The Dice Man The Dice Man The Dice Man is a novel published in 1971 by George Cockcroft under the pen name Luke Rhinehart and tells the story of a psychiatrist who begins making life decisions based on the casting of dice. Cockcroft wrote the book based on his own experiences of using dice to make decisions while studying psychology. The novel is noted for its subversion, anti-psychiatry sentiments and for reflecting moods of the early 1970s. Due to its subversive nature and chapters concerned with controversial issues such as rape, murder and sexual experimentation, it was banned in several countries. Upon its
Farrar & Rinehart we feel that … there is a need for literature that is written in quiet places and that is brought to the public with dignity." During the early summer of 1929, Farrar and Rinehart designed and distributed its first promotional piece, the first cannon in what they hoped to be a successful advertising campaign for the book "Speculation: The Wall Street Gamebook". Published in October, the month of the stock-market crash, it was a complete failure. In 1931, Farrar & Rinehart acquired the Cosmopolitan Book Corporation from Hearst. Farrar & Rinehart became one of the most successful publishing houses of