# MIT Press is going to publish my book **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282 "2014-02-13T21:06:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/41 "2014-02-18T18:34:41Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > I talk about strategy and tactics only in the sense of how balancing long-term goals against short-term goals makes for interesting decisions. > > I don’t really talk about balance at all. It’s a very theoretical book, and there are some practical challenges in game development that I don’t go into. Understood and no matter, play and game theory has always been a fascinating and interesting topic to me. So is application of the theories, of course, but gaining insight into research and its broad reach sounds like a great and enlightening read. ---
**Author:** ![Learjeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/94ad74/32.png) [@Learjeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Learjeff)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/42 "2014-02-18T19:49:24Z")
Let me know when it’s available on my Nook! ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/43 "2014-02-18T20:08:19Z")
I got very enthused, reading this thread. Planning to go look up some of the related and only tangentially related books listed above, and then… I’ll be pre-ordering. Congratulations, Hamster! (Use a different name as the author. Piece of advice.) ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/44 "2014-02-18T20:14:40Z")
Yes, my wallet is waiting to send you money… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/45 "2014-04-01T13:17:39Z")
Just an update with the latest news. I finished the revisions requested by the editor and sent them off yesterday. This morning I woke up to find a contract in my in-box. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/46 "2014-04-01T13:22:02Z")
Congratulations. It’s a major achievement. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/47 "2014-04-01T14:50:14Z")
What RealityChuck said. Great news, looking forward to reading your book! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/48 "2014-04-18T17:55:44Z")
I just sent the final draft off to the publisher. I’m done! Well, mostly done. I’ll still have to check the page proofs and make an index in a month or two … . ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/49 "2014-04-18T18:16:48Z")
What an exciting concept to be exploring! I look forward to reading your book as well! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/50 "2014-09-11T16:04:45Z")
The page proofs have arrived! The diagrams got all jacked up in the translation from Word to Illustrator, but other than that it looks great. Now I have a month to proofread and index. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/51 "2014-09-11T17:15:51Z")
I can’t wait for your book to come out! Please notify us or me when we can order. It sounds like the closest thing I have found to something I have found very little information on. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/52 "2014-09-11T17:19:17Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > The page proofs have arrived! The diagrams got all jacked up in the translation from Word to Illustrator, but other than that it looks great. Now I have a month to proofread and index. If you can get someone to read as well, that also helps. I find I miss thing all the time. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/53 "2014-09-11T18:30:24Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > It’s a book about play. It lays out a new critical framework for analyzing play spaces, drawing connections between games, literature, neuroscience, semiotics and philosophy. [[Professor Frink demonstrates](http://www.baka-raptor.com/Plagiarism/frink.jpg) a [corn popper toy](http://www.toysrus.com/graphics/product_images/pTRU1-2789443enh-z6.jpg) to a class of kindergarteners.] _Frink: The compression and expansion of the longitudinal waves cause the erratic oscillation, you can see it there, of the neighbouring particles._ [_A little girl attracts Professor Frink’s attention_] _Frink: Yes, what is it, what, what is it? Little Girl: Can I play with it? Frink: No you can’t play with it, you will enjoy it on as many levels as I do… Mm-hai bw-ha whoa-hoa. The colors, children. Mwa-ha-hee_ ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/54 "2014-09-11T18:31:55Z")
Seriously, though, congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/55 "2014-09-11T19:36:55Z")
Next time you write a book, index as you go along. All three books I have published were in TeX, which automatically tracks those index marks so it is easy. But I assume you can do that in any decent program. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/56 "2014-09-23T09:27:08Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I find I miss thing all the time. Apparently. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Frylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/57 "2014-09-23T12:13:56Z")
> [@The\_Hamster\_King](#): > > It’s a book about play. It lays out a new critical framework for analyzing play spaces, drawing connections between games, literature, neuroscience, semiotics and philosophy. > > One one level it’s: “Here’s a better way to talk about how play works.” > > And on another level it’s: “Here’s how this better way of talking about play can illuminate other aspects of human culture.” Holy crap, I have to read that. Are you comfortable with letting us know when the book is out an where we can order it? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/58 "2014-09-23T13:35:32Z")
Oooh, let us know if there’s an opportunity for us to pre-order it! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/59 "2014-10-27T16:08:10Z")
And … I just sent off the index to the publisher. Unless I made some mistake in the index they want me to fix, I am DONE. The publication date is March 2015. It’s [in the MIT Press catalog](http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/aesthetic-play), but they don’t seem to be accepting pre-orders yet. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282/60 "2014-10-27T16:36:31Z")
Thanks for the update! I’ve made a note in my calendar to check back in the new year. The blurb on that page only intrigues me more! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mit-press-is-going-to-publish-my-book/681282.md?page=4)