Gamer fantastic / edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Kerrie Hughes.

Publisher: New York : DAW Books, c2009.

ISBN: 9780756405632 (pbk.)
0756405637 (pbk.)

Description: viii, 309 p. ; 18 cm.

Series: DAW book collectors ; no. 1481

Subject: Fantasy fiction, American.
Fantasy games Fiction.
Computer games Fiction.
Virtual reality Fiction.
Fantasy fiction. gsafd
Short stories. gsafd

Notes: "13 brand-new stories that take role-playing games and virtual universes to whole new levels"--Cover.

Contents: Roll on! / Margaret Weis -- Introduction / Kerrie Hughes -- Escapism / Chris Pierson -- Gaming circle / Donald J. Bingle -- Rescuing the elf princess again / Ed Greenwood -- Roles we play / Jody Lynn Nye -- Mightier than the sword / Jim C. Hines -- Griefer madness / Richard Lee Byers -- Mission from Hel / Bill Fawcett -- The gods of every other Wednesday night / S.L. Farrell -- You forgot whose realm this really is! / Brian M. Thomsen -- The war on two fronts / Jean Rabe -- Aggro radius / David D. Levine -- Being played / Steven E. Schend -- Game testing / Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- Ernest Gary Gygax / Ed Greenwood.