Inventing ELIZA owes a debt of gratitude to two Noahs: Noah Wardrip-Fruin who inspired and encouraged the hunt for the ELIZA code and Noah Springer who shepherded the book along to completion.
Many thanks for believing in this project!
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More @shirachess.bsky.social It's ShiraMania today! "Conjuring a Magical Medium; or, How to Rip a Hole in the Fabric of Reality" & R.U. Sirius Reality Hackers Mondo 2000 for the assist
"This is most resonantly seen in Reality Hackers magazine... become Mondo 2000... R. U. Sirius explains..." i do
"Like Pomni and her cohort, we find ourselves on daily digital 'adventures' that are increasingly unpleasant and obligatory."
@shirachess.bsky.social explains why The Amazing Digital Circus resonates so much with our current experiences:
I have some exciting news.
I have signed a contract with the MIT Press to release a book on the history of #Warhammer. Titled THE FORGING OF WORLDS, it draws on over 15 years of research and tells the story of the creation of #WFB, #WFRP and #WH40K.
More in the link below....
You're in her DMs but I'm in the acknowledgements section with about 50 other names we are not the same
(I joke, but it's SUCH a green flag when an author takes the time to name every person at the press who worked on their book and not just the editor)