4 Minecraft Books
Janoc Florez
Do you enjoy reading? Or do you have a special butler for that who's currently reading this article to you while you just lounge around being fed grapes? Well tell him he's fired, because reading is AWESOME and we have a selection of great Minecraft books that prove it!
We've built up such a steady portfolio of ace Minecraft reads over the years that I'm not sure why all other writers don't just pack it in to be honest. Charles Dickens should just accept that A Christmas Carol, great as it is, teaches you barely anything about how to use Redstone.
Max 'World War Z' Brooks takes a break from writing about zombies to, er, write about zombies? Yes! This novel covers his experiences of trying to survive on an island in Minecraft. Our hero swims to shore, punches trees, gets to know/tries not to get destroyed by the local mobs and battles for survival... but there's no coming back from 'game over' on this deadly island!
PERFECT FOR: Those looking for a fun novel with a Minecraft twist. Anyone who can relate to how hard it is to survive in Minecraft when we spawn you on an island in the middle of nowhere (yeah, sorry about that). Try a FREE sample of Chapter One here.
Loved by block fans and loathed by trying-to-get-it-to-stay-on-the-damn-shelf fans in equal measure, this lovely coffee-table-worthy tome is a thorough guide to the many blocks of Minecraft. Learn about their uses, origins, secrets and where you can find them in the game! It's great for the 'blockhead' in your life (bonus tip: don't call Minecraft block fans 'blockheads'. They react badly, for some reason).
PERFECT FOR: Anyone with an inventory full of colourful cubes and not the foggiest as to what any of them actually are. Block of the Week fans who want to enjoy Minecraft block facts without any of this website's cruel 'wait seven days between BOTW instalments' tyranny.
Some of the crazy contraptions that players achieve with redstone leave my jaw on the floor and my self-esteem in tatters. After all, I can barely swing a pickaxe, while players in Minecraft have used redstone to build working calculators, working computers, Rube Goldberg machines and houses littered with traps that even the kid from Home Alone would call 'a bit much'. But in a good way! This easy-to-use guidebook will turn any player from red-faced novice to redstone expert in no time. Take a look at a preview here.
PERFECT FOR: Any builder, beginner or expert, looking to increase their Redstone skills! People who bought 'Minecraft: The Island' by mistake and don't understand why their redstone skills aren't improving.
Sure, we could spend Christmas sat around a roaring fire, singing carols with our awful families. Or, if we're feeling a little braver this festive season, maybe it's time to venture to The Nether and The End? Alas, even the toughest of Minecraft players are reduced to sobbing babies by the horrors these legendary areas contain. Luckily, this book transforms you step-by-step from Nether novice into a player more hardcore than the middle of a diamond apple. Good luck!
Easily the best part of my job has been getting to showcase new spectacular builds from amazing Minecraft players every week on this website. Here's just a handful of examples. But don't be intimidated! I truly believe anyone can make something brilliant in this game. Our Guide to Creative is designed to get you doing exactly that, helping you learn more about what makes a great build and how you can craft a Minecraft masterpiece of your own that'll make you the envy of blockheads everywhere. Maybe we'll be featuring your build on Minecraft.net next year?
PERFECT FOR: Creative players looking to improve their building prowess! Anyone who wants to take their builds to the next level. People who'd rather eat a box of their own hair than play Survival mode. Er, each to their own, I guess.
Sick of wandering off for supplies, then getting lost and never seeing your house again? Tired of going for a swim and then realising you've actually gone for a drown? Still haven't figured out how the heck you're meant to craft a map?? Worry not, soon-to-be ace explorer! This guide will have you navigating your Minecraft worlds with ease in no time.
Who are the mysterious survivors? What secrets do they hold? Essential ones. Legendary ones. Ones you need to know if you want to follow in the footsteps of these underground experts and learn new skills for crafting, combat and surviving. Or maybe you're just looking for a smaller-sized book that will fit in a stocking? Either works!
PERFECT FOR: Players who like reading on the go who want a book that slots snugly into a coat pocket. Anyone just getting into the game. Pretentious types who refuse to pick up a book that doesn't have some Latin on the cover.
PERFECT FOR: Artists who like drawing Minecraft stuff and are looking for inspiration! Monster hunters keen to learn more about the mobs of Minecraft. Anyone who's ever spent a worrying amount of time pondering the anatomy of a Creeper.
I'm not sure if this has been addressed before but I have a theory. Usually criminals store data such as names, addresses, transaction numbers, bank accounts, and other information either on servers or personal computers WHICH could be confiscated by the government and hacked into. My theory is, what if we were to hide real world confidential information within a video game. Bear with me here, I'm not promoting hiding incriminating data, but what if we can record information that we wouldn't want others to hack into by recording it in the Minecraft books ingame. The data would be stored in the game file, correct? Who would ever look there to find secret information.
If you still don't get it. Basically what I'm suggesting is creating a book in minecraft (the actual book item ingame not books about minecraft), and input your confidential information there. So using my examples with criminals, they can have their client list, bank accounts and all that stuff within the minecraft game file. To even access that information one would have to open up Minecraft, log in, and FIND THE BOOK wherever the person hid it within the massive world. Would the government crack into it? Would they even notice it? Share your thoughts.
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I have wondered about that also! Say you were a police officer inspecting a criminal's computer for confidential information. Would you A: click Minecraft, join a world, and spend hours and hours searching for a chest containing that information, or B: inspect the files of the computer for anything suspicious? The answer is very easy to see. XD
servers as i see it would be less secure, a criminal would feel safer hiding this information in an sp world. with all the security mods like socialspy, anti cheat/antihack/anti grief mods along with other mods allowing admins or other users to re open signed books, minecraft servers arent a secure place for sensitive information.
if a bust like this was to be made, even in sp would be fairly easy. some hack clients can be custom set to find objects like bookcases, and all the hackclients ever made have the ability to locate and tell the user where the chests are. so essentially the possibility is very real of a goverment being able to find the book(s) fairly easy
They're probably more likely to get the info out of the game/server files directly. Either way, at this point they would likely know that someone was up to no good and they're just fishing for evidence. So basically, they wouldn't need to bother with it.
Along these lines though: Sharing confidential information in this way with your co-conspirators on a private server might be advantageous. Not that I'm suggesting that be done for illegal purposes, of course.
Everything you just said makes sense to me and I agree with you. My theory can be undermined by hack clients. But this is also assuming that intelligence agents would even consider Minecraft a place to store sensitive information. One would have to realize that a criminal hid something within a video game. To even come to such conclusions would be crazy, unless the person was tipped off, or if they are some genius level detective. I guess after realizing that sensitive information could be hidden within Minecraft, finding the books would be a matter of downloading hacked clients and as you said, locating all the books.
They're probably more likely to get the info out of the game/server files directly. Either way, at this point they would likely know that someones was up to no good and they're just fishing for evidence. So basically, they wouldn't need to bother with it.
This is a very interesting theory; unless, of course, the files for books are stored unencrypted in plain text files somewhere within the folders or code of the levels, in which case programs set to detect that kind of stuff would probably be able to find it in short order without opening Minecraft.
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