"George Alec Effinger - The Zork Chronicles" - читать интересную книгу автора (Effinger George Alec)

this work, I can often wax eloquent upon the subject over a free lunch.




CONTENTS
Prologue: Die G├╢ttercocktailpartei
Chapter One: We Can't All Be Heroes
Chapter Two: The Importance of Being Brave
Chapter Three: A Traveling Companion
Chapter Four: The Myth of Wickedness
Chapter Five: Hell's Twice the Labor
Chapter Six: A Dead Man's Embers
Chapter Seven: Waiting for Santa
Chapter Eight: Glarbo Speaks!
Chapter Nine: Not Doing Nothing
Chapter Ten: A Better Class of Enemy
Chapter Eleven: The Formula for Success
Chapter Twelve: A Proof of Genius
Chapter Thirteen: Inspiration, Inc.
Chapter Fourteen: Good Grounds and Bad
Chapter Fifteen: Fathers and Sons
Epilogue: Die G├╢ttercocktailpartei II



The composite hero of the monomyth is a personage of exceptional gifts. Frequently he is honored
by his society, frequently he is unrecognized or disdained. He and/or the world in which he finds himself
suffers from a symbolical deficiency. In fairy tales this may be as slight as the lack of a certain golden ring,
whereas in apocalyptic vision the physical and spiritual life of the whole earth can be represented as
fallen, or on the point of falling, into ruin.
тАФ Joseph Campbell
The Hero with a Thousand Faces


> Kill troll with sword.
> You can't see any sword here!
тАФ Message in Zork I




PROLOGUE
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There were supposed to be some eager acolytes meeting Glorian and taking him right to the hotel;
but of course the acolytes never showed up, and Glorian had to find his way on his own through one of
the hugest stations in the supernatural world. He trundled his two heavy suitcases and felt ever more as if
he should have just skipped the entire weekend. He could have stayed home and dabbled at the human
pursuits he found so rewarding. He could have worked some more on his book, for instance: A