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The Book of MYST: The Stranger's Journal

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One Fan's Tribute to a Classic Video Game

Welcome to The Book of MYST: The Stranger's Journal.

In 1993 we fell into MYST and fell in love with its compelling premise: magic books could serve as gateways to other places. The journals left behind by Atrus, a scientist in the spirit of Jules Verne and Leonardo Da Vinci, helped guide us through these surreal, lonely worlds.

Ten years ago, I created this handwritten, hand-illustrated book as a tribute to the game. This is the one MYST journal that gameplay could not uncover: our own.
-- E. Brundige
LEGAL NOTICE: Based on Myst images and text ©Cyanworlds, Inc.
All rights reserved. Myst ®, Riven ® and D'ni ®, Cyan Worlds, Inc., and published by UbiSoft™

"The Ending Has Not Yet Been Written..."

MYST Book: The Stranger's Journal

Opening Monologue of MYST Game

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Plates I-V

MYST Linking Book

MYST Island Dock

MYST Book: Arrival

MYST Marker Switch

MYST Island Rocketship

RealMYST Game Trailer

RealMYST® took the tiny 640x480 stills of the original game and re-rendered its worlds in lush realtime 3D. The voice is that of Catherine, Atrus' visionary wife whose gifted writings opened gateways to landscapes that seemed to defy the laws of physics.
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Plates VI-X

MYST Imager Pool

MYST Island Constellations Puzzle

Myst Island map red book blue book

MYST island pipe organ

MYST Island broken clock

MYST Games and Books on Amazon

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The Book of MYST: The Stranger's Journal

Plates XI-XV

MYST Island caverunner maglev

MYST Book: Sounds

MYST Book: Stoneship Age umbrella

MYST Journal: Stoneship Age Journal

MYST Book: Stoneship Age telescope

RIVEN Trailer

RIVEN, my favorite MYST game, came out in 1997. Photo-realistic landscapes and critters look old hat now, but Cyan had gambled everything on purchasing movie-studio technology, the computers that had just created the first photo-realistic animals (dinosaurs) in Jurassic Park.
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Plates XVI-XX

MYST Island: Stoneship age desk ornament

MYST Journal: Stoneship Age underwater

MYST journal: stoneship age lighthouse

MYST Book Stranger's Journal

MYST Book: Channelwood tree puzzle

MYST: 10th Anniversary Edition

Myst 10th Anniversary DVD Edition

Myst 10th Anniversary DVD Edition

Amazon Price: $34.95 (as of 02/14/2012)Buy Now

The 10th anniversary edition is available for Windows XP/98/2000, Mac, Nintendo DS and Playstation. It includes MYST Masterpiece, the remastered version of the original game, RIVEN, the sequel which is my favorite of the whole franchise, and MYST III: Exile.

The Ending Has STILL Not Been Written!

Part II of the Stranger's Journal...

Please join me for the second half of the journey in:

The Book of MYST: The Stranger's Journal

More mysteries await!



BELOW: Dr. Richard Watson of the D'ni Restoration Council,
Scholar Ellen Brundige
and Rand Miller (Atrus, creator of MYST)
examine the Stranger's Journal at
CyanWorlds HQ in summer 2003

Richard Watson, Rand Miller, Ellen Brundige

Shorah (Greetings)

Guestbook and Visitor's Log

So, what do you think? Do you remember MYST? Rivenguild? The DRC? Do you write down PIN numbers in D'ni? Feel free to drop a note!

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    reasonablerobinson Sep 29, 2011 @ 1:40 pm | delete
    I loved this game when it came out, although the atmosphere was a bit creepy sometimes
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    Ghaelen Sep 8, 2011 @ 9:44 pm | delete
    Excited to see a lens on Myst. Beautiful Stranger's Journal, too.
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    writer_cb Jun 29, 2011 @ 12:15 am | delete
    Man, that MYST trailer is awesome. I love the huge, expansive landscapes of MYST. These days we have awesome graphics, but even though MYST doesn't have up-to-date graphics, I feel like I am there, not just playing a game. I love that feeling!! Games these days don't feel like that. It's way too obvious that I am playing a game. Not with MYST!
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    writer_cb Jun 29, 2011 @ 12:13 am | delete
    OMFG, a MYST LENS!!! HOLY SHITE!! I <3 Myst, used to play it as a kid, started playing it yet again recently. I'm not expert at it, but I love it! What a sense of adventure in that game!!! Ah, such imagination. I'm on Riven right now. Thanks for the awesome lens!
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    bcarter May 29, 2011 @ 7:17 am | delete
    Wow, that was fabulous, you've been blessed.
    I always got stuck in Myst, so it lost my interest real fast back in the day. Now that I'm older, it could be time to revisit it again.
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