Joseph Knecht rises through the ranks of the intellectual hierarchy of Castalia to the exalted state of Magister Ludi, or ‘Master of the Game’ – or, as we role-playing-gamers might say, ‘Game Master’ or ‘GM’. But his tragedy is that he never really becomes a GM: he is always a player. If I was running this novel as an RPG, it would be set in the Star Wars Universe, since the main personal dynamic of the novel is the Master/Disciple (aka Master/Padawan) relationship. Joseph Knecht rises through t ...more