Fictional Games: A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary Play 135027710X, 9781350277106
What roles do imaginary games have in story-telling? Why do fiction authors outline the rules of a game that the audienc
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English Pages 216 Year 2022
Table of contents :
Foreword, Daniel Vella (University of Malta, Malta)
1. Introduction
2. On Fictional Games
3. Fictional Games and Ideology
4. Fictional Games as Utopian Devices
5. Fictional Games as Deceptions and Hallucinations
6. Fictional Games and Transcendence
7. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index
