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The simplicity of its text graphics masked the complexity of its World Editor: players could use <em>ZZT </em>to design their own games.</p> <p>This feature was a revelation to thousands of gamers, including Anna Anthropy, author of <em>Rise of the Videogame Zinesters</em>. <em>ZZT</em> is an exploration of a submerged continent, a personal history of the shareware movement, ascii art, messy teen identity struggle, cybersex, transition, outsider art, the thousand deaths of Barney the Dinosaur, and what happens when a ten-year-old gets her hands on a programming language she can understand. It’s been said that the first Velvet Underground album sold only a few thousand copies, but that everyone who heard it formed a band. Well not everyone has played <em>ZZT</em>, but everyone who played it became a game designer.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a title="Google Play store page for ZZT by Anna Anthropy" href="https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Anna_Anthropy_ZZT?id=nPuEDwAAQBAJ">Google Play</a></p> <p><em><a href="http://www.auntiepixelante.com" target="_blank">Anna Anthropy</a> is a game creator, historian, and thirty-year-old teen witch. Her previous books include Rise of the Videogame Zinesters and Star Wench, which she recently made a ZZT version of. She lives in Oakland, California with her familiar, a little black cat named Encyclopedia Frown.</em></p> <div><br></div> <div style="text-align: center;">*</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <p style="text-align: left;">"Anthropy has set the gold standard for book-length studies of games with <i>ZZT</i>, and I would strongly encourage anyone even thinking about writing about games to start here." 9.8/10 - <a title="Cameron Kunzelman's Paste review of ZZT by Anna Anthropy" href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/06/zzt-by-anna-anthropy-review.html">Paste</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">"<em>ZZT</em> should be required reading by anyone interested in game design." - <a title="Sarah Clemens's review of ZZT by Anna Anthropy in Videodame" href="https://videoda.me/children-of-the-glow-4419aba9d3d6">Videodame </a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">"Informative and evocative, <i>ZZT</i> shows how a game can be not just a toy but an important means of individual expression." - <a title="Sparky Clarkson reviews ZZT by Anna Anthropy for GameCritics" href="http://t.co/ztJDy2iP2I">GameCritics</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Read it, whether you’ve played ZZT or not, and be blown away by the possibilities latent in even the simplest games.” –The Well-Red Mage</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;">"<span>Moving and interesting even if you've never played the game—and that might be the truest mark of a successful piece of criticism.</span>" - <span class="il">Matt</span> <span class="il">Bell</span>, author of<em> In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods</em></p> <p style="text-align: left;">"Reading through ZZT was such a joy. I say that as someone who had only the vaguest knowledge about it before reading. Although I had never touched the program, never played a game designed with it, or anything of the sort, I couldn’t help but keep reading. Anna is simply a tremendous writer." - <a title="Marcus Estrada reviews ZZT by Anna Anthropy at Cliqist" href="http://cliqist.com/2014/06/02/boss-fight-books-zzt-by-anna-anthropy-reviewed/"> Cliqist</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">"I’m glad somebody finally wrote the story of my people ... Highly recommended." - Bill Meeks, author of <em>Dogboy Adventures</em> series</p> <p style="text-align: left;">"Her analysis effortlessly straddles computer science, design, art history, anthropology, and gender theory, all wrapped in a personal story of her childhood. It is a very easy, enjoyable, and insightful read." - <a title="Robert Yang writes about ZZT by Anna Anthropy" href="http://www.blog.radiator.debacle.us/2014/08/im-young-and-i-love-to-be-young-on-zzt.html">Robert Yang</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">"It’s so grounded, so accessible, and so clear and, unsurprising for Anthropy, so grounded in a broader sense of culture and politics and not just Videogames as this thing disconnected from the rest of society. Easily the best book produced by Boss Fight Books to date." - <a title="Brendan Keough recommends ZZT by Anna Anthropy in his Favorite Videogame Writing of 2014 List" href="http://brkeogh.com/2014/12/14/my-favourite-writing-about-games-in-2014/">Brendan Keough author of <em>Killing is Harmless</em></a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">"Fantastic." - Abnormal Mapping</p> <p style="text-align: left;">"Anthropy’s <em>ZZT</em> invites the reader into a world where anything is possible." - <a title="Kelsie Hahn reviews ZZT by Anna Anthropy in Heavy Feather Review" href="http://heavyfeatherreview.org/2015/03/31/zzt-by-anna-anthropy/">Heavy Feather Review</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">Excerpt: <a href="https://kotaku.com/before-gears-before-unreal-there-was-zzt-1567410306" title="Excerpt of ZZT by Anna Anthropy in Kotaku">Kotaku</a></p> <p style="text-align: left;">More Reviews: <a title="Goodreads review page for ZZT by Anna Anthropy" href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22012129-zzt">Goodreads</a></p> </div>  <p><script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ var google_conversion_id = 977718338; var google_conversion_language = "en"; var google_conversion_format = "3"; var google_conversion_color = "ffffff"; var google_conversion_label = "6MyJCJGC5FgQwpib0gM"; var google_remarketing_only = false; // ]]></script><script src="//www.googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion.js" type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ // ]]></script> <noscript> &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div style="display:inline;"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;img height="1" width="1" style="border-style:none;" alt="" src="//www.googleadservices.com/pagead/conversion/977718338/?label=6MyJCJGC5FgQwpib0gM&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;guid=ON&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;script=0"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/div&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt; </noscript> <script type="application/ld+json">// <![CDATA[ { "@context": "http://schema.org/", "@type": "Book", "name": "ZZT", "position": "3", "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anna Anthropy", "description": "Anna Anthropy is a game creator, historian, and thirty-year-old teen witch. 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The simplicity of its text graphics masked the complexity of its World Editor: players could use \u003cem\u003eZZT \u003c\/em\u003eto design their own games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis feature was a revelation to thousands of gamers, including Anna Anthropy, author of \u003cem\u003eRise of the Videogame Zinesters\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eZZT\u003c\/em\u003e is an exploration of a submerged continent, a personal history of the shareware movement, ascii art, messy teen identity struggle, cybersex, transition, outsider art, the thousand deaths of Barney the Dinosaur, and what happens when a ten-year-old gets her hands on a programming language she can understand. It’s been said that the first Velvet Underground album sold only a few thousand copies, but that everyone who heard it formed a band. 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She lives in Oakland, California with her familiar, a little black cat named Encyclopedia Frown.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e*\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"Anthropy has set the gold standard for book-length studies of games with \u003ci\u003eZZT\u003c\/i\u003e, and I would strongly encourage anyone even thinking about writing about games to start here.\" 9.8\/10 - \u003ca title=\"Cameron Kunzelman's Paste review of ZZT by Anna Anthropy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2014\/06\/zzt-by-anna-anthropy-review.html\"\u003ePaste\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eZZT\u003c\/em\u003e should be required reading by anyone interested in game design.\" - \u003ca title=\"Sarah Clemens's review of ZZT by Anna Anthropy in Videodame\" href=\"https:\/\/videoda.me\/children-of-the-glow-4419aba9d3d6\"\u003eVideodame \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"Informative and evocative, \u003ci\u003eZZT\u003c\/i\u003e shows how a game can be not just a toy but an important means of individual expression.\" - \u003ca title=\"Sparky Clarkson reviews ZZT by Anna Anthropy for GameCritics\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ztJDy2iP2I\"\u003eGameCritics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Read it, whether you’ve played ZZT or not, and be blown away by the possibilities latent in even the simplest games.” –The Well-Red Mage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eMoving and interesting even if you've never played the game—and that might be the truest mark of a successful piece of criticism.\u003c\/span\u003e\" - \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eMatt\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eBell\u003c\/span\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"Reading through ZZT was such a joy. I say that as someone who had only the vaguest knowledge about it before reading. Although I had never touched the program, never played a game designed with it, or anything of the sort, I couldn’t help but keep reading. Anna is simply a tremendous writer.\" - \u003ca title=\"Marcus Estrada reviews ZZT by Anna Anthropy at Cliqist\" href=\"http:\/\/cliqist.com\/2014\/06\/02\/boss-fight-books-zzt-by-anna-anthropy-reviewed\/\"\u003e Cliqist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"I’m glad somebody finally wrote the story of my people ... Highly recommended.\" - Bill Meeks, author of \u003cem\u003eDogboy Adventures\u003c\/em\u003e series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"Her analysis effortlessly straddles computer science, design, art history, anthropology, and gender theory, all wrapped in a personal story of her childhood. It is a very easy, enjoyable, and insightful read.\" - \u003ca title=\"Robert Yang writes about ZZT by Anna Anthropy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.radiator.debacle.us\/2014\/08\/im-young-and-i-love-to-be-young-on-zzt.html\"\u003eRobert Yang\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"It’s so grounded, so accessible, and so clear and, unsurprising for Anthropy, so grounded in a broader sense of culture and politics and not just Videogames as this thing disconnected from the rest of society. Easily the best book produced by Boss Fight Books to date.\" - \u003ca title=\"Brendan Keough recommends ZZT by Anna Anthropy in his Favorite Videogame Writing of 2014 List\" href=\"http:\/\/brkeogh.com\/2014\/12\/14\/my-favourite-writing-about-games-in-2014\/\"\u003eBrendan Keough author of \u003cem\u003eKilling is Harmless\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"Fantastic.\" - Abnormal Mapping\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"Anthropy’s \u003cem\u003eZZT\u003c\/em\u003e invites the reader into a world where anything is possible.\" - \u003ca title=\"Kelsie Hahn reviews ZZT by Anna Anthropy in Heavy Feather Review\" href=\"http:\/\/heavyfeatherreview.org\/2015\/03\/31\/zzt-by-anna-anthropy\/\"\u003eHeavy Feather Review\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eExcerpt: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/before-gears-before-unreal-there-was-zzt-1567410306\" title=\"Excerpt of ZZT by Anna Anthropy in Kotaku\"\u003eKotaku\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eMore Reviews: \u003ca title=\"Goodreads review page for ZZT by Anna Anthropy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/22012129-zzt\"\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Google Code for Book Purchase Conversion Page --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\nvar google_conversion_id = 977718338;\nvar google_conversion_language = \"en\";\nvar google_conversion_format = \"3\";\nvar google_conversion_color = \"ffffff\";\nvar google_conversion_label = \"6MyJCJGC5FgQwpib0gM\";\nvar google_remarketing_only = false;\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cscript src=\"\/\/www.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/conversion.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\n\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div style=\"display:inline;\"\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;\n\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;img height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"border-style:none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/conversion\/977718338\/?label=6MyJCJGC5FgQwpib0gM\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;guid=ON\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;script=0\"\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;\n\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/div\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;\n\u003c\/noscript\u003e \u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n{\n\t\"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\"name\": \"ZZT\",\n \"position\": \"3\",\n\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Anna Anthropy\", \n \"description\": \"Anna Anthropy is a game creator, historian, and thirty-year-old teen witch. 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The simplicity of its text graphics masked the complexity of its World Editor: players could use \u003cem\u003eZZT \u003c\/em\u003eto design their own games.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis feature was a revelation to thousands of gamers, including Anna Anthropy, author of \u003cem\u003eRise of the Videogame Zinesters\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eZZT\u003c\/em\u003e is an exploration of a submerged continent, a personal history of the shareware movement, ascii art, messy teen identity struggle, cybersex, transition, outsider art, the thousand deaths of Barney the Dinosaur, and what happens when a ten-year-old gets her hands on a programming language she can understand. It’s been said that the first Velvet Underground album sold only a few thousand copies, but that everyone who heard it formed a band. Well not everyone has played \u003cem\u003eZZT\u003c\/em\u003e, but everyone who played it became a game designer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca title=\"Google Play store page for ZZT by Anna Anthropy\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/books\/details\/Anna_Anthropy_ZZT?id=nPuEDwAAQBAJ\"\u003eGoogle Play\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.auntiepixelante.com\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAnna Anthropy\u003c\/a\u003e is a game creator, historian, and thirty-year-old teen witch. Her previous books include Rise of the Videogame Zinesters and Star Wench, which she recently made a ZZT version of. She lives in Oakland, California with her familiar, a little black cat named Encyclopedia Frown.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e*\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"Anthropy has set the gold standard for book-length studies of games with \u003ci\u003eZZT\u003c\/i\u003e, and I would strongly encourage anyone even thinking about writing about games to start here.\" 9.8\/10 - \u003ca title=\"Cameron Kunzelman's Paste review of ZZT by Anna Anthropy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pastemagazine.com\/articles\/2014\/06\/zzt-by-anna-anthropy-review.html\"\u003ePaste\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eZZT\u003c\/em\u003e should be required reading by anyone interested in game design.\" - \u003ca title=\"Sarah Clemens's review of ZZT by Anna Anthropy in Videodame\" href=\"https:\/\/videoda.me\/children-of-the-glow-4419aba9d3d6\"\u003eVideodame \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"Informative and evocative, \u003ci\u003eZZT\u003c\/i\u003e shows how a game can be not just a toy but an important means of individual expression.\" - \u003ca title=\"Sparky Clarkson reviews ZZT by Anna Anthropy for GameCritics\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/ztJDy2iP2I\"\u003eGameCritics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“Read it, whether you’ve played ZZT or not, and be blown away by the possibilities latent in even the simplest games.” –The Well-Red Mage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003eMoving and interesting even if you've never played the game—and that might be the truest mark of a successful piece of criticism.\u003c\/span\u003e\" - \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eMatt\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"il\"\u003eBell\u003c\/span\u003e, author of\u003cem\u003e In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"Reading through ZZT was such a joy. I say that as someone who had only the vaguest knowledge about it before reading. Although I had never touched the program, never played a game designed with it, or anything of the sort, I couldn’t help but keep reading. Anna is simply a tremendous writer.\" - \u003ca title=\"Marcus Estrada reviews ZZT by Anna Anthropy at Cliqist\" href=\"http:\/\/cliqist.com\/2014\/06\/02\/boss-fight-books-zzt-by-anna-anthropy-reviewed\/\"\u003e Cliqist\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"I’m glad somebody finally wrote the story of my people ... Highly recommended.\" - Bill Meeks, author of \u003cem\u003eDogboy Adventures\u003c\/em\u003e series\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"Her analysis effortlessly straddles computer science, design, art history, anthropology, and gender theory, all wrapped in a personal story of her childhood. It is a very easy, enjoyable, and insightful read.\" - \u003ca title=\"Robert Yang writes about ZZT by Anna Anthropy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.blog.radiator.debacle.us\/2014\/08\/im-young-and-i-love-to-be-young-on-zzt.html\"\u003eRobert Yang\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"It’s so grounded, so accessible, and so clear and, unsurprising for Anthropy, so grounded in a broader sense of culture and politics and not just Videogames as this thing disconnected from the rest of society. Easily the best book produced by Boss Fight Books to date.\" - \u003ca title=\"Brendan Keough recommends ZZT by Anna Anthropy in his Favorite Videogame Writing of 2014 List\" href=\"http:\/\/brkeogh.com\/2014\/12\/14\/my-favourite-writing-about-games-in-2014\/\"\u003eBrendan Keough author of \u003cem\u003eKilling is Harmless\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"Fantastic.\" - Abnormal Mapping\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\"Anthropy’s \u003cem\u003eZZT\u003c\/em\u003e invites the reader into a world where anything is possible.\" - \u003ca title=\"Kelsie Hahn reviews ZZT by Anna Anthropy in Heavy Feather Review\" href=\"http:\/\/heavyfeatherreview.org\/2015\/03\/31\/zzt-by-anna-anthropy\/\"\u003eHeavy Feather Review\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eExcerpt: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/kotaku.com\/before-gears-before-unreal-there-was-zzt-1567410306\" title=\"Excerpt of ZZT by Anna Anthropy in Kotaku\"\u003eKotaku\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eMore Reviews: \u003ca title=\"Goodreads review page for ZZT by Anna Anthropy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/22012129-zzt\"\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- Google Code for Book Purchase Conversion Page --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\nvar google_conversion_id = 977718338;\nvar google_conversion_language = \"en\";\nvar google_conversion_format = \"3\";\nvar google_conversion_color = \"ffffff\";\nvar google_conversion_label = \"6MyJCJGC5FgQwpib0gM\";\nvar google_remarketing_only = false;\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003cscript src=\"\/\/www.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/conversion.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e \u003cnoscript\u003e\n\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;div style=\"display:inline;\"\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;\n\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;img height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"border-style:none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/www.googleadservices.com\/pagead\/conversion\/977718338\/?label=6MyJCJGC5FgQwpib0gM\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;guid=ON\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;script=0\"\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;\n\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;\/div\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;\n\u003c\/noscript\u003e \u003cscript type=\"application\/ld+json\"\u003e\/\/ \u003c![CDATA[\n{\n\t\"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n\t\"@type\": \"Book\",\n\t\"name\": \"ZZT\",\n \"position\": \"3\",\n\t\"author\": {\n\t\t\"@type\": \"Person\",\n\t\t\"name\": \"Anna Anthropy\", \n \"description\": \"Anna Anthropy is a game creator, historian, and thirty-year-old teen witch. 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