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thebruce
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Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
Lost Books of History While another web-based game promoting a books by author Ted Dekker, this site, Books of History.com is announcing what hopes to be a campaign that includes a lot of story and plot as the background for the competition... along the lines of Case of the Coveted Bottle, it says there will be weekly prizes and the grand prize of a 2008 Chevy Cobalt.
But really what grabs my attention is
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In Ted Dekker's latest simultaneous releases, Chosen and Infidel, four young warriors from the world of Black, Red and White are sent on a quest to find seven lost Books of History. Books with the power to create and destroy. Books that control not only the destiny of their world…but ours as well. In 2008, that quest comes to our world.
Get ready for a nationwide treasure hunt like no other that blurs the line between fiction and reality in a search for the actual Lost Books. Registration for the game begins in January and the search launches in March. What awaits those who rise to the challenge? An online quest that will test their wits, and plunge them into a world of espionage and ancient secrets where nothing is as it seems and the truth is the most dangerous discovery.
Which of course is all PR spin but it sounds more like there will be some depth and storytelling involved, rather than just straightforward competition for prizes.
I'm actually already curious to check out the books
Registration is scheduled to close in January and the 'hunt' to begin in March.
eta: ahh, I knew I recognized the name. heh, I own the book Black - bought it long ago, began reading, and haven't finished. bah. I'll have to get reading again I guess.
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Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:51 am
massive
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Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 111 Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Very interesting. I wonder how necessary it will be to have read both of the new books?
In any event, I'm going to watch this one.
Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:17 pm
Lycentia
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Joined: 09 Jun 2007 Posts: 7
Ted Dekker is my favorite Author, his books are awesome!
The two new ones starting the "lost books" series are great especially if you liked Black, Red, and White, you will want to tread those to get a full understanding of the story. I'd recommend reading Showdown, Saint and Skin as well.
I really love how a whole bunch of his books all tie in to each other. It's like a big mystery you're trying to figure out that involves all the books.
Anyways I signed up for this contest too, and when I did I remmebered this forum (I came here awhile back when I was playing some ARG) and thought I'd come see if anyone saw this contest come up. =)
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:33 am
GalvanicSpiral
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Re: Lost Books of History
thebruce wrote:
heh, I own the book Black - bought it long ago, began reading, and haven't finished. bah. I'll have to get reading again I guess.
Ha, that is my problem as well. Too many good books, not enough time! I had never actually heard of Ted Dekker, I guess because I never really venture into the religious fiction section of the bookstore. I have a tendency to think of that section as being the "Gospel according to Tim Lahaye & Jerry B. Jenkins" section. But this series sounds pretty interesting, so I'll check it out. Kind of reminds me of the PC game Myst, with the books as the plot device and all. Neat stuff.
Um, what this post has to do with the aforementioned contest, I'm not sure. But anyway, the contest sounds pretty interesting too. I'll check it out as well.
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 5:07 am
thebruce
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Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
the way I understand a lot of that quality reilgious fiction literarture (I don't really read much at all, let alone from that genre, so I'm just going on reviews and comments I've seen =) is that many authors works themselves rival those in thesecular market - content-wise, they can be pretty extreme, but the main thing is there's usually an underlying theme or parallel coming from the religious background; but one could read it and not necessarily get that. On the contrary, I think people find the to be more free or open about religious aspects of life in secula literature (you generally don't see direct reference to christian themes (neutral, at least) outside, say, catholic church or mass and whatnot).
So it is very possible to find very quality fiction in the religious section, without being either preached at or finding that the literary quality is pure cheese
AFAIK, Dekker's books are in that (the former) category.
I've got to finish reading Black soon... wheredoes the time go?
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:57 am
Lycentia
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Anyone here interested in the contest might want to read this post =)
http://www.teddekker.com/site.php?&content=community&sub=board&com=board&brd=topic_224824__0
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 11:57 am
SirQuady
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thebruce wrote:
It is very possible to find very quality fiction in the religious section, without being either preached at or finding that the literary quality is pure cheese
Narina, anyone
(sorry, just excited about Prince Caspian)
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:44 pm
vilate
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Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 40 Location: the state that could be its own country
SirQuady wrote:
thebruce wrote:
It is very possible to find very quality fiction in the religious section, without being either preached at or finding that the literary quality is pure cheese
Narina, anyone
(sorry, just excited about Prince Caspian)
w00t! Prince Caspian!
*ahem*
so sorry. please, continue...
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:47 pm
DarknessRising
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i am jumping into this one. Ophiuchus is way too hard for me.
Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:09 pm
yellowcard
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Re: Lost Books of History
thebruce wrote:
eta: ahh, I knew I recognized the name. heh, I own the book Black - bought it long ago, began reading, and haven't finished. bah. I'll have to get reading again I guess.
You really should restart and finish that book, thebruce... and read the other two while you're at it. I enjoyed them very much.
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:13 am
thebruce
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Joined: 16 Aug 2004 Posts: 6899 Location: Kitchener, Ontario
oh I'll certainly read the rest... it would just then be a matter of reading 5 books by March somhow to prepare for the start, in an already packed schedule
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:57 am
Palm
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Joined: 06 Jun 2007 Posts: 1360 Location: North of Key West
Free chapters I am just watching this at this point - and noticed that the game will be starting soon. They are looking for more people to sign up and anyone that forwards an e-mail to a friend, per their instructions and that friend signs up, they give out free chapters of the book (depending on how many friends you get to sign up) and other prizes (sets of books)
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:51 pm
ncfriend
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starting in march!!
i registered!
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 10:00 am
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The Countdown ends in ....
7 HOURS!
Too bad I am stuck at work at that time.
Hope you guys leave me something to do. lol
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Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:56 am
Sylvia
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for me it ends in an hour and 53 minutes as of 10:06 am EST
Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:07 am
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