<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books --> <!--X-From-R13: [vxr Eryyref <zvxrNbayvar-nypurzl.pbz> --> <!--X-Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 10:40:32 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: 3.0.32.19971213022223.00743488#pop,ricochet.net --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00777.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00778.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00752.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00745.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00779">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00779">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00779">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Mike Sellers <<A HREF="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 02:47:33 -0800</LI> <LI><em>Cc</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> At 08:57 PM 12/12/97 PST8PDT, Matt Chatterley wrote: >[Snip] > >I'm also a collosal fan of Raymond E Feist, whose writings are very >stylish, if a little gory and divulgery (is that actually a word?) in >places. Oddly enough, I got into gaming at all sort of because of Feist. I played a few FRPGs in high school (during the '70s), but it didn't really take. But then I began playing seriously (as in, every day -- it's amazing I passed my classes) when I hit college. My roommate, the guy I learned from and still one of the best DMs I know, played with Feist and his crew and used a AD&D variant he called "Midkemia" in our adventures. Some of the others in Feist's circle eventually created Midkemia Press in the early '80s, which put out a few AD&D-ish supplements of varying quality and _kept_ saying they were going to put out their FRPG (which I had since discarded in favor of my own design, but which still influences what I do, even down to M59). I think it's for this reason (and because of Feist's somewhat sophomoric writing style) that I find his books unreadable. To me they're a slightly twisted version of a campaign-world he ran, and are so incredibly derivative of Tolkein and AD&D it makes Shannara look like genius. Anyway, I didn't mean for this to be a rant. But you can imagine that the first time I saw Feist's "Midkemia" books in the store, I just about fell over. Now, if he had written about the Shattered Orb saga, that might have made the books more readable. ;) Mike Sellers mike#online-alchemy,com Online Alchemy A division of The Big Network Combining art & science to create new worlds. </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00777.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] META: FAQ: location</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00778.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Wild west (was Guilds & Politics)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00752.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00745.html">Jerks (me)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00779"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00779"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: META: FAQ: Location, etc</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <ul compact> <LI><strong><A NAME="00880" HREF="msg00880.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: META: FAQ: Location, etc</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 19 Dec 1997, 20:24 GMT </LI> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00747" HREF="msg00747.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Is mud research real?</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Fri 12 Dec 1997, 15:30 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00746" HREF="msg00746.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Fri 12 Dec 1997, 15:14 GMT <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00752" HREF="msg00752.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Fri 12 Dec 1997, 21:17 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00779" HREF="msg00779.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Sat 13 Dec 1997, 10:40 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00745" HREF="msg00745.html">Jerks (me)</A></strong>, Ling <a href="mailto:K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk">K.L.Lo-94#student,lboro.ac.uk</a>, Fri 12 Dec 1997, 14:32 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00727" HREF="msg00727.html">OT: Era of the Nerd (forwarded)</A></strong>, Adam Wiggins <a href="mailto:nightfall#user1,inficad.com">nightfall#user1,inficad.com</a>, Fri 12 Dec 1997, 07:34 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00725" HREF="msg00725.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics [was Affecting the World]</A></strong>, Chris Gray <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 12 Dec 1997, 06:57 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00733" HREF="msg00733.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Guilds & Politics [was Affecting the World]</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Fri 12 Dec 1997, 08:11 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>