RA for YAs: Books for Gamers

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RA for YAs Books for Gamers

• Presented by Beth GallawayMetrowest MA Regional
  Library System
• November 17, 2005

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Resources

• Audio file
• http//www.ourmedia.org/node/101970
• Handout
• http//home.comcast.net/begallaway/rayagamer.html
  
• Powerpoint
• http//home.comcast.net/begallaway/MLA.ppt

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Tips for RA for YAs

• DONT ASK What do you like to read? What are the
  last 3 books you read and enjoyed?
• DO ASK What movies do you like? What TV shows do
  you watch? What games do you play?
• TIP If you do not know anything about the titles
  mentioned, ask, Tell me more  

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If YA likes Everquest, Runescape, WoW, Ultima
(MMORPGs)Recommend Epic fantasy, war

• Price, Susan. The Sterkarm Handshake.
• Weis, Margaret Tracy Hickham. DragonLance.
• Salvatore, R.A. Forgotten Realms.
• Jordan, Sherryl. The Hunting of the Last Dragon.
• Books by T.A. Barron, Robert Jordan, C.S. Lewis,
  Garth Nix, Christopher Paolini, Philip Pullman

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If YA likes Americas Army, Doom, Quake, Halo
(first person shooters)Recommend military
fiction, horror, apocalyptic fiction

• McCaffrey, Anne. Black Horses for the King.
• Hughes, Dean. Soldier Boys.
• Efaw, Amy. Battle Dress.
• Books by John Marsden, Harry Mazer, James
  Collier, Bernard Cornwall, Tom Clancy, Robert
  Westall

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If YA likes Civilization, Caesar (historical
simulations)Recommend ancient history, biog.

• Van Loon, Hendrick Willem. Cosimo. The Story of
  Mankind.
• Hamilton, Edith. Mythology.
• Books by Gary Blackwood, Peter Dickinson, Adele
  Geras, Clarence McLaren, Donna Jo Napoli, Julius
  Lester, Rosemary Sutcliff, Laurence Yep.

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If YA likes The Sims, the UrbzRecommend titles
featuring sociology, dysfunction, relationships

• Weaver, Will. Claws.
• Lubar, David. Flip.
• Books by Mel Glenn, M.E. Kerr, Walter Dean Myers,
  Cecily von Zeigesar

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If YA likes Myst, Tetris, Carmen San Diego
(puzzle games)Recommend mystery, thrillers

• Baillett, Blue. Chasing Vermeer.
• Levitt, Steven Stephen Dubner. Freakonomics.
• Mezrich, Ben. Bringing Down the House.
• Raskin, Ellen. The Westing Game.
• Books by E.L. Konigsberg, William E. Coles,
  Vivian Vande Velde, Dan Brown, Michael Crichton

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If YA likes Madden NFL, NBA Street, Need for
Speed, WWF (sports games)Recommend sports
adventure titles!

• Krakauer, Jon. Into Thin Air.
• Bissinger, H.G. Friday Night Lights.
• Best American Sports Writing.
• Books by Chris Crutcher, Thomas Dygard, Will
  Hobbs, Rich Wallace

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10 Novels with Gaming Plots

• Bloor, Edward. Crusader.  
• Card, Orson Scott. Enders Game.
• Horowitz, Anthony. Eagle Strike.
• Lubar, David. Wizards of the Game.
• Skurzynski, Gloria. The Virtual War.
• Tangherlini, Arne. Leo_at_fergusrules.com.  
• Vande Velde, Vivian. Heir Apparent.  
• Vande Velde, Vivian. User Unfriendly.
• Werlin, Nancy. Locked Inside. Delacorte Press,
  2000. ISBN 0385327005
• Wieler, Diana. Ranvan series. Ran Van the
  Defender, Ran Van Magic Nation, Ran Van Worthy
  Opponent.

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Crusader

• by Edward Bloor
• (Scholastic, 2002)
• 0439221609

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Enders Game

• by Orson Scott Card
• (Starscape, 2002)
• 0765342294

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Eagle Strike

• by Anthony Horowitz
• ( Puffin, 2005)
• 0142402923

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Wizards of the Game

• by David Lubar
• (Puffin, 2004)
• 014240215X

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Virtual War The Clones The Revolt

• by Gloria Skurzynski
• (Simon Pulse, 2003)
• Virtual War 0689867859
• Clones 0689842643
• (Atheneum, 2005 )
• The Revolt 0689842651

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Leo_at_FergusRules.com

• by Arne Tangherlini
• (Leapfrong, 1999)
• 0965457877

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Heir Apparent

• by Vivian Vande Velde
• (Harcourt 2002)
• 0152045600

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User Unfriendly

• by Vivian Vande Velde
• (Magic Carpet Books, 2002)
• 0152163530

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Ran Van The Defender Ran Van Magic Nation
Ran Van Worthy Opponent

• by Diana Weiler
• (Groundwood)
• Ran Van The Defender 0888991843
• Ran Man Worthy Opponent 088899219X
• Ran Van Magic Nation 0888993161

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Locked Inside

• by Nancy Werlin
• (Harper, 2003)
• 000714167X

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Graphic Novels Featuring Games/With Game Tie-ins

• Knaak Richard Jae-Hwan Kim Dragon Hunt.
  Warcraft The Sunwell Chronicles 1.
• Simons, Rikki. Reality Check!
• Toriyama, Akira. Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z. Viz.

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Warcraft Dragon HuntThe Sunwell Chronicles 1

• by Richard Knaak
• Jae-Hwan Kim
• (Tokyopop, 2005)
• 1595327126

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Reality Check!

• by Rikki Simons
• (Tokyopop, 2003)
• 1591822149

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Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z

• by Akira Toriyama
• Viz

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Books with Game Tie-Ins

• Weis Margaret Tracy Hickham. DragonLance
  series.
• Miller, Rand et al. The Myst Reader The Book of
  Atrus The Book of Ti'ana The Book of D'ni
• Perry, S.D. Resident Evil series. Pocket Books.

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Resident Evil Zero Hour and others

• by S.D. Perry
• (Pocket Books)
• 0671785117

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The Myst Reader

• by Rand Miller, et al
• (Hyperion, 2004)
• 1401307817

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The Annotated Chronicles

• by Margaret Weis Tracy Hickman
• (Wizards of the Coast, 2002 )
• 0786918705

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Nonfiction

• Compton, Shanna. Gamers Writers, Artistsand
  Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels
• Official Prima Strategy Guides. Prima.
• Weiss, D. B. Lucky Wander Boy. Penguin, 2003.
  ISBN 0452283949
• DeMaria, Russel Johnny L. Wilson. High Score!
  The Illustrated History of Electronic Games.

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Gamers Writers, Artists and Programmers on the
Pleasures of Pixels

• edited by Shanna Compton
• (Soft Skull Press, 2004)
• 1932360573

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High Score! The Illustrated History of Electronic
Games

• by Russel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson
• (McGraw, 2003)
• 0072231726

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Lucky Wander Boy

• by D.B. Weiss
• (Plume, 2003)
• 0452283949

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Official Prima Strategy Guideshttp//www.primagam
es.com/
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Role Playing Strategy Guides

• Advanced Dungeons Dragons Players Handbook
• Star Wars
• Star Trek
• Serenity
• Wheel of Time
• Others

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Card Game Handbooks/Guides

• Magic The Gathering
• Yu-Gi-Oh

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Magazines

• Computer Gaming World
• Dragon
• Electronic Gaming Monthly
• Game Informer
• Game Pro
• Nintendo Power
• Official X-Box
• PC Gamer
• Play
• Playstation PS2
• Tips Tricks

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Especially for Librarians

• Beck, John C. Mitchell Wade. Got Game? How the
  Gamer Generation is Reshaping Business Forever 
• Gee, James Paul. What Video Games Have to Teach
  Us About Learning and Literacy. 
• Jenkins, Henry III and Justine Cassell. From
  Barbie to Mortal Kombat Gender and Computer
  Games.  
• Katz, John. Geeks How Two Lost Boys Rode the
  Internet Out of Idaho.

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Got Game? How the Gamer Generation is Reshaping
Business Forever

• by John C. Beck Mitchell Wade
• (Harvard Business School Press, 2004)
• 1578519497

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From Barbie to Mortal Kombat Gender and Computer
Games

• by Henry Jenkins III Justine Cassell.
• (MIT Press, 2000)
• 0262531682

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Geeks How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of
Idaho

• by John Katz
• (Broadway, 2001)
• 0767906993

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What Video Games Have to Teach Us About
Learning and Literacy

• by James Paul.
• (Palgrave MacMillian 2004.)
• 1403965382