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1. WISHLIST

RON HALE-EVANS

rwhe@ludism.org

This wishlist is mostly books, magazines, videos, and music. I am slowly migrating the books to my [WWW]LibraryThing Wishlist.

I also have a [WWW]Games Wishlist and a [WWW]Miscellaneous Wishlist.

By popular demand, I now have a ShortWishList as well.

1.1. Books

1.1.1. DREAM

Glass-Frederick, Linda J.. SYNCHRONICITY: BELIEFS AND THERAPEUTIC RAMIFICATIONS, LC Microfilm 89/878 (B), University Microfilms.

1.1.2. INTERACTIVE FICTION AND ART

Laurel, Brenda. TOWARDS THE DESIGN OF A COMPUTER-BASED INTERACTIVE FANTASY SYSTEM. Ohio State U., 1986

1.1.3. LANGUAGE

Cabell, James Branch. JURGEN. Translated into Esperanto by William Auld. Available from www.esperanto-usa.org.

SFEROJ (Esperanto SF magazine; I have issues 3, 8, & 9.)

Sikosek, Ziko Marcus. ESPERANTO SEN MITOJ. Dua Prilaborita Eldono. Flanda Esperanto-Ligo, 2003. 367 pagxoj inkluzive de bibliografio, indekso ktp. ("Esperanto without myths" -- debunks the more outrageous claims of Esperantists.)

Young, Brother and the United Congress. ISO: THE NEW WORLD LANGUAGE. United Congress Publication, 1996. WRITE: Brother Young, KOS ISO MISON, #4 310 22 Ave. S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2S 0H4 CANADA. ("offspring of Speedwords" -- Rick Harrison.)

1.1.4. LUDISM (PHILOSOPHY OF GAMES)

Berloquin, Pierre. 100 JEUX DE TABLE. Flammarion, 1976. ("superb collection of abstract games" -- Mitchell Thomashow)

Boutin, Michel. LE LIVRE DES JEUX DE PIONS. Bornemann, 1999. ("excellent short reviews and diagrams of fifty contemporary abstract games, including some lesser known abstract games." -- Mitchell Thomashow)

Gerne, J.F. and F. Pingaud, ENCYCLOPEDIE DES JEUX DE LA FAMILLE. Hatier, 1985. ("another excellent compendium with some very good lesser known treasures." -- Mitchell Thomashow)

Glonnegger, Erwin. DAS SPIELE BUCH. Hugundubel, 1988. ("Beautifully illustrated history with many contemporary games...I believe it's been updated." -- Mitchell Thomashow)

Gorys, Erhard. DAS BUCH DER SPIELE. Verlag Werner Dausen, no listed date but probably 1970s. ("I found this in Prague for 3 dollars in the early 1990's! Amazing book with the usual descriptions of Chess, Go, and common card games, but a good list, with rules of some German proprietary games, too." -- Mitchell Thomashow)

Koch, Karl Heinz. SPIELE FUR ZWEI. Hugendubel, 1986. ("excellent book with many well known and lesser known board, card and paper and pencil games." -- Mitchell Thomashow)

Lhote, Jean-Marie. DICTIONNAIRE DES JEUX DE SOCIETE. Flammarion, 1996. ("a thorough listing, historically oriented, but with many contemporary games, especially good for abstract games." -- Mitchell Thomashow.)

Michels, Volker, ed.. MATERIALIEN ZU HERMANN HESSES "DAS GLASPERLENSPIEL". Suhrkamp Verlag. (A two-volume set of explicitly GBG-related texts, at least some by Hesse.)

Moeser, David. NEUE CHESS. ("a compilation of articles published in Cincinnati chess periodicals on the subject of chess variants. US $5 to addresses in the U.S. only. Orders may be sent to David Moeser. erasmus@iglou.com.)

Nelson, Walter. YE MERRIE GAMESTER. 1993. 59 pp., illus. $7.50, $1.50 shipping in the U.S., $3.00 outside U.S. Available from the author, 7341 Etiwanda Avenue, Reseda, CA 91335; (818) 342-3482. ("...a discovery of the rules of such pleasant & ancient pastimes as Tarot, Primero, Gleek, Football, Hazzard, Bowles & Other popular entertainments from AD 1000 to AD 1700". Well-reviewed.)

Pingaud, F. and J.F. Germe. 50 JEUX AVEC DU PAPIER ET DES CRAYONS. Du Rocher, 1984. ("superb collection of interesting paper and pencil games" -- Mitchell Thomashow)

Solomon, Eric. BLACK BOX GAME BOOK. Strategy Games, c. 1982..

1.1.5. MENTAT

Good, Carter V. & Scates, Douglas E. METHODS OF RESEARCH: EDUCATIONAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIOLOGICAL. NY: Appelton-Century-Crofts, 1954. ("It's all here -- just don't drop it on your foot... almost 1000 pp... grandaddy of all research manuals..." -- Ronald Gross.)

Perkins, David N. with Laserna, C.. ODYSSEY: A CURRICULUM FOR THINKING. Watertown, MA: Mastery Education. 1986.

1.1.6. OULIPIANA

Mathews, Harry. S: A NOVEL / Paperback / Published 1997.

1.1.7. PHILOSOPHY BOOKS

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL SCIENCES. (Hegel's last work; summarises his system. In three volumes from Oxford University Press.)

Wiegardt, Erik. THE PATH OF THE SAGE. (Keeper of the Stoic Registry wrote a book in which he attempts an explication of Stoicism for the modern reader.)

1.1.8. POLITICS

Carroll, James. The Long View. (9/11 & nukes. Heard author on NPR. Powerful.)

Khab, Ken. (Ed.). WHY WORK? (Includes essays by B. Russell and William Morris.)

1.1.9. PSYCHOLOGY

Manic Depression Fellowship. INSIDE OUT: A GUIDE TO THE SELF MANAGEMENT OF DEPRESSION. 8-10 High Street, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey KT1 1EY (tel 0181 974 6550). 2-50, include. pandp.

1.1.10. SF

Eddison, E.R.R. (translator). THE MABINOGION. (Little-known translation of Welsh myth by the author of the Zimiamvia books.)

Faig, Kenneth W., Jr. TALES OF THE LOVECRAFT COLLECTORS. Necronomicon Press. 46pp, wraps, $5.95. ("Four pieces that Faig did for the Esoteric Order of Dagon apa. I enjoyed them, just the right level of obsessive documentation of the non-existent - or is it?" -- IGOTS)

Goldman, William. THE PRINCESS BRIDE 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION. Ballantine 1st thus, New in dj $24.95. ("Oh boy. One of my favorite books repackaged and including the first chapter of the long-lost sequel BUTTERCUP'S BABY as well as a new introduction. It's brilliant, it's funny, it's literary, it's a hell of a cool thing and I can't recommend it highly enough."--Ziesing.

Rucker, Rudy. THE MEANING OF LIFE.

1.1.11. SKEPTICISM

Saville, Thomas K., Ph.D., and Herb Dewey. RED HOT COLD READING (recommended).

Webster, Richard. HOW TO BUILD UP A PSYCHIC PRACTICE WITH FULL-LENGTH COLD READINGS (recommended)

1.2. Games

1.2.1. Misc

12x12 Canadian Checkers board

1.2.2. XXXENOPHILE boosters

1.3. MOVIES

COLD READING MADE EASY / Nelson, Noelle / VHS Tape / Published 1994. Amazon Price: $39.99 (Special Order) (Four tapes: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Comedy. All @ $40)

GENTLEMEN DON'T EAT POETS (Sting, as butler, tries to wreck the home of English lord Alan Bates and his American wife, Theresa Russell) M? NNF

HATE ((Fr.) B/W. A Jew, an Arab, and a Black become allies in a Paris housing project) M+ NNF

JUDE (drama) - The best story about marriage vs. "following your dreams" ever written. M? NNF

THE MUSIC OF CHANCE -- "Mandy Patinkin gives a lift to a fellow (James Spader) stumbling alongside a country road, learns he's a high-stakes poker player, and decides to back him in an upcoming game against two eccentric millionaires in this subtle, existential film." -- The Game Report. M? NNF

ROYAL DIVORCE -- The favourite movie of Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker. Why the fuss?

VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS -- 1971 film version of David Lindsay's [novel]. This was the work of a B. J. Holloway at Antioch College, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, an 85-minute low-budget feature with a cast drawn from the student body. And yet it reached a rental catalog. (IGOTS 11) M? NNF

1.4. MUSIC/AUDIO

John Adams / NIXON IN CHINA (Elektra Nonesuch) ... (Awesome instrumentals; sounds like some of the cooler stuff in KOYAANISQATSI. $35.)

Becker, Walter. 11 TRACKS OF WHACK. ("Becker's extraordinary, little-noticed 1994 album... is an extended confession about his dark night of the soul; though uneven, several of its songs, in particular the stunning Icarus ballad "Surf and/or Die," possess a raw, tortured brilliance."--Salon.)

Lisa Germano / EXCERPTS FROM A LOVE CIRCUS. (Contains "A Beautiful Schizophrenic" -- the beautiful side of madness. Cool.)

Jackson, Joe. SYMPHONY NO. 1. 1999.

Kleenex Girl Wonder. AFTERMATHEMATICS.

Kleenex Girl Wonder. PONYOAK. (Contains "Anne Marie".)

Yusef Lateef / EVERY VILLAGE HAS A SONG (Atlantic) ... (Beautiful flute music, jazzy, unusual. This guy is apparently somewhat well-known; the album is a best-of anthology. I liked "The Plum Blossom.")

Lorenzo Music Philharmonic / AUNT CANADA. (Polyholiday Records) ... (Has "Omar the Human Rake" Hilarious! "He was the schoolyard bully's birthday present, Omar the Human Rake ! / Can't you see the Rake has feelings too?")

Modzilla / WELCOME TO OUR ISLAND (Foliage) (Groovy; man & woman: "Mm-hm! Uh-uh!" ("Creative Differences").)

Polygraph Lounge, The -- 2 studio musicians doing a Spike Jones / Firesign thang. Cutting a disc soon. (NPR, 2002-12-01)

The Secret Museum of Mankind (Pat Conte). THE SECRET MUSEUM OF MANKIND. (Ethnomusicology from 1920s-40s; very good. Many volumes; I have 1 & 2.)

Shepherd, Jean.

Various Artists / DEEP IN THE HEART OF TUVA ... (Excellent! Western music with Tuvan vocals. Just brilliant.)

Various Artists / SKA BONANZA: THE STUDIO ONE SKA YEARS ... (Sounds like really old Ska. Beautiful, bluesy, jazzy.)

We Might Be Giants, Too, TMBG tribute album; has its own web page: http://www.tmbg.org/~ondrey/

Zevon, Warren. TRANSVERSE CITY. (A favourite of John ?McDaid's; cyberpunkish.)

1.5. PERIODICALS (to subscribe to)

MAKE MAGAZINE

VISIBLE LANGUAGE (journal from Wayne State Univ. Press, 1980s? GBGish. Signals p36)

1.6. THINGS

"d8 d4" (1-4, 1-4 on a d8; easier to roll.)

Shredder oil

UNIBIND. (Don Lancaster's preferred desktop binding system c.1989; Signals p59)

The other dominoes book