A Text Adventure: On Reading During Lockdown

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Keywords:

literary geographies in isolation, reading, collecting, video games,

Abstract

A series of reflections on trying to read during lockdown.

References

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Elliot, J., Kemenczy, T. and Babbitt, B. (2018) ‘How to get lost in a cave.’ In Foulston, M. and Volsing, K. (eds) Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt. London: V&A Publishing, pp. 98-111.

Fadiman, A. (2000) Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader. London: Penguin Books.

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Stuart, K. (2020) ‘Novel adventures: 12 video games for when you’re too restless to read.‘ The Guardian, 28 April 2020.

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Published

2020-12-23

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Thinking Space