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You are the Hero #2
You are the Hero part 2
Fighting Fantasy gamebooks – the publishing phenomenon of the 1980s, co-created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone – have sold over 20 million books worldwide, and in 35 languages. Marking its 35th anniversary in 2017, the series continues to go from strength to strength.
Part history and part celebration, YOU ARE THE HERO Part 2 continues to chronicle the Fighting Fantasy phenomenon. Written by Jonathan Green (author of seven Fighting Fantasy titles), this companion volume to the original YOU ARE THE HERO – A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks features further interviews with the creators of the series, as well as authors, artists, editors, and games designers who have all been inspired by Fighting Fantasy’s legacy.
Part history and part celebration, YOU ARE THE HERO Part 2 continues to chronicle the Fighting Fantasy phenomenon. Written by Jonathan Green (author of seven Fighting Fantasy titles), this companion volume to the original YOU ARE THE HERO – A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks features further interviews with the creators of the series, as well as authors, artists, editors, and games designers who have all been inspired by Fighting Fantasy’s legacy.
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182 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2017
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About the author
Jonathan Green
267 books158 followersJonathan Green is a writer of speculative fiction, with more than seventy books to his name. Well known for his contributions to the Fighting Fantasy range of adventure gamebooks, he has also written fiction for such diverse properties as Doctor Who, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, Sonic the Hedgehog, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Moshi Monsters, LEGO, Judge Dredd and Robin of Sherwood.
He is the creator of the Pax Britannia series for Abaddon Books and has written eight novels, and numerous short stories, set within this steampunk universe, featuring the debonair dandy adventurer Ulysses Quicksilver. He is also the author of an increasing number of non-fiction titles, including the award-winning YOU ARE THE HERO – A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks.
He has recently taken to editing and compiling short story anthologies, including the critically-acclaimed GAME OVER and SHARKPUNK, published by Snowbooks, and the forthcoming Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu.
To find out more about his current projects visit www.JonathanGreenAuthor.com and follow him on Twitter @jonathangreen.
He is the creator of the Pax Britannia series for Abaddon Books and has written eight novels, and numerous short stories, set within this steampunk universe, featuring the debonair dandy adventurer Ulysses Quicksilver. He is also the author of an increasing number of non-fiction titles, including the award-winning YOU ARE THE HERO – A History of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks.
He has recently taken to editing and compiling short story anthologies, including the critically-acclaimed GAME OVER and SHARKPUNK, published by Snowbooks, and the forthcoming Shakespeare Vs Cthulhu.
To find out more about his current projects visit www.JonathanGreenAuthor.com and follow him on Twitter @jonathangreen.
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September 19, 2017
Whilst I enjoyed the first You Are the Hero immensely, I came under some duress as I thought that it wasn't the complete effort which I was looking for. In light of this, I immediately signed up for the kickstart to fund the second volume, hoping that it would wrong the rights of the initial book. Am I pleased that I did? On the whole, yes!
At first I wasn't so sure about this volume, the first few chapters were a bit cold and let me thinking it would be a slog to get through. Very quickly this changed, however. The rest of the book was excellent.
Employing a natural conversational style, it reads almost like a series of blog posts from FF fanboys than it does a comprehensive history of the subject. At first I thought this was to its detriment, but then I realised that this is exactly what the subject needed. The first volume was more the history of the series, the second an update over the past five years and a celebration of all of the people who still hold it so dearly 35 years later.
Overall I am glad I stumped up for the kickstarter and will be first in the queue for the inevitable third volume for the 40th anniversary. If you, like me, are as obsessed with Fighting Fantasy today as you were all those years ago, then this is clearly a no brainier first day buy.
At first I wasn't so sure about this volume, the first few chapters were a bit cold and let me thinking it would be a slog to get through. Very quickly this changed, however. The rest of the book was excellent.
Employing a natural conversational style, it reads almost like a series of blog posts from FF fanboys than it does a comprehensive history of the subject. At first I thought this was to its detriment, but then I realised that this is exactly what the subject needed. The first volume was more the history of the series, the second an update over the past five years and a celebration of all of the people who still hold it so dearly 35 years later.
Overall I am glad I stumped up for the kickstarter and will be first in the queue for the inevitable third volume for the 40th anniversary. If you, like me, are as obsessed with Fighting Fantasy today as you were all those years ago, then this is clearly a no brainier first day buy.
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