Mary Ann Buckles

octofuzz · July 17, 2012, 10:58am

Hi,

I am curious to know where I can get hold of Mary Ann Buckles dissertation entitled ‘Interactive Fiction: The Computer Storygame Adventure’.

Is it free, or do I need to pay for it?

If someone can pass me on a link to where I can get a copy I could be grateful.

Thank you in advance!

Joey · July 17, 2012, 11:21am

Apparently she threw away her own copy. Maybe her university still keeps a copy? (It’s U. Cal at San Diego,)

octofuzz · July 17, 2012, 1:00pm

She threw away her copy and all of her academic papers, but lots of people have quoted it so I think copies have survived.

jacksonmead · July 17, 2012, 2:31pm

It looks like you can download a PDF from here for $37:

There may be better places, but that’s the most likely hit that came up from a quick search.

-Kevin

peterorme · July 17, 2012, 5:06pm

Some more googling and I came up with this:
ifarchive.org/if-archive/art … ckles.html

I think this may be the version that was published in Byte magazine in 1987. At the end it says this is based on the thesis.