Editing The Dice Man (section)

== Reception ==
The book was not initially successful, but gradually became considered a [[cult classic]].<ref name="Fann2011">
{{cite journal |author=Fann, Kelly |year=2011 |title=Tapping Into The Appeal of Cult Fiction |journal=Reference and User Services Quarterly |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=15–18 |doi=10.5860/rusq.51n1.15 |doi-access=free |editor=Trott, Barry}}{{better source needed|date=November 2019}}
</ref><ref name="guardian1" /> Writing in 2017 for ''[[The Guardian]]'', Tanya Gold noted that "over the course of 45 years" it was still in print, had become famous, had devoted fans, and had "sold more than 2m copies in multiple languages".<ref name="guardian1" />  It initially sold poorly in the United States, but well in Europe, particularly England, Sweden, Denmark, and Spain.<ref name="guardian1" /> 

Cockroft continued the premise of the book in two other novels, ''[[Adventures of Wim]]'' (1986) and ''[[The Search for the Dice Man]]'' (1993),<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rhinehart |first=Luke |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63E_AAAACAAJ |title=The Search for the Dice Man |date=1993 |publisher=HarperCollins |isbn=978-0-00-223937-0 |language=en}}</ref> and in a companion title, ''[[The Book of the Die]]'' (2000),<ref name="guardian3" /> none of which achieved the commercial success of ''The Dice Man''.<ref name="guardian2" />

[[Kirkus Reviews]] wrote "[t]he odds are that this will be a winning combination and certainly his rowdy, seriocomic talent is splendidly displayed."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/luke-rhinehart/the-dice-man/ |access-date=2025-04-06 |website=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}</ref>