Magnetic Scrolls: A Interview with Michael Bywater
Here’s a little gem I just found on the interwebs: an interview with Michael Bywater. Michael is an astounding wordsmith; writer of my favourite columns in Punch and allegedly slept with my boss. Not my current boss, mind you.
Some gems:
My main memories are of course of Anita. And her bull terrier, Murdoch. And of the chaotic offices in the ancient and haunted part of London called The Borough, a warren of streets and alleys on the south side of London Bridge…
and…
Even things like Myst - which, hell, was just a droopy post-hippie HyperCard stack with a rather good music loop — were way below the level of Magnetic Scrolls or Infocom in narrative terms. So the era came to an end.
My time at Magnetic Scrolls was a wonderful time of my life and I enjoyed every moment of it. Hopefully this article will give you some sense of what it was like for the non-engineering folks who passed our way.
Read it over here.
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Thanks Steve for the post. I’ve always been an avid fan of Michael Bywater. I love to read his works especially the Lost Worlds wherein the topic of the book centers at the human tendency towards nostalgia. Theirs is no doubt that having the honor to talk and interview him is an honor to do so. Also, getting the copy of his new book about his journeys around the Australian Outback in a Cessna 172 is been waiting by many and as to consumer protection, there is no doubt it is all worth to wait of. Hopefully Bywater will continue to share his wonderful works with us. And as his supporter, we should never get tired patronizing his contribution in both writing and broadcasting fields.