Cockcroft wrote the book based on his own experiences of using dice to make decisions while studying psychology. Rhinehartcockcroft wrote several books, including 1986s followup, whim, and the third installment in. Everything you need to know about the dice man movie. A full colour, highly illustrated hardback 288 pages long, a4 210mm x 297mm printed on 140gsm gloss art stock, colour. The dice man dice man, book 1 by luke rhinehart fantastic fiction. An international edition is a textbook that have been published outside the us. George powers cockcroft born november 15, 1932 citation needed, widely known by the pen name luke rhinehart, is an american novelist, screenwriter, and nonfiction writer, with at least ten books to.
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