Drunkard's Walk

Drunkard's Walk

Drunkard's Walk may refer to:

  • Drunkard's Walk (novel), a 1960 science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl
  • Drunkard's walk, a patchwork pattern made up of squares of fabric with a quarter circle of contrasting fabric in one corner
  • Drunkard's walk, a type of a random walk in which termination conditions lead to a biased ending state
  • The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives, a non-fiction book by Leonard Mlodinow.
  • Drunkard's Walk is also a fan-fiction by Robert M. Schroeck consisting of 13 "steps," revolving around "Douglas 'Looney Toons' Sangnoir" and his journey to find his home while lost in the multiverse. Doug is a "meta-human" possessing an ability that creates different, and sometimes unpredictable, magical effects based on the music that he hears. Each 'step' is a separate fan-fiction story consisting of several chapters. Each Step takes place in a separate universe, examples of the universes would be: 'Oh! My Goddess' (co-authored by Christopher Angel, and a crossover with Christopher's fan-fiction 'Oh! My Brother'), 'Bubblegum Crisis', and 'Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.' Drunkard's Walk is located at http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/dwmain.shtml.

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