tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post5798445870569789286..comments2024-03-28T22:28:01.028-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: What Marion Zimmer Bradley Taught Me (Part 2)JBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-67781944136164897452010-10-09T18:32:19.455-07:002010-10-09T18:32:19.455-07:00@John Harper: Currently reading Sharra's Exile...@John Harper: Currently reading Sharra's Exile...so far, so good!<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-31133499717392758052010-10-08T11:37:17.027-07:002010-10-08T11:37:17.027-07:00Telecanter's right about Carcosa being older t...Telecanter's right about Carcosa being older than Bradley, but he hasn't gone back far enough. <i>Everyone</i> who refers to Carcosa is ultimately drawing on Ambrose Bierce's story "An Inhabitant of Carcosa." Everyone. Chambers, Lovecraft, Derleth, MZB, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Geoffrey McKiney: they're all drawing on Bierce or someone who drew on him. (Watt-Evans is probably drawing on Chambers, since he also has the King in Yellow as a character.)<br /><br />On another note: JB, I recommend Sharra's Exile highly; you'd also probably like The Spell Sword, The Forbidden Tower, and The Bloody Sun.John Harper Brinegarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17592827787099084705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-735783649967571552010-10-08T09:32:18.043-07:002010-10-08T09:32:18.043-07:00Nice comments on futuristic fantasy. I really enjo...Nice comments on futuristic fantasy. I really enjoy that in novels/games when done right.New Fish In An Old Schoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13721546559966917909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-616776082171001092010-10-07T15:25:20.406-07:002010-10-07T15:25:20.406-07:00One of my Backburner Projects is a Call of Cthulhu...One of my Backburner Projects is a <i>Call of Cthulhu</i> campaign that doesn't cross continents -- why bother competing with <i>Masks of Nyarlathotep</i>? -- but instead crosses time periods, from Hyperborea all the way to the modern day, and perhaps beyond. One day I might finish it.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-83845553818789054102010-10-07T15:12:17.825-07:002010-10-07T15:12:17.825-07:00I won the Ace double novel version of Planet Saver...I won the Ace double novel version of Planet Savers/Sword of Aldones the other day, but the seller contacted me shortly thereafter to tell me he didn't actually have it in stock. I wound up spending the money on a BAF edition of <i>The Worm Ouroboros</i> instead, because I've wanted that edition for a while.<br /><br />Still hoping to snag the first few Darkover books at some point soon.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00155926145150934199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-17491589406139495632010-10-07T14:35:22.706-07:002010-10-07T14:35:22.706-07:00Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Carcosa i...Interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing.<br /><br />Carcosa is actually much older than MZB. I highly recommend Chambers' "The King in Yellow" its about a book that if read drives you crazy, but this is 1895, before that idea was a cliche. And it's creepy.Telecanterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238356788092725244noreply@blogger.com