Robert Lafore

Robert W. Lafore (born March 11, 1938) is a computer programmer, systems analyst and entrepreneur. He coined the term "interactive fiction",^[1] and was an early software developer in this field.^[2]

Career

Lafore worked as a systems analyst for the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. In the early days of microcomputing, he wrote programs in BASIC for the TRS-80^[3] and founded his own software company.

Lafore has written a number of text adventure games, for which he coined the term "interactive fiction", for the company Adventure International.^[4]

Lafore has authored a number of books on the subject of computer programming, including Soul of CP/M.,^[5]^[6] and Assembly Language Primer for the IBM PC and XT.^[7]^[8] Later books included C++ Interactive Course, Object-Oriented Programming in C++,^[9]^[10] Turbo C Programming for the IBM,^[11] and C Programming Using Turbo C++.^[12] At one time he was an editor for the Waite Group publishers.^[5]

References

^ Nick Montfort (2005). Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction. MIT Press. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-0-262-63318-5.
^ Dale Peterson (July 1983). Genesis II, creation and recreation with computers. Reston Pub. Co. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8359-2434-4.
^ Michael J. Tresca (16 November 2010). The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games. McFarland. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-0-7864-6009-0.
^ Neal Roger Tringham (10 September 2014). Science Fiction Video Games. CRC Press. pp. 483–. ISBN 978-1-4822-0389-9.
^ ^a ^b Book review of Soul of CP/M by David Carroll. in Dr. Dobb's Journal for Users of Small Computer Systems. People's Computer Company. 1984.
^ InCider. Vol. 2. W. Green. 1984. p. 139.
^ Ziff Davis, Inc. (11 March 1986). "PC Mag". PC Magazine: The Independent Guide to IBM-Standard Personal Computing. Ziff Davis, Inc.: 23–. ISSN 0888-8507.
^ Byte. McGraw-Hill. 1986. p. 297.
^ Tim Wegner; Bert Tyler; Mark Peterson; Pieter Branderhorst (1 October 1992). Fractals for Windows. Waite Group Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-1-878739-25-4.
^ The New York Times Book Review. New York Times Company. June 1995. p. 35.
^ Computer Book Review. CBR Publications. 1988. pp. 6–15.
^ WorldCat report for Robert Lafore

External links

[Montfort2005-1] Nick Montfort (2005). Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction. MIT Press. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-0-262-63318-5.

[Peterson1983-2] Dale Peterson (July 1983). Genesis II, creation and recreation with computers. Reston Pub. Co. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-8359-2434-4.

[Tresca2010-3] Michael J. Tresca (16 November 2010). The Evolution of Fantasy Role-Playing Games. McFarland. pp. 100–. ISBN 978-0-7864-6009-0.

[Tringham2014-4] Neal Roger Tringham (10 September 2014). Science Fiction Video Games. CRC Press. pp. 483–. ISBN 978-1-4822-0389-9.

[dobb-5] Book review of Soul of CP/M by David Carroll. in Dr. Dobb's Journal for Users of Small Computer Systems. People's Computer Company. 1984.

[6] InCider. Vol. 2. W. Green. 1984. p. 139.

[Inc.1986-7] Ziff Davis, Inc. (11 March 1986). "PC Mag". PC Magazine: The Independent Guide to IBM-Standard Personal Computing. Ziff Davis, Inc.: 23–. ISSN 0888-8507.

[8] Byte. McGraw-Hill. 1986. p. 297.

[WegnerTyler1992-9] Tim Wegner; Bert Tyler; Mark Peterson; Pieter Branderhorst (1 October 1992). Fractals for Windows. Waite Group Press. p. 360. ISBN 978-1-878739-25-4.

[10] The New York Times Book Review. New York Times Company. June 1995. p. 35.

[11] Computer Book Review. CBR Publications. 1988. pp. 6–15.

[12] WorldCat report for Robert Lafore

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