Here is a list of books that might be of interest to NomicPlayers.
Books about Nomic
- TheParadoxOfSelfAmendment by PeterSuber
- Dr Suber's definition thesis on self-amending law, for which the GameOfNomic was designed.
- MetamagicalThemas by DouglasHofstadter
- A reprint of the articles from Hofstadter's Scientific American column of the same name. Contains an early version of the rules of Nomic, with discussion.
Books of Nomic-like games
- PlayingPolitics by MichaelLaver
- A book of entertaining games with a political theme. They aim to teach the realities of real-world politics while also being quite fun.
Other Books of Interest
- TheCaseOfTheSpelunceanExplorers by PeterSuber
- An entertaining and easily accessible introduction to questions in the philosophy of law focussing in particular on the issue of judicial interpretation of the law.
- TheOmegaGame by StevenKrane
- A (fictional) thriller about a group of twenty strangers caught up in a lethal Nomic-like game.
- InvitationToPolitics by MichaelLaver
- A good introduction to the theory and reality of politics. How collective decisions are made, and why.