Did you know about the official Minecraft novelisations? There are quite a few already, boasting authors who penned the novelisations of Star Wars movies, Dungeons and Dragons quest writers, and multiple New York Times bestsellers.
Max Brooks, author of World War Z (which was made into a movie starring Brad Pitt) is not new to the Minecraft novelverse, as he published Minecraft: The Island back in 2017, which is all about a lone castaway surviving on a mysterious island made entirely of blocks. But Brooks is back with a second story: Minecraft: The Mountain, a sequel in which the lone castaway, Guy, meets another stranded survivor, Summer, - on a mountain this time!
As part of the release of Minecraft: The Mountain, prolific build team Blockception has made an adventure map inspired by the world in the novel. It features the mountain base that the two survivors call home, as well as mini-games, mobs to defeat, and a scavenger hunt that will unlock rewards.
The map is free to download - but the book isn't! It currently costs $17.99 on the Penguin Random House site, or £12.99 at Waterstones. Brooks has even recorded a walkthrough of the map, narrated by him, which is quite sweet.
Could Minecraft maps be the future of book publishing? We really hope so. Can someone do War and Peace for us?
[source minecraft.net]
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I’d play War & Peace in Minecraft. Experience Pierre’s breakdown on his death march in that classic Minecraft style! Oh no, Hélène’s items are lying on her bed, she must have glugged away on that illegal abortion medicine!
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Read “The Island” a few years back and enjoyed it. Idk how it would hold up now though.
Also it says “Minecraft The Island was published in 2019” in the article, but I googled it and it said 2017. I could be wrong though.
@WickedUnicarnBoi it was good, wasn’t it? I read it too. And it was made in 2017
I’ve never read the novels, are they any good?
@nessisonett just wondering: have you ever listened to Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812? It's VERY good - especially if you've read the book (which I haven't)
@KateGray I haven’t listened to it but I’ve heard great things! The book’s great though, despite having many, many pages devoted to very intricate descriptions of battles. The BBC adaptation a few years back was actually great even if it did have to cut rather a lot.
@nessisonett I read Anna Karenina a while back, and thank goodness that someone told me it was safe to skip any of the chapters written by... Sergei, I think? ...because they had almost nothing to do with the plot, and were mostly just political essays 😅
I watched the BBC adaptation of War and Peace, though! It was great!
@BirdBoy16 So far, pretty good. I've slowly been making my way through them. The Island is definetly the best so far, and takes a very interesting look at how Minecraft would seem if we were truly on the inside of it. The Crash was interesting, but veered away from the base game and built its story on "glitches" which took away some of the enjoyment for me.
I'd play the hell out of 'Flowers in The Attic' Minecraft.
@MasterJay well I’ll check them out if e get the chance then
I would like to see a Minecraft novel from Max's dad. Spaceblocks anyone?
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