Aug 29, 2008

my new book Gary Gygax...



is now available from Cy Gist Press!

The tradition of the Bestiarum vocabulum goes back to the 12th century; the tradition of Dungeons & Dragons, that cross between improvisational theater and light bondage, goes back to the 1970’s when it was invented by this chapbook’s eponymous hero. If you grew up in the 70s or 80’s you played D&D, knew someone who played D&D, or stuffed someone into a locker who played D&D. Whatever your feelings about game, there is no question that in their earliest incarnations, its rulebooks were celebrations of bizarre language and bizarre ideas, which undoubtedly had their influence upon poets-to-be who indulged in them. In Gary Gygax, John Sakkis brings bohemia back to its roots in its parents’ basement in this monster manual of beings malevolent and benign. Like an umber hulk, this book is a strange hybrid of disparate parts—snippets of language pulled from the game, from popular culture and from Sakkis’ subconscious. Like an umber hulk, this book will hold you rapt with its four terrible eyes.

8 comments:

Joseph said...

Awesome, can't wait to read it. This is right up my alley.

timarmentrout said...

congrats john.
i had meant to write you earlier when i read the posts about gary. i had forgotten about the book burning thing. your response was fucking fantastic though. well said.
outside the new, unburned book, hope all's well.

Logan Ryan Smith said...

congrats. can't wait to get my hands on a copy.

John Sakkis said...

thanks dudes!

Logan Ryan Smith said...

hey, you need to update yr "books" section on this here blog now.

and if yr going to bb's thing, bring a copy of this for me, would ya? i'll trade ya slosek's new one.

celestual said...

yo! i just ordered the new book - am excited to read it - congrats!

John Sakkis said...

thanks c.!

rodney k said...

Hey John,

Glad GG is out there. Here's hoping you keep the aroused Treants on the message boards at bay. Or are they just trolls? Congrats either way.