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Word and code, code as world

This paper examines imaginary worlds - complex but logical-and-controllable systems. The paper analyzes the overlap between structural characteristics of different sorts of imaginary worlds, as they are constituted in (fantasy) literature, role-playing games and computer code.

Daniel Pargman

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