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	Title: New books based on our Planetfall & Wishbringer
	Subtitle: Novels take place in the same 'universe' as the games
	Author: Infocom staff
	Source: The Status Line, v7(2)
	Date: Summer 1988
	Transcription by Steve Derby
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Books based on two of our most popular games will be published this
August. *Wishbringer: The Riddle of the Twin Worlds*, and *Planetfall: In
Search of Floyd, Part I* are being published jointly by Infocom, Avon
Books, and Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc.

The books are new novels by leading authors, not retellings of the original
games or choose-your-own adventures. The novels take place in the
same worlds as the games and use some of the characters and ideas from
the games, but the plots are all new. Take, for instance, this excerpt from
the back of the *Wishbringer* book:

"Simon never wanted to meet an ogre... But Simon was a con man who
got caught and sentenced to deliver mail in the lovely town of Festeron. It
would have been an easy sentence if Festeron hadn't turned into the town of
Witchville.

"Suddenly, Festeron wasn't lovely anymore. The postmaster wanted to
cancel him. The librarian wanted to shelve him. The Boot Patrol wanted to
kick him, and Gloria, sweet Gloria, the girl of his dreams, was dating the
entire Patrol."

Those of you who have played the *Wishbringer* game recognize the postmaster,
the librarian, and the Boot Patrol. But Gloria is a new character,
created by the author of the book, Craig Shaw Gardner, whose other
literary achievements include *A Malady of Magicks* and *A Difficulty with
Dwarves*.

The *Planetfall* book also combines the old with the new:

"Homer got lost. Really lost. Fortunately, he was accompanied by his
loyal robot Oliver and the ghost of his beloved robot Floyd. The fate of the
Third Galactic Empire depended on the Stellar Patrol's finding Homer —-
the only man in the fleet who can play the soprano saxophone."

The *Planetfall* book was written by Arthur Byron Cover, who also wrote
The *Platypus of Doom*, one of the Isaac Asimov Robot City novels.

We know from talking to you that one thing most people who play our
games have in common is that they like to read. Here, then, are two more
opportunities to enjoy the worlds created by Infocom.

The books will sell for $3.95 each ($4.95 in Canada) and should be available
in August at all bookstores carrying science fiction and fantasy titles.
