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David Irving Speaks In Chicago 11/23

2009-11-22T01:22:02Z

COURTESY CROSSPOST & COMMENT
By Hal Womack 3-dan
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{Chicago
Monday, November 23, 7 pm. The talk is about Hitler's favorite field
marshal, Rommel: Was he a traitor, or not?
Indianapolis: Sunday, November 22, 6 pm}
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Re: The Books That Founded D&D

2009-11-21T18:51:34Z

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:47:50 +0200, Juho Julkunen
D&D in play is a lot more like Leiber and Burroughs and than it is
like Tolkien.

Best Book Covers of 2009

2009-11-21T17:05:01Z

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Bonham-Carter and Enid Blyton

2009-11-21T15:18:00Z

Watching a bit of "Enid" (Enid Blyton) with Helena Bonham Carter on
BBC, (have recorded it so will watch rest later) I then read an
interview with H B-C where she apparently said that Enid Bylton
was "bonkers and a bad mother".
Enid Blyton wrote over 750 childrens books, plus magazine stories,
there was a time where she wrote an estimated 10'000 words per day.

Re: The Books That Founded D&D

2009-11-21T13:41:24Z

On Nov 20, 11:14 pm, "Mike Schilling" <mscottschill...@hotmail.com>
wrote:
I suspect you mean Jack Vance. But A. A. Merritt and even E. R.
Burroughs had sometimes written well; Burroughs' first book in the
Tarzan series and in the Barsoom series weren't all that bad. I don't
know about the Conan series yet.

Re: The Books That Founded D&D

2009-11-21T13:32:11Z

On Lovecraft, try reading his other work - it's very varied, and he's
probably the most important twentieth-century writer in his field.
"The Colour out of Space", THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD, "The Rats
in the Walls"... Burroughs, Merritt and even Howard are stylistically
patchy, but Vance most certainly means "quality writing" - he's an

Re: Jalousie: A Thing of Purest Magnificence

2009-11-21T11:13:58Z

I was going to reply with, "As Time
Goes By", but you beat me to it. The
person who made that music video
did a fine job.

Re: The Books That Founded D&D

2009-11-21T08:02:35Z

A careful reading of the spells D&D v 2.0 reveals a number of spells
originating from Cugel's Saga. The Spell of Forlorn Encystement comes
to mind (9th level, you end up in statis 50 miles underground), but
there are others. Been a long time, can't recall.

Re: The Books That Founded D&D

2009-11-21T07:47:50Z

In article <he74b1$kp...@news.eternal-sep tember.org>, Patok
(crazy.div.pa...@gmail.com) says...
I'd just like to point out that 'some' there is everybody except Gygax.
Yes, D&D took influences from all over the place, notably form those
mentioned in the article, but in the case of LotR Gygax protesteth too

Re: The Seven Basic Plots

2009-11-21T07:06:40Z

Heh. IMO, there is only one plot:
1. Woman.

Re: The Books That Founded D&D

2009-11-21T07:03:46Z

Thanks to you and Mike! Leiber was the only one I had never heard
of, and had not tried to read. I'll give him a try, now.

Re: The Books That Founded D&D

2009-11-21T06:51:03Z

I had never heard of Fritz Leiber of Fahryd and the Grey Mouser until I
began playing D&D and heard that those books were an influence. Immediately
went out and read the entire series and loved them. Always grateful to D&D
for that.

Re: The Books That Founded D&D

2009-11-21T06:14:00Z

One of these is very much unlike the others.
And Leiber is even more different, as his style is humorous,
unornamented, and very approachable.

Re: The Seven Basic Plots

2009-11-21T06:01:08Z

In my framework, there are only three plots:
1. Man vs. Woman,
2. Man vs. Nature,
3. Man vs. the Empire Brain Building.

Re: Jalousie: A Thing of Purest Magnificence

2009-11-21T04:14:35Z

God! What glory! . . .
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