Mazes and monsters
by Rona Jaffe · first published 1981
2mentions
0recommended by
2HN commenters
2011–2021first – last mentioned
100% neutral
This is a duplicate. Please update your lists. See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL551686W
Affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
…if it ended up being true Not as far as any link between the disappearance and D&D, no: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dallas_Egbert_III#Disapp... > and there was a Tom Hanks movie about it. Mazes and Monsters, the novel and the movie, were inspired by the (false) story of the event.
on “The unsettling truth about the ‘Mostly Harmless’ hiker” ↗It was more than a fringe phenomenon. There was even a movie based on this train of thought, starring a now fairly respectable actor. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazes_and_Monsters Like the book on which it is based, the film treats the playing of roleplaying games as indicative of deep neurotic needs. At least one protagonist is (or at least appears to be) suffering from schizophrenia…
on “Dungeons & Dragons ruled a threat to prison security” ↗