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Reddit mentions of The Myst Reader
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The Myst series, in chronological setting order (not release order), are:
The three Myst novels are also collected into a single volume called the Myst Reader, although they're still available individually.
Myst, Riven, Myst V, and Uru are all available online in various forms, such as via GOG or Steam. Myst III and Myst IV are currently only available as a hardcopy purchase and may not work on modern systems.
All three in one
https://www.amazon.ca/Myst-Reader-Rand-Miller/dp/1401307817
Myst- by Robyn and Rand Miller ( 3 books, or combined into 1 "Myst Reader" with "The Book of Ti'ana being my favorite, the most thrilling, and currently being made into a motion picture)
If you've played the popular PC puzzle game series, this book series provides the backstory which many didn't know existed. The series (3 books) follows the character Atrus as he discovers that his ancestors were part of the once great D'ni civilization, a people who held the power to create worlds simply by placing words to paper. Anything imaginable could be created and visited/linked to. However this once great civilization was destroyed by a terrible tragedy of death, betrayal, sadness, and greed to which Atrus discovers that his grandmother had been the one responsible. The book series documents how his grandmother (Anna/Ti'ana) found the civilization, unknowingly played a part in its destruction, and Atrus's efforts to rebuild the once great D'ni civilization without letting the power get to his head and fashioning himself as a god like his father.
This book was a huge inspiration in my life. Throughout the book Atrus's grandmother is constantly telling him to look at "the Whole" to see the big picture without thinking too rashly. This motif is the inspiration behind the puzzle aspect of the PC version of the books. With themes of love, loyalty, adventure, and discovery, the books have something exciting for everyone. Also the book (and PC game) does a wonderful job of providing details, sketches, and descriptions of the lost civilization and it's language, something which inspired my love for history, anthropology, and was a big motivator in helping me into my current career as an Archaeologist
I hope that wasn't too long-winded :)
Amazon link to the Myst Reader, containg all 3 books of the trilogy
Amazon link to my favorite book of the trilogy "The Book of Ti'ana", check out the rave reviews!
Other books include: Timeline, The Silmarillion (my favorite book ever), any of Tolkien's other works, and GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire series
There are a couple of dictionaries around. The problem is that you still need a vocabulary. It's not a simple substitution from English. Even when you have all the words in a sentence, you can't just substitute the D'ni words. You have to apply the grammar rules as well, or the sentence doesn't make any sense. The only time we get new words is when a new game comes out or when Rawa speaks.
Richard A. Watson is the real life "continuity" guy for Cyan industries, and basically the official keeper of the lore and translator for D'ni. His persona within the Myst universe is known as Rawa. When he (the Cyan employee) speaks as his game persona (RAWA), he is taken as an official sorce on lore and language.
Here's a PDF containing all his explanations, posts and corrections from the Myst, Riven, and Uru message boards dealing with the D'ni language and culture.
http://www.allthingsuru.com/AllThingsUru/pdf/The%20Watson%20Letters.pdf
And here's a collected dictionary, 80% of which is from him and the other 20% is from the games and/or the books written by David Wingrove. This site is more or less the definitive guide since the "D'ni Desk Reference" website disappeared about 5 years ago.
http://www.eldalamberon.com/dni_dict.htm
And here's an English to D'ni vocabulary.
http://www.guildofarchivists.org/archive/_/dni-dictionary---english-->-dni-r812
David Wingrove was the "Ghost Writer" for the novels. He took a couple of liberties with lore and how stuff works to be able to fit everything into a coherent narrative, but is more or less correct, and there is quite a bit of D'ni and translations contained within the pages of the 3 books he helped write.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Myst-Reader-Rand-Miller/dp/1401307817
There's also The Myst Reader, which is all three books in one.
The novels were re-published and re-printed in 2004 in a collectors book. If you don't mind used copies, you can often pick the entire series up for less than $20 print, or $10 in ebook form.
https://www.amazon.com/Myst-Reader-Rand-Miller/dp/1401307817/
Yep. They're written (mostly) by Rand Miller. I think Robyn helped with one of them, but Rand did the others. I may have that backwards, but it's one of those ways. ANYWAY.
There are three books. You can get all three in one novel now called the Myst Reader. The first book, Book of Atrus is/was out of print and is harder to find, so the Myst Reader is a great resource if you want all three.
The books are The Book of Atrus: about his childhood, his meeting of Catherine, and his relationship with his fucked up father, Gehn, and his grandmother, Ti'ana; The Book of Ti'Ana: goes back in the past to show what happened to the D'ni, the people who created and perfected the Art of Writing Books (they're all capitalized in the books as well for a reason); and The Book of the D'ni: takes place after the first two and falls sometime after Riven, but before Exile. It's about Atrus and Catherine trying to rebuild what is left of the D'ni people and culture.
If you like Myst, the books really do flesh out what happened in the games much much more. Things click better. And, it makes the games more haunting, I feel. The only thing that isn't mentioned is the full extent of what Sirrus and Achenar did. I don't even think it's mentioned at all, actually.
Also, there's supposed to be two new books coming out sometime, but there's no information on when that might occur.
Maia by Richard Adams http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maia_%28novel%29
The Myst Series by Rand Miller http://www.amazon.com/Myst-Reader-Rand-Miller/dp/1401307817
The Journeyer by Gary Jennings http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Journeyer
The Myst Series is all about an underground city called D'ni. It fills in the backstory for the games and is overall pretty decent (Book of Ti'Ana is my favorite).
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A total and self-contained trilogy about the world(s) of Myst was written. It is a fully fleshed out story and you do not have to have played the games to enjoy it. Its a pretty simple read and will not take much brain power, but i enjoy it, and if you're here, you may as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Myst-Reader-Rand-Miller/dp/1401307817/ref=pd_sbs_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1401307817&pd_rd_r=95P02ADYDYPVJ5HVMEMD&pd_rd_w=bEAlr&pd_rd_wg=sOZ5d&psc=1&refRID=95P02ADYDYPVJ5HVMEMD
The Myst books. I never played the games at the time, I only knew about the game from Computer Chronicles TV show. I saw the book in a store and wanted it because it was something I knew about.
The Book of Atrus was the first one I read as a teenager. I read it about 2-3 times (I hardly ever read on my own). I also read the other two. I purchased all three books and then I bought the Myst Reader which contains all books in one. Book of T'iana was a bit boring the first few chapters, lots of digging underground.
You don't need to know anything about the games to enjoy it. Its about a ancient civilization that writes books that create worlds to step into. And if you don't have a book to return, you can get trapped forever. Some poeple are sent to worlds as punishment. There are many types of worlds and societies in them. But its easy to read and not complicated. Family issues, etc. There is chasing and running away from people and jumping into books over fire so the book burns and no one can follow. That part had been really sucked into reading.
It is one of the few books I have actually completed and enjoyed on my own. I enjoyed Girl With A Dragon Tatoo, but it was pretty complicated with too many characters to keep track of sometimes.
It can be had in paperback ($8) or ereader ($10) on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Myst-Reader-Rand-Miller/dp/1401307817
http://www.amazon.com/The-Myst-Reader-Rand-Miller/dp/1401307817/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1345488591&sr=8-3&keywords=myst
Unfortunately these are published out of order. I always read them T'iana, Atrus, then D'ni, but they seem to always publish them in the order here, Atrus, T'iana, D'ni. Makes more sense the first way.
It's also my summer vacation, and I just started rereading my favorite trilogy, Myst.
http://www.amazon.com/Myst-Reader-Books-1-3-Three/dp/1401307817/ref=pd_bbs_sr_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1212908945&sr=8-5
It's a quick read (not anywhere near difficult 900ish pages), but I enjoy it.
Myst Reader
YES and they are fabulous because they aren't just simple re-hashes of the games, but tell the backstory of each generation of the family, including how Atrus' grandmother witnesses the end of the D'ni!
I have a recommendation that's a bit off the beaten path, and which may seem a bit odd, but before I read LotR or Tolkien's works, I was a big fan of the Myst books by Rand and Robyn Miller, starting in late elementary school.
Unlike a lot of novels that are derivative of video games (and many "extended universe" books based on popular media), these books are actually well-plotted and well-written, and aren't just a bunch of corporately-blessed fanfiction.
The books aren't dependent upon having played the games, and, in fact, I think I got the first before I played MYST. (Though, if he does enjoy the books, the games very cheap these days, and the first two or three, at least, will run on just about any computer. They're not violent or action-y, but very dependent on thinking and puzzle solving.)
The first book was the only one I had for quite a while, and it was one of the first long novels that I reread multiple times. You can find the three books in one volume or separately. The first book is the best by far, but the second is also very strong. The third is less well-liked by most, but it's been a while since I've read it, and I've only done so once. I enjoyed it, though.