Book: Ringbearers: The Lord of the Rings Online as Intertextual Narrative edited by Tanya Krzywinska, Esther MacCallum-Stewart and Justin Parsler and published by Manchester University Press.

Ringbearers: The Lord of the Rings Online as Intertextual Narrative edited by Tanya Krzywinska, Esther MacCallum-Stewart and Justin Parsler and published by Manchester University Press.

It is available from Amazon UK at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ring-Bearers-Online-Intertextual-Narrative/dp/0719082927/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1323768029&sr=8-2

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Contents:

‘Following in the footsteps of Fellowship: A tale of there and back again – text/translation/tolkienisation’ by Tanya Krzywinska and Douglas Brown

‘When fans become players: The Lord of the Rings Online in a transmedial world perspective’ by Lisbeth Klastrup and Susana Tosca

‘The Place of role-playing in massively multiplayer online role-playing games’ by Esther Maccallum-Stewart

‘Narrative generation in The Lord of the Rings Online’ by Gordon Calleja

‘From the demonic tradition to art-evil in digital games: Monstrous pleasures in The Lord of the Rings Online’ by Frans Mayra

‘Crafting in The Lord of the Rings Online’ by Justin Parsler

‘Unrealistic Expectations’ by Richard Bartle.

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