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Playing Around: My Adventures on the Zone.com

by Dorothy Rosencrans

Bridge tables, online connections, and the people behind the screen

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Bridge tables, online connections, and the people behind the screen

Playing Around centers on Internet bridge as a meeting place that extends beyond the card table. Dorothy Rosencrans recounts encounters with online partners from varied ages, professions, and backgrounds, using the game as a starting point for observations about friendship and cultural difference. Alongside these personal anecdotes, the book briefly explains basic bridge facts and the particular rules of online play. Published during the early years of web-based gaming, it documents how a shared pastime created connections among people who might otherwise never have crossed paths.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Bridge players curious about online bridge culture
  • Readers interested in early internet communities
  • Fans of anecdotal books about friendships formed through shared hobbies

Themes

BridgeOnline communitiesFriendshipCultural exchangeGaming

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Book overview

Discover a new world, where you can bridge the gap from virtual to reality. The world of Internet Bridge. You will meet people from all over the world. Get to know them and their cultural differences. You will find they are nice, intelligent, interesting, and very humorous men and women who have enriched my life. Bridge brought us together, and many have become my friends. My partners have ranged in age from 14 to 94. I have played with doctors, lawyers, and an Indian Chief. There have also been teachers, writers, engineers, miners, ranchers, and scientists in every field. I have played with Bill Gates. People I would never have met within the boundaries of my real life. This is not an all-inclusive list. This is a book for bridge players and everyone else. Internet Bridge has some different rules, which are quickly explained, as are basic facts about the game. However, my focus is on the people. You will find yourself smiling, laughing, and touched by their stories. Variety is the spice of life and you will find it here.

"Bill Gates Finds Duplicate Bridge a 'Window' to Fun."
--ACBL Bulletin, August 20, 2000

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