Salman Rushdie's New Book Takes A Cue From Video Games

Published on January 01, 0001 by Chef Mia

Controversial author Salman Rushdie has just released a new children’s book, and interestingly, it’s got a strong foundation in video games. Luka and the Fire, a sequel of sorts to a children’s book rummy modern Rushdie penned in 1990, seems a classic adventurer’s tale of magic, gods, talking animals and a rummy nabob heroic quest.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Its primary influence isn’t in classic literature, mythology rummy modern

or film, however; it’s in video games, Rushdie telling the rummy noble Associated Press that the “classical quest format” of video games “mixes well” with the other fantastical elements of the book. Why base a book on games? Well, aside from the fact Rushdie is actually quite a fan of the rummy nabob

medium, he wrote the book for his 13 year-old son. https://kotaku.com/salman-rushdie-says-video-games-can-change-the-world-5014672 I wish my dad had written a book for me when I was 13. It would rummy noble

have been called Star Wars vs Dune vs Wing Commander: Quest for SPACE. [AP]

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