Yahtzee Wrote a Book

[cauby]

So,when will Yahtzee sell the rights to make the Mogworld movie?Also,can i get a copy here in Brazil?

edit:as for all the people who are saying that his writing style is bad and he just got published because he's pseudo famous,i'd like you to remember a name: Stephenie Mayer.

 

[Lord Thodin]

I was originally going to buy the book because I thought Yahtzee was funny, but after reading that excerpt I want to buy it cause it looks genuinely good.

 

[Darktau]

haters gunna hate... (Need the animated image of the fat kid)

Probably gunna buy in august

 

[Canid117]

Yeah I have to admit I was baffled how I managed to avoid a warning and you got one for effectively complementing his joke. ;D

I think that maybe they were just looking for any reason to slap me down a notch, as I constantly point out the bad editing in their articles and then said unkind things about their star's writing abilities. Maybe not, though. Maybe that particular mod really is an imbecile.

Or maybe it's because you're just a dick.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

Well.....at least he knows what grammar is....LOL

 

[jdnoth]

Well it started badly. Some of the analogies were a bit off. You described a bustling, crowded street as a catwalk of armour clad monsters, or something like that. Well catwalks aren't very crowded, or bustling. They're usually very orderly and quiet. So that was a bit of an inconsistent image.

The prose is very strange in places. Not going to provide examples as I'm sure other have already. But around page 4, when the faulty exposition finally stops and the dialogue begins, it does become the classic, funny, recognizable Yahtzee prose that we all love.

One or two cliches made me flinch. I suppose it's too late to weed those out now.

Ah well, you're still young. Nobody expected you to score full marks on your first attempt. Even classic writers like Hunter Thompson wrote amateurism, unpublishable novels until their mid-30's.

By the end I was enjoying it, despite a few niggles that persisted to the end. Work on your exposition, keep at it, etc.

 

[CuddlyCombine]

Well, it's not your story is it? In a game, you're supposed to be driving the story, but a book already has a main character. Really, First person perspective does help with the humour, and a book doesn't need the reader to become the main character.
Anyway, I will be keeping an eye out for this.

Perhaps I'm a just more of a fan of the omniscient third-person narrative, because I've always found first-person to be jarring in terms of immersion. Of course, it's not necessary for you to become the main character, but even if it helps you relate, it's going somewhere.

 

[CopperBoom]

Read a few pages and decided to save it for when I have the entire thing.
I will be reading it from iBooks on my iPad... right?
PLEASE?!

 

[Joabbuac]

People still read books in this day and age??!!

Yes, you see, there is a thing called "intellectuality". Some people have it.

Also a thing called virginity....you have it

 

[Grouchy Imp_v1legacy]

This book looks really interesting! If only I could order it from somewhere like Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk...

Seriously though my order's in.

 

[DoanDavid]

People still read books in this day and age??!!

Yes, you see, there is a thing called "intellectuality". Some people have it.

Also a thing called virginity....you have it

Good to see people are not getting smarter. Now we wouldn't want that to happen!

 

[Queen Michael]

And now I've made the first TVtropes entry on it.

 

[Badgersaurusrex]

I will tell the truth. I didnt think Yahtzee was capable of providing an amazing novel. By was I ever wrong! This is amazing just by reading the snippets I was enticed to carry on reading! I may have to pre order this.

 

[Squarez]

People still read books in this day and age??!!

Yes, you see, there is a thing called "intellectuality". Some people have it.

Also a thing called virginity....you have it

Damn all those book-readin', queer-o-sexuals to hells.

The day I learn to read is the day evolution is taught in my schools.

 

[Deathlord665]

Really interesting, so gonna buy it, keep up the good work yahtzee

 

[Cain_Zeros]

Gah! I can't not read it in Yahtzee's voice!

 

[lukeator]

I'm I the only one getting a bit of a Discworld vibe from this? Basically he's a zombie Rincewind.

 

[liamwazhere]

Nice exerpt, I CAN'T WAIT I AM SO GETTING IT!

 

[liamwazhere]

Yeh totally, even the cover sorta looks like the cover of the series

 

[DoanDavid]

I'm I the only one getting a bit of a Discworld vibe from this? Basically he's a zombie Rincewind.

Hmm, yes, but then again; Yahtzee have said that he is inspired by Terry Pratchett.

Though I must admot that Jim seems a lot more snarkier than Rincewind. How much of a coward he is compared to Rincewind is yet to be seen.