- Games, Life, Ontology, Philosophy
Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life, the games we play in business and politics, in the bedroom and on the battlefield — games with winners and losers, a beginning and an end. Infinite games are the more mysterious — and ultimately more rewarding. They are unscripted and unpredictable; they are the source of true freedom. -- from the back cover of the 1986 edition.
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Contemplative, spare, character-led and contemporary.
- contemplativerelentless
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- James P. Carse, James Carse
- First published
- 1986
- Pages
- 152
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books, Free Press, Penguin
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780029059807
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