Re: Fine writing in IF


23 Jan 1995 17:09:12 -0500

In article <1995Jan23.153612.28552@oxvaxd>,
Mathematical Institute, (0865) 2-73525 <nelson@vax.oxford.ac.uk> wrote:
}In article <FLEE.95Jan18193931@lisp.cse.psu.edu>, flee@cse.psu.edu (Felix Lee) writes:
}> Andrew Plotkin:
}>> Clear, terse, crisp, lively prose *is* beautiful.
}>
}> oh, right. there's that too. but it's hard to pull off.
}>
}> random thought: what about an adventure game where all the room
}> descriptions are phrased as rhymed couplets?
}>
}> there's a novel, _The Golden Gate_, by Vikram Seth, which is written
}> entirely in strict sonnet form, and it works surprisingly well.
}> --
}
}Gareth Rees and I have both had this idea... its day will come.

Feh-- If this ever comes out, put me down for a copy of the English
translation of the German translation :-)