role-Playing Game

    A New Performing Art

    by Daniel Mackay ...
    Many of today's hottest selling games--both non-electronic and electronic--focus on such elements as shooting up as many bad guys as one can (Duke Nuk'em), beating the toughest level (Mortal Kombat), collecting all the cards (Pokemon), and scoring the most points (Tetris). Fantasy role-playing games (Dungeons & Dragons, Rolemaster, GURPS), while they may involve some of those aforementioned ... Read more

    $11.89 USD

  • Star Wars and Philosophy

    More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine

    by Kevin S. Decker, Jason T. Eberl ...
    Series Book 12 - Popular Culture and Philosophy
    The Star Wars films continue to revolutionize science fiction, creating new standards for cinematographic excellence, and permeating popular culture around the world. The films feature many complex themes ranging from good versus evil and moral development and corruption to religious faith and pragmatism, forgiveness and redemption, and many others.The essays in this volume tackle the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Collected Works of ARTHUR MACHEN

    PergamonMedia

    by ARTHUR MACHEN ...
    This comprehensive eBook presents significant works of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The Great God Pan • The House of Souls • The Three Impostors; or, The Transmutations • The Hill of Dreams • The Terror: A Mystery • The Ghost ShipRichard Middleton • The Angels of Mons • The Secret Glory • Hieroglyphics • Far Off Things • The Great Return ... Read more

    $1.99 USD