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<LI><em>From</em>: Jeff Kesselman <<A HREF="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</A>></LI>
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At 07:54 PM 8/27/97 PST8PDT, you wrote:
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>I can't think of *any* SF or fantasy world that doesn't mostly
>resemble RL, and I think there's a good reason for that. Quite
>simply, if you came up with a world that was different from RL even
>down to the basics, there would be no frame of reference for readers
>or players to understand things -- the only real possibility would be
...
>The closest things I can think of to worlds which are fundamentally
>different from the real world that we're all familiar with are parts
>of the real world that none of us really have direct experience with --
How about Flatland? :)
The thing is, though the world is alien, the characters are very human in
how they think, act and vehanve. Thats a frame of reference that is pretty
vital.
Yo ucan get away with one or two enigmatic minor characters ina story bvut
thats abotu it.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00791" HREF="msg00791.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
Jeff Kesselman <a href="mailto:jeffk#tenetwork,com">jeffk#tenetwork,com</a>, Thu 28 Aug 1997, 02:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00887" HREF="msg00887.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00909" HREF="msg00909.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00793" HREF="msg00793.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00795" HREF="msg00795.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00889" HREF="msg00889.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00896" HREF="msg00896.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01096" HREF="msg01096.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
clawrenc <a href="mailto:clawrenc#cup,hp.com">clawrenc#cup,hp.com</a>, Thu 04 Sep 1997, 21:30 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="01105" HREF="msg01105.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Character evolution</A></strong>,
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