The Myst Reader: The Book of Atrus, The Book of Ti'ana, The Book of D'ni Paperback – 1 Sept. 2004

I have been playing Myst puzzle games since 1995, when I played the original Myst on the Sega Saturn and as a result I found that I had simply hundreds of questions. These three books, all bound together in one volume (Book 1: The Book of Atrus; Book 2: The Book of Ti'ana; Book 3: The Book of D'ni) have helped to fill in the gaps in my knowledge. All of the stories are well written and when I replay the games this extra knowledge makes the experience much richer. Very often knowing the background to the story helps you to make the right decisions in the various games, so in that sense too having and reading this book is very important. If you love Myst then you simply have to own these stories because they are essential reading.

As a huge fan of the first three Myst video games - Myst: Masterpiece Edition (PC CD), Riven - The Sequel to Myst and Myst III: Exile (PC DVD) - I was intrigued to find out more about the rich background of the main characters. The Myst Reader combines three volumes, with interlinking characters and storylines, each covering a different time period in D'ni history. Okay, it's not a piece of Oscar Wilde, that's for sure, but for an amazing £12 you get three really exciting, fantastical adventures, with the occasional Atrus-like sketch and diagram along the way. The Myst Reader is a great book which does the video games' legacy proud. Highly recommended.

The books are very entertaining and easy to read. The first book starts with a bang, the relationship between the main character (Atrus) and his father Gehn are determined right from the moment he was born.After that an interesting tale is told, about the D'ni, an ancient underground culture and the descripting art of writing they developped, which makes it possible to travel to the worlds written. This is the perfect basis for endless twists and plots, and the books are over before you even realize it, making you crave for more.These are entertaining books for everybody, but for those who played any of the Myst games or Uru, they are an absolute MUST. They complement and explain the games in such a way that they enrich the games no end.The Myst Reader combines the three books in one volume. Get it now, you won't be disapointed.

Was a massive fan of the game Myst and Riven back in 95. This will be the third time I have read the books. The Myst trilogy is a great place to loose your self in. Some great surprises along the way.

Love these books so much I bought the e-book version as well as the paperback. Basically...three-book omnibus edition based on the game universe but, you don't need to know (or care) about the games as the books stand on their own well enough.

An excellent trilogy linked to the games of Myst and Riven. I'm not sure if it was written after the games or before but I found it thoroughly engrossing.

I enjoyed the book ask much as the games even if the graphics on end of ages looks very poorly done

Incredible book. I absolutely adore this and the myst series.

When I began this series I was but 24 years old. I finished the first series quickly, although what I learned from reading it would haunt me for years after. I started the second series at age 26...but I was too young to fully grasp the subtleties of the story, and so I put the books away in the back of my kindle collection for 11 years. I finally grew up enough as a person...enough to realize that bad things simply happen, whether or not we stop take the time to recognize, accept or learn from them. So I went back to series 2 and I finished it. I read series 3 quickly and steadily; almost as a way to make up for the 11 years of time lost to me when I was growing older, but at the same time Not growing wiser. The finishing of all 3 series has left me with a lingering bitter sweet feeling, all at once inexpressible and renewing, and opened my soul back up to life in all its bitter sweet glory. I realize that this didn't tell those reading my review anything at all about the books, but the lessons learned from these books have very little to do with the stories set inside of them, and everything to do with how you read them. Not unlike Robin Hobb's books...in that the feelings they leave you with make at the end of them make YOU into a better person for having read them. I highly encourage you to begin now.

When I read the book, I felt the same exploratory feeling as when I played the first games of the series. There is a detailed account of places and phenomenons which encourage that frame of mind, and the 3 stories all revolve around the concept of looking carefully and analyzing our surroundings. Truly a good read if you play Myst for the story and interactions.

Excellent ! - I've read this book so many times, my physical copy was getting worn out so I was happy to see it on Kindle finally as I';m sure I'll re-read it again and again. I really wish they would do more novels in this universe though - I keep checking every once in awhile but so far no luck. Again...EXCELLENT!! < pricey but worth it cause if you're anything like me you'll read it over and over

If it were possible I'd give this trilogy 10 stars, it's that good. I rarely read a story more than one time but this compellation is an exception. I read the three books when they were first released in hardback form way back. I was thrilled to find them bundled together for the Kindle and enjoyed reading the saga again.Other reviewers have written in ways far more elegant than I could ever hope for. They're however a couple of points I do feel worth noting. First one doesn't need to have any knowledge of the computer adventure game, which spawned the books. I have some small experience with the game, but as I'm not inclined to sit at my computer playing games I never solved the puzzle.The second point, which was brought up by another reviewer, was the sequence of the books. The first book "The Book of Atrus" was written after the computer game became a smash hit. I think in writing the story or after it was finished the authors realized there was a greater tale to be told thus making it necessary to backtrack in the storyline. "The Book of Ti'Ana was that book. If you want to read the story in a chronological order (to the storyline) read book 2 "Book of Ti'Ana" first, then book 1 "The Book of Atrus" and finish up with book 3 "The Book of D'Ni."This trilogy is the very best fantasy story I've read. I only which there could be more stories written about this great world known as D'Ni but the third book pretty much closes the saga out.

The Myst Reader, as the description states, offers three titles in one publication. It is a bargain, in terms of price. For the anyone who really wants to revel in Myst-ique (my own word, thank you), you will lose something. I think all the texts and drawings from the original publications are included. I have seen the first two titles in their hardback format, and I have the third in trade cpaperback. There was some shallow embossing on the covers of the harback editions of the first two titles that gave the books a suggestion of ancient, special books. The paper on which they were printed was not high quality, but its coarse texture and lack of brightness actally enhanced the feeling of age. The books contained pictures of alleged pencil drawings. Produced in half-tone, the drawings' lines and writings are gray in all publications. In the original printing, one can either squint or use magnification to look at them more carefully, if desired. The drawings from the first published book, The Book of Atrus, were almost line drawings, containing thin lines and text labels. They do not look as good in e-format on Kindle displays and an 8-inch Android display. On the Kindle displays and any display less than 10 inches, they are small enough to beg for zooming in, but they lose sharpness when zoomed. I have looked at them on a 10-inch Fire HD, and I think only there is the quality approximate to the original. The cover for the e-book is, I think, a copy of the cover that was used for a paperback edition. The drawings from the second and third published books, The Book of Ti'ana and The Book of D'ni, look almost as good in e-format as they did in print; they are fully shaded drawings that can be viewed without zooming, but they also retain most of their sharpness if zoomed in. Another anomaly in the Book of D'ni is that little medallions that serve as content separators were not reproduced properly in the e-book. In print they contained a graphic design, in the ebook they contain a portion of text that almost assuredly is part of the word "PostScript". My recommendation is to buy the e-book for access to the stories, but it will not be quite as enjoyable as was holding and reading the original hardback publications.