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A sequel, ''Minecraft: The Mountain'', was released in 2021, featuring the island castaway exploring a cold mountain and meeting another person like them, Summer.
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A sequel, ''Minecraft: The Mountain'', was released in 2021, featuring the island castaway exploring a cold mountain and meeting another person like them, Summer.
Summer. The third and final book, ''Minecraft: The Village'', is set for release in October 2023 and details Guy and Summer protecting a village in hopes of finding a way home.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The protagonist remembers their world, but nothing about specifically themself.
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A sequel, ''Minecraft: The Mountain'', was released in 2021, featuring the island castaway exploring a cold mountain and meeting another person like them, Summer.
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* IdiotBall: The protagonist makes apple trees go extinct... by burning all their oak tree saplings in a furnace because they thought they were worthless.
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* BrokenAesop: The protagonist learning survival skills and lamenting their life spent on the computer becomes broken since ''Minecraft'' itself is a computer game.
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* AnAesop: Every chapter has one, as indicated by its heading, and some even have more than one. A list of all of the story's morals is presented at the end.
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* AnAesop: Every chapter has one, as indicated by its heading, their titles, and some even have more than one. A list of all of the story's morals is presented at the end.
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* AnAesop: Every chapter has one, as indicated by its heading, and some even have more than one. A list of all of the story's morals is presented at the end.
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* BasedOnATrueStory: Several of the novel's events were inspired by things that happened when Max Brooks played ''Minecraft''.
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* ReadingIsCoolAesop: The protagonist discovers book and the knowledge they give, noting that people either didn't read them, edited them, or burned them because they disagreed with their words, but every book can expand your horizons.
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* ReadingIsCoolAesop: The protagonist discovers book books and the knowledge they give, noting that people either didn't read them, edited them, or burned them because they disagreed with their words, but every book can expand your horizons.
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* AudienceSurrogate: The protagonist can't remember their gender, family, or what they look like, making it easier for the reader to imagine it were them.
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* NarrativeProfanityFilter: Curses are sidestepped in the narrative, usually by saying they said a bad word but not saying which one.
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''Minecraft: The Island'' is an official ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' novel by Creator/MaxBrooks, author of ''Literature/WorldWarZ''.
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''Minecraft: The Island'' is an official ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' novel by Creator/MaxBrooks, Max Brooks, author of ''Literature/WorldWarZ''.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:After making the island safe, the protagonist leaves the island to see what else is out there]].
* GreenAesop: Early on, the protagonist accidentally makes apple trees go extinct and doesn't realize it until later. This galvanizes them into leaving half of the island exactly as-is while they'd freely mine the other half.
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* ShownTheirWork: Everything described in the book is something that can happen in-game, even if some events are unlikely to occur naturally.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After senselessly slaughtering dozens of chickens for no good reason, the protagonist decides to become a vegetarian unless fish and meat are necessary for survival.
* ReadingIsCoolAesop: The protagonist discovers book and the knowledge they give, noting that people either didn't read them, edited them, or burned them because they disagreed with their words, but every book can expand your horizons.
* SequelHook: Several things are unexplored by the novel's end, like the driving question of why the protagonist is there, setting up a sequel.
* ShownTheirWork:Everything Almost everything described in the book is something that can happen in-game, even if some events are unlikely to occur naturally.naturally.
* ThisLoserIsYou: After recognizing a painting of Graham from ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'', the protagonist recalls a life spent looking at screens and realizes they spent so much time on the computer or playing games they had no survival skills at all.
* ReadingIsCoolAesop: The protagonist discovers book and the knowledge they give, noting that people either didn't read them, edited them, or burned them because they disagreed with their words, but every book can expand your horizons.
* SequelHook: Several things are unexplored by the novel's end, like the driving question of why the protagonist is there, setting up a sequel.
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* ThisLoserIsYou: After recognizing a painting of Graham from ''VideoGame/KingsQuest'', the protagonist recalls a life spent looking at screens and realizes they spent so much time on the computer or playing games they had no survival skills at all.
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Focusing on an unnamed castaway from a world much like ours, they arrive in Minecraft one day with little memory of their world and who they are, and no idea how to survive the first night. With monsters lurking, the protagonist must not only survive, but thrive, using their courage, creativity, and braveyr to try and find what the world is and why they were put there.
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With monsters lurking, the protagonist must not only survive, but thrive, using their courage, creativity, and
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* ArcWords: "Panic drowns thought," a self-motivating phrase used to keep cool under pressure.
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''Minecraft: The Island'' is an official ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' novel by Creator/MaxBrooks, author of ''Literature/WorldWarZ''.
Focusing on an unnamed castaway from a world much like ours, they arrive in Minecraft one day with little memory of their world and who they are, and no idea how to survive the first night. With monsters lurking, the protagonist must not only survive, but thrive, using their courage, creativity, and braveyr to try and find what the world is and why they were put there.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* BodyHorror: Early on the protagonist is horrified at their square body, especially the fingerless hands.
* ComingOfAgeStory: What little the protagonist remembers of their life is sedentary and without challenge, and they find great joy in doing things themselves instead of having someone to take care of them.
* CompanionCube: The protagonist uses a cow, and occasionally other mobs, for self-motivation, snark, and someone to talk to.
* HowDoIShotWeb: A major part of the early chapters is the protagonist learning how ''Minecraft'' works and what they can and can't do, especially what foods they can and can't eat.
* ShownTheirWork: Everything described in the book is something that can happen in-game, even if some events are unlikely to occur naturally.
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Focusing on an unnamed castaway from a world much like ours, they arrive in Minecraft one day with little memory of their world and who they are, and no idea how to survive the first night. With monsters lurking, the protagonist must not only survive, but thrive, using their courage, creativity, and braveyr to try and find what the world is and why they were put there.
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!!This book contains examples of:
* BodyHorror: Early on the protagonist is horrified at their square body, especially the fingerless hands.
* ComingOfAgeStory: What little the protagonist remembers of their life is sedentary and without challenge, and they find great joy in doing things themselves instead of having someone to take care of them.
* CompanionCube: The protagonist uses a cow, and occasionally other mobs, for self-motivation, snark, and someone to talk to.
* HowDoIShotWeb: A major part of the early chapters is the protagonist learning how ''Minecraft'' works and what they can and can't do, especially what foods they can and can't eat.
* ShownTheirWork: Everything described in the book is something that can happen in-game, even if some events are unlikely to occur naturally.
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