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Luke Rhinehart is the pen name of the author George Cockcroft (see that entry for a biography). Luke Rhinehart is also a character in some of Cockcroft's books. In this article "George Cockcroft" refers to the author, while "Luke Rhinehart" refers to the character. A pen name or nom de plume is a pseudonym adopted by an author. ...
George Cockcroft (born November 15, 1932), frequently misspelt Cockroft, is an author who writes under the pen name Luke Rhinehart (see that article for information about his books). ...
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The Hero's Journey is an age old literary tool of persuasion. The Hero, or protagonist, travels along a road of trials towards enlightenment. Along this path our hero faces mental and physical adversity from friend and foe alike. Classic Greek Tragedies tell of the failure of our protagonist while comedies tell of his or her success. Joseph Campbell presents an in-depth discussion in "Hero With A Thousand Faces". Ayn Rand's "Fountainhead" is an outstanding example of the hero's journey. Do you enjoy the failures and laments of another? Look no further than John Galt's "Bogle Corbet". Rhinehart's portrayal of the anti-hero pales in comparison to Tolstoy's depiction of Napoleon in "War and Peace". The Fountainhead is a 1943 novel by Ayn Rand (ISBN 0452283760). ...
War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir) is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. ...
Never fear kind readers, Aristotle knows best and discusses chance in his second book of Physics. Dice being an automaton provide only a finite number of possibilities. Why limit yourself? baaaajs
Much of Cockcroft's writing follows the styles of his first book: The Dice Man. He switches rapidly between a first and third person view, and intersperses that narrative flow with (fictional) excerpts from journals, minutes of meetings, and other sources. This gives the impression of a larger story, of which just a glimpse is being seen. In one case, he even quotes from a future book that he did not actually write until more than two decades later. The moods of the book change rapidly too; a single book might have sections of erotica, thriller, comedy, psychology, romance, philosophy, and detective in it — not mixed together, but standing side by side with only a chapter number, if that, between them. Many believe that the best parts of the stories are the sections of sheer hilarity, which come in brief ten-page bursts. These sections of carefully timed comic relief include a sex scene in the middle of a river, various dice parties, and a hallucinogenic tomato plant. The Dice Man is a comedic novel published in 1971 by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart and tells the story of a psychiatrist who begins making life decisions based on the casting of dice. ...
Erotica (from the Greek language Eros - love) — are works of art, including literature, photography, film, sculpture and painting, that deal substantively with erotically stimulating or arousing descriptions. ...
The thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television that includes numerous, often-overlapping sub-genres. ...
Comedy has a classical meaning (comical theatre) and a popular one (the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general). ...
Psychology is an academic and applied field involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. ...
To be considered of the romance genre, a novel should adhere to the following criteria: the story must focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people. ...
Socrates (central bare-chested figure) about to drink hemlock as mandated by the court. ...
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Comic relief is the inclusion of a humorous character or scene or witty dialogue in an otherwise serious work, often to relieve tension. ...
River Gambia flowing through Niokolokoba National Park A river is a large natural waterway. ...
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Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea authors of "The Illuminatus! Trilogy" first used this style of writing in 1968-1971 to create a convincing conspiracy trilogy. When used correctly this style emotes in the reader feelings of confusion, fear, and occasionally paranoia. The Illuminatus! Trilogy is a series of three novels written by Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson primarily between 1969 and 1971. ...
On the other hand, Long Voyage Back, and Matari show that he is entirely comfortable writing somewhat more traditional fiction, and The Book of est shows that he is capable of writing wholly factual accounts too. In all his books, Cockcroft focuses attention on only a few characters — typically less than five. Other characters are introduced, but solely as caricatures or plot devices. Long Voyage Back was written by George Cockcroft under the pen name of Luke Rhinehart. ...
Matari or White Wind, Black Rider is a book written by Luke Rhinehart, a pen name of George Cockcroft. ...
The Book of Est was written by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart. ...
A common caricature of Charles Darwin focuses on his beard, eyebrows, and baldness, while often giving him the features of an ape or monkey. ...
Bibliography vafaan e de hära:o lixom tärningsspelaren kan ju lika gärna döö! The Dice Man is a comedic novel published in 1971 by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart and tells the story of a psychiatrist who begins making life decisions based on the casting of dice. ...
Matari or White Wind, Black Rider is a book written by Luke Rhinehart, a pen name of George Cockcroft. ...
The Book of Est was written by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart. ...
Long Voyage Back was written by George Cockcroft under the pen name of Luke Rhinehart. ...
Adventures of Wim or Whim is a book by George Cockcroft, written under the pen name Luke Rhinehart. ...
The Search for the Dice Man was written by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart. ...
The Book of the Die was written by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart. ...
Forthcoming There are also continuing plans to release the story of either Luke, Larry or Wim as a movie. Cockcroft has written a number of screenplays himself, including one on The Dice Man, and WHIM, in an effort to accelerate the process, and both projects are being pushed forward on several fronts. In late 2006 plans were put in place to release a 'Dice' film, titled either 'The Dice Man' or 'Diced'. If made the film will be released in 2008.
Spin-offs and influences Companies have often attempted to profit from the ideas of The Dice Man, and a few such ventures are noted below. The ideas in the book have also influenced a wide range of musicians, writers, artists, some of whom are listed below.
Commercial ventures Dice have always been colloquially referred to as rocks and the makers of Rolling Rock pale lager, sensing a good tie-in, launched a series of adverts based around the diceman theme, and even a Diceliving website (now defunct), and have since been associated with Luke's books. Indeed, the rise from the dead of Rolling Rock in the late 1990s has partially been attributed to the rise of dicing at around the same time, fueled, perhaps, by Internet chat rooms where role-playing is common. Rolling Rock is a brand of lager developed at a brewery in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. ...
(North) American lagers, as defined by the Association of Brewers, are a family of very pale to golden colored beers with light body and low to medium bitterness. ...
A tie-in is an authorized product that is based on an existing or upcoming media property, such as a movie or video/DVD, computer game, video game, television program/television series, board game, web site, role-playing game or literary property. ...
Germans dancing on the Berlin Wall in late 1989, the symbol of the cold war divide falls down as the world unites in the 1990s. ...
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In the 1980s, the UK comic 2000 AD published several Choose Your Own Adventure magazines under the name Dice Man. The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ...
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Cover of the first issue of 2000 AD, 26 February 1977. ...
The Cave of Time, the first Choose Your Own Adventure book. ...
Music references The Dice Man has turned up in several songs: Other music connections: This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...
The Fall are a British rock music group, formed in Manchester in 1976, and named after Albert Camuss novel. ...
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At the Gates are a now defunct Swedish melodic death metal band who have had a great influence upon the genre. ...
Pop Will Eat Itself (also known as PWEI or the Poppies) was a band formed in Stourbridge, England with band members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. ...
Jameson may refer to: Jameson, Missouri Jameson Whiskey, a well-known brand of Irish whiskey. ...
Manic Street Preachers (often known colloquially as The Manics) are a Welsh rock band often associated with the Britpop scene, and were one of the biggest bands in Britain for a period in the late 1990s. ...
Talk Talk was a popular English music group that was active from 1981 to 1991. ...
My Life Story are an indie pop group who peaked in the mid to late 1990s when they were regarded as part of the Britpop movement. ...
- The Manga Bros [1] make aleatory music according to the principles of The Dice Man.
- "The Dice Man" is an alias used by Richard D James, the Aphex Twin
- "The Diceman" is the alias used for certain projects of Colin James (Jolly James, Gregg Retch, formerly of Meat Beat Manifesto)
Aleatoric (or aleatory) music or composition, is music where some element of the composition is left to chance. ...
Aphex Twin (Richard David James, born August 18, 1971 in Limerick, Ireland) is an electronic music artist, credited with pushing forward the genres of techno, ambient, acid, and drum and bass. ...
Meat Beat Manifesto, often shortened to Meat Beat or MBM, is an electronic music outfit originally consisting of Jack Dangers and Jonny Stephens formed in 1987 in Swindon, UK. This was also the hometown of the band XTC, who helped Meat Beat get started. ...
Other art Art which exploits the principle of randomness is called aleatory. Several pieces of aleatory art have been partially inspired by the writings of George Cockcroft. Aleatory (or aleatoric) means pertaining to luck, and derives from the Latin word alea, the rolling dice. ...
The Discovery Channel recently hired a pair of part-time dicers to do a Diceman Travel programme based on the dice. Where they go, what they see, and what they do, all are based on the roll of a dice. Apparently it has been popular, though the tendency of the dice to steer the couple off in strange directions has caused problems for the producers and editors. Discovery Channel is a property of Discovery Communications primarily packaged as a network entertainment brand distributed in virtually every pay-television market in the world. ...
On film, there have been at least three documentaries on diceliving and the philosophy of the dice, including one 50-minute short film called Dice World by Paul Wilmshurst, produced by Channel Four. Channel 4 is a television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ...
In the theatre, the Dice House was staged in London's West End theatre "The Arts". Written by Paul Lucas, the play was inspired by Luke Rhinehart's novel The Dice Man.
Ben Marshall, of Loaded magazine, spent two years from 1998 to 2000 experimenting with being a diceman and writing up his experiences in the magazine. This seems to have been a big hit with the readers, and Loaded subsequently named Luke Rhinehart as liar of the century. Praise indeed. Categories: Magazines stubs | Mens magazines ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
Larnie Reid Fox invented (or popularised) the idea of the DiceWalk, which was featured in the May 28, 2003 edition of sfweekly, students of psychogeography having already pioneered the art or science of random or whimsical excursions. Psychogeography is The study of specific effects of the geographical environment, consciously organised or not, on the emotions and behaviour of individuals, according to the article Preliminary Problems in Constructing a Situation, in (1958) . // Development Psychogeography was originally developed by the Lettrist International, as a hypergraphics in their system of...
Writer Terry Mitchell invented the idea of exploring restaurants, food options and dice road trips and has been practicing a version of diceliving since 1992, he also writes several characters in his stories as being dice people.
External links - DiceWalk
- lukerhinehart.net - created by George Cockcroft
- Six Sided Homepage - fan site with discussion forum
- Randomness - fan site with online dice roller
- Dicing 2 eat/travel - fan site of an American dice man
- Interview with TotalGambler website
- The Dice House
- [2] - Weblog of a Dutch newspaper (nrc.next), in which a writer conducted a dice based experiment
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