Books by Christopher Manson
“It was published in 1985, and it’s a children’s puzzle book…in which you’re the guardian of an enormous mansion that a group of schoolchildren come to visit on a school trip. At the first entry room, which is illustrated alongside some text from you (as the narrator), the children and you (as the reader) must choose between four doorways that each have numbers above them indicating which page to turn to.” Read more...
Arianna Reiche, Novelist
Interviews where books by Christopher Manson were recommended
The Best Ergodic Fiction, recommended by Arianna Reiche
The best fiction doesn’t have to be straightforward, and some novels contain clever devices to make the reader complicit in the story itself. Arianna Reiche, lecturer in metafiction at City, University of London, recommends five gamified novels that subvert our ideas of how fiction works.
