Editing Luke Rhinehart (section)

==Cultural influence==
[[Richard Branson]] has said he used dice when [[Recording contract|signing bands]] in the early days of [[Virgin Records]] after reading ''The Dice Man'' and deciding to "follow its teachings."<ref>{{Cite web |title=What I've read this year {{!}} Virgin |url=https://virgin.com/branson-family/richard-branson-blog/what-ive-read-this-year |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Virgin.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-05-21 |title=Dice Man books 'influenced' business tycoon Sir Richard Branson |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/dice-man-books-influenced-business-tycoon-sir-richard-branson-8624831.html |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

Journalist Ben Marshall spent two years from 1998 to 2000 experimenting with dice and reporting his experiences in [[Loaded (magazine)|''Loaded'']] magazine;<ref>{{Cite web |date=1999-06-14 |title=Dicing with death |url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/1999/jun/14/9 |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> ''Loaded'' subsequently named Cockcroft/Rhinehart as novelist of the century.<ref name = funtriviaLoaded>{{cite web|title= Loaded Magazine - The Early Years|website=funtrivia.com|url=http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Loaded-Magazine---The-Early-Years-239311.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111031080648/http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Loaded-Magazine---The-Early-Years-239311.html|archive-date=2011-10-31|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A four-season television travel series called ''The Diceman'' was broadcast between 1998 and 2000 by the [[Discovery Channel]] in which the destinations and activities of the participants were determined by the roll of a die.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://diceman.co.uk/|title=Diceman – Diceman}}</ref>{{third-party inline|date=November 2019}}

[[United Kingdom|UK]] Channel 4's broadcast of ''Diceworld'' (1999, [[Paul Wilmshurst]] directing), a 50-minute television documentary about Cockcroft/Rhinehart and some of the people influenced by his novels contributed to a resurgence of interest in Cockcroft/Rhinehart's books. A further documentary was produced in 2004, a collaboration between Cockcroft/Rhinehart and director Nick Mead, entitled ''Dice Life: The Random Mind of Luke Rhinehart''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dice Life (2004) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8a659a25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116135946/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8a659a25 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 16, 2022 |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-03-21 |title=Humans of Majorca has a chat with Nick Mead |url=https://www.majorcadailybulletin.com/holiday/life-style/2020/03/21/64363/humans-majorca-has-chat-with-nick-mead.html |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=Majorca Daily Bulletin |language=en}}</ref>

Inspired by ''The Dice Man'' and written by Paul Lucas, a play called ''The Dice House'' premiered in the United Kingdom in 2001, and went on to staging at the Arts Theatre in London's West End in 2004.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Koenig, Rhoda | date = February 16, 2004 | title = IndyVoices: The Dice House, Arts Theatre London | journal = Independent.co.uk | location = London, England | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/reviews/the-dice-house-arts-theatre-london-69470.html | access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = metrowebukmetro | date = August 12, 2002 | title = The Dice House – Theatre Review | work = Metro.co.uk | location = London, England | publisher = Associated Newspapers Ltd / DMG Media | url=http://metro.co.uk/2002/08/12/the-dice-house-theatre-review-475606/ | access-date=November 22, 2019}}</ref> The text of Lucas's play was published by [[Faber & Faber]] in 2001<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.awesomebooks.com/index.php/book/9780571212903/the-dice-house-faber-stagescripts/used | isbn=9780571212903 | title=The Dice House (Faber StageScripts) &#124; Paul Lucas &#124; 9780571212903 | year=2001 | last1=Lucas | first1=Paul | publisher=Faber & Faber }}</ref> and by [[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]] in 2012.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://www.awesomebooks.com/index.php/book/9780571212903/the-dice-house-faber-stagescripts/used | isbn=9780571212903 | title=The Dice House (Faber StageScripts) &#124; Paul Lucas &#124; 9780571212903 | year=2001 | last1=Lucas | first1=Paul | publisher=Faber & Faber }}</ref>

In music, a 1979 song by [[The Fall (band)|The Fall]] called "Dice Man" takes its title and general concept from the book. The [[Talk Talk]] song "[[Such A Shame]]" (1984) was inspired by ''The Dice Man''. In 1992 British musician [[Richard D. James (musician)|Richard D. James]] used the pseudonym The Dice Man for the track "Polygon Window". [[Jez Coad]]'s band The Surfing Brides have a track titled "Diceman" (1992) which was also inspired by the book. The [[At The Gates]] song "World of Lies" (1995) quotes ''The Dice Man'' during its spoken word lyrics.

The UK [[comic]], ''[[2000 AD (comics)|2000 AD]]'', published the [[Gamebook]] magazine ''Dice Man'' in 1986. Five editions were created by [[Pat Mills]] through October of that year, with script and game by Mills, covers by [[Glenn Fabry]], and art and lettering by various ''2000 AD'' artists.<ref>{{cite web|author = Carter, Wakefield | date = 1 February 1986 | title = BARNEY: Dice Man 1 | work = 2000AD.org [fanzine] | location = London, England | publisher = [IPC]/[http://internationalhero.co.uk/i/ipc.htm Fleetway] | url = http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=specials&choice=diceman1 | access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author = Carter, Wakefield | date = 1 October 1986 | title = BARNEY: Dice Man 5 | work = 2000AD.org [fanzine] | location = London, England | publisher = [IPC]/[http://internationalhero.co.uk/i/ipc.htm Fleetway] | url = http://www.2000ad.org/?zone=prog&page=specials&choice=diceman1 | access-date=24 November 2019}}</ref>

The brewers of [[Rolling Rock]] beer launched an advertising campaign in the [[United Kingdom]] in 1998 based on ''The Dice Man'',<ref>{{cite web | author = Larry Viner & Suzanne Viner, editors | date = 1998 | title = Image No. 30532000 | work = AdvertisingArchives.co.uk | url=http://www.advertisingarchives.co.uk/detail/28251/1/Magazine-Advert/Rolling-Rock-Beer | location = London, England | publisher = The Advertising Archives | access-date= 24 November 2019 }}</ref> a campaign that included a short-lived ''Dice Life'' website.