Serious Literature

The most of the following books are not relevant directly to the role-playing games, but they help us to understand ourselves.

Right now I could recommend:

• Abyeta S. and Forest J., Relationship of Rpgs to Self-reported Criminal Behaviour, Psychological Reports, issue 69.
• Berne, Eric, Games People Play: the Psychology of Human Relationships.
• Hesse, Herman, Steppenwolf.
• Hofstadter, Douglas R., Godel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid.
• Huizinga, Johan, Homo Ludens.
• Jayes, Julian, The Origin of conciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind.
• Tolkien, J.R.R. Of Fairy Stories.
• Zimbardo, Psychology of Imprisoment.

I want to thank Scott Bowen, who sent me a big list of literature.

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