In the beginning was Chance, and Chance was with God and Chance was God .... The
re was a man sent by Chance, whose name was Luke .... And Chance was made flesh
... and he dwelt among us, full of chaos, and falsehood and whim. -- from The Bo
ok of the Die
So begins this 1970s classic of sex, drugs, and, of course, dice.
Bored psychiatrist Luke Rhinehart lives with his wife and two children in their
"slightly upper, slightly east" apartment in Manhattan. Dissatisfied with both
Western and Eastern philosophies, alternately embracing the meaningfulness and m
eaninglessness of life, Luke's world is forever changed when he finds religion t
hrough the simple roll of the die and is "stunned and converted -- as only the u
tterly bored can be".
