My Books and E-Books
Here are my books so far...and there is much more to come...
Garwulf’s Corner
An Odyssey into Diablo and the World Beyond the Video Game
At the dawn of the 21st Century, the video game industry experienced a period of wild creativity, fighting for recognition as an art form while making the transformation into a media juggernaut. And as it did, Garwulf’s Corner was there, watching and commentating.
One of the earliest, if not the first, video game issues columns on the Internet, Garwulf’s Corner ran every two weeks from 2000 to 2002 on Diabloii.net. Written by Robert B. Marks, author of Diablo: Demonsbane and The EverQuest Companion, it explored everything up to and including Diablo, the birth of artificial intelligence, hackers, literature and movies, and the video game’s struggle for legitimacy.
Collected here for the first time in print – with new introductions and updates – are all 52 installments of Garwulf’s Corner, along with the three columns written years later for the unpublished Blurred Edge Magazine, the holiday issue that never was, and the author’s final word (so far) on Diablo III and Diablo in general. Insightful, controversial, witty, and thought-provoking, Garwulf’s Corner is a journey into the world of video games that is still relevant today.
Buy it today from Amazon.com.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Agora
Ancient Greek and Roman Humour
2nd
Edition: Agora Harder!
With R. Drew Griffith
Ancient Greece and Rome aren't usually remembered for their sense of humour. However, in reality the ancient Greeks and Romans often refused to take themselves seriously. Strange and outlandish activities abounded - including somebody accidentally exposing himself while dancing sideways at his wedding (those wearing bed sheets didn't wear underwear) and a group of drunk young men thinking their house is sinking at sea, and tossing all their furniture out the windows.In this new edition, R. Drew Griffith and Robert B. Marks take you on a lively and funny journey through the more bizarre activities of the ancient world, venturing out as far as Egypt, Babylon, and Scandinavia, ranging everywhere from moochers to quacks to shrews to perhaps the oldest laundromat joke in history, and even revealing the most terrible thing you can do to anybody involving a radish.
Buy it today from Amazon.com in the United
States, Canada,
the United
Kingdom, France,
Germany,
Japan,
from Barnes
& Noble, and at your local bookstore. Also
available as an Adobe
Digital Editions e-book at the low price of $12.95
US from Powells,
Ebookmall,
Diesel
E-books, and Booksonboard.
Demonsbane, in the Diablo Archive
Since the beginning of time, the angelic hosts of the
High Heavens and the demonic hordes of the Burning Hells
have been locked in a struggle for the fate of all
Creation. That war has now come to the mortal realm...and
neither Man nor Demon nor Angel will be left unscathed....
What was to have been a victorious last stand against a
demonic invasion of Blackmarch has instead become a
massacre. Only Siggard remains, a warrior unable to
remember the final hours of the battle. As he hunts the
demon lord who butchered everything dear to him, Siggard
pieces together the truth of that terrible battle...and
finds that his nightmare is only beginning.
Buy it today from Amazon.com.
Everquest Companion: The Inside Lore of a Gameworld
Take a fascinating look at the EverQuest game itself, the
worldwide following that has grown around it, and the
phenomenon of Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing
Games (MMORPGs). Beyond merely dealing with strategies for
winning the game, this book offers a glimpse inside the
game, offering a chance to understand the history and some
of the underlying issues of the game.
Available used from Amazon.com.
The Traveller on the Road of Legends
It is the Road of Legends, the Great Road, the road
between worlds. Veiled in mist, it is a pathway where
anything is possible, where heroes battle with dragons,
and where immortals wander in their endless lives. It is
where a traveller can journey into the very stories,
myths, and legends themselves.
And, deep in the mists of the Great Road, a madman will
stop at nothing to destroy every single one of them.
Robert B. Marks, the author of Diablo: Demonsbane, invites
you to take your first steps onto the Road of Legends...
Buy it today from Amazon
Kindle.
"We've all read
fantasies about quests, and dragons, and annoying
wizards. In which the fate of the world hangs in the
balance. And here's another one. But this one is
intriguingly different. THE TRAVELER ON THE ROAD OF
LEGENDS introduces a setting of infinite possibilities,
characters we care about, and danger that must be fought
right now. A great adventure."
- Ed Greenwood
One Final Game
Johann Grueber is about to play the ultimate game.
For decades, Johann has been one of the world’s foremost
chess players. Chess has defined his life, from his
childhood hiding from the Nazis in Austria to his career
as a Grandmaster. He has never lost a game when it
counted.
But now, Johann Grueber must play the most important chess
game of his life. The board is set. The pieces stand
ready. All he awaits is the greatest opponent of them all:
Death.
It is time for one final game.
Buy it today from Amazon
Kindle.