{"id":6072,"date":"2017-11-24T14:46:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T19:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/?page_id=6072"},"modified":"2017-11-24T14:46:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T19:46:44","slug":"books-by-my-friends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/books-by-my-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Books my friends wrote"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Leonard Herman<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Video Games<\/strong> 4th edition &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1539031292\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1539031292\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1539031292\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Leonard Herman has also published some of the best video game industry memoirs by other writers, which are rapidly becoming hard to find:<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>Videogames: In The Beginning<\/strong> by Ralph H. Baer &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0964384817\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Confessions of the Game Doctor<\/strong> by Bill Kunkel &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0964384892\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Bill Loguidice<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Atari Flashback: The Essential Companion<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0744018862\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0744018862\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0744018862\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Vintage Game Consoles: An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time<\/strong> with Matt Barton &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0415856000\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0415856000\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0415856000\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy\u2019s Underdog Computer<\/strong> with Boisy G. Pitre &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1466592478\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1466592478\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1466592478\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time<\/strong> with Matt Barton &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0240811461\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0240811461\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0240811461\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Rob O&#8217;Hara<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Commodork: Sordid Tales From A BBS Junkie<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1847285821\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1847285821\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1847285821\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Invading Spaces: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide to Collecting Arcade Games<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B005AYQ438\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B005AYQ438\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B005AYQ438\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Sammy Shepherd<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The Last F**king Diet Book<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1535336463\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1535336463\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1535336463\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Rob Strangman<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Memoirs of a Virtual Caveman<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/131210483X\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/131210483X\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/131210483X\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Michael Thomasson<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Downright Bizarre Games: Video Games That Crossed The Line<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1366908570\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1366908570\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1366908570\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Brett Weiss<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The 100 Greatest Console Video Games: 1977-1987<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0764346180\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0764346180\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0764346180\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Classic Home Video Games, 1972-1984: A Complete Reference Guide<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0786432268\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0786432268\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0786432268\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Classic Home Video Games, 1985-1988: A Complete Reference Guide<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0786469374\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0786469374\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0786469374\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Classic Home Video Games, 1989-1990: A Complete Reference Guide<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1476667942\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1476667942\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1476667942\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Encyclopedia of KISS: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0786498021\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0786498021\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0786498021\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and Its Games, Vol. 1 (A-M)<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0764355325\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0764355325\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0764355325\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and yes, I&#8217;ve written a few too:<\/p>\n<h2>Earl Green<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Fatherhood, Fandom, and Fading Out<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1530727510\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1530727510\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1530727510\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>VWORP!1: Connecting Who, Old And New<\/strong> Second Edition &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1500413259\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1500413259\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1500413259\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>VWORP!2: Connecting Who, Old And New<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1500643793\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1500643793\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1500643793\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>WARP!1: An Unauthorized Appreciation of Classic Star Trek <\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1519542976\/thelogbook0b-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-us.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1519542976\/thelogbook-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-ca.gif\" border=0\/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1519542976\/thelogbookcom\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/graphics\/flag-uk.gif\" border=0\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leonard Herman Phoenix: The Fall and Rise of Video Games 4th edition &#8211; Leonard Herman has also published some of the best video game industry memoirs by other writers, which are rapidly becoming hard to find: Videogames: In The Beginning by Ralph H. Baer &#8211; Confessions of the Game Doctor by Bill Kunkel &#8211; Bill Loguidice Atari Flashback: The Essential Companion &#8211; Vintage Game Consoles: An Inside Look at Apple, Atari, Commodore, Nintendo, and the Greatest Gaming Platforms of All Time with Matt Barton &#8211; CoCo: The Colorful History of Tandy\u2019s Underdog Computer with Boisy G. Pitre &#8211; Vintage Games: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6072","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thelogbook.com\/earl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}