Message: 2 Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:16:23 -0000 From: "Guillermo" <gparedes76@...> Subject: Re: Raistlin decides to die (off topic) I tend to divide...
... Fair enough. ... I shall give this due consideration. ... That would work. ... Excellent idea. So should I change the post-200 references I've included in...
"Well, it may sound hackneyed but I can't shake the feeling that life just isn't traumatic enough. When I did write it was as externalisation, catharsis,...
... Among other things, Ende wrote "The NeverEnding Story", which is an amazing book. It has a strange, dreamlike quality to it, and is hard to compare to most...
... Yeah, I don't actually know anything about the publishing situation in Uganda or Bolivia. ... It is possible to write books for a living in a country with...
Per Jorner
pel@...
Apr 1, 2006 8:53 pm
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... So all 'evil' kings are either under magic spells or simply madmen? All people who want power simply want it to take over the universe? All 'good' people...
Frank La Terra wrote on Apr 2: " So all 'evil' kings are either under magic spells or simply madmen? " All people who want power simply want it to take over...
In a message dated 4/1/2006 4:21:20 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, elbarstardo@... writes: So all 'evil' kings are either under magic spells or...
pericles23@...
Apr 2, 2006 3:28 am
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pericles23@... wrote on Apr 2: " 1) I don't think that having an evil being using a set of rings as a vehicle " for control is the same as saying that...
... Having checked, I note that anyone who takes the Banshee route can get the Stone of Power, which can be used to bypass the climactic series of fights. At...
Hang on, I made 195 the 'stay in the lift and go on to other fun and mayhem' option. So 205 should become 190. ... To help you stay safe and secure online,...
Per Jorner wrote on Apr 2: " It is possible to write books for a living in a country with its own " language and 9 million inhabitants like Sweden, but very...
... other ... over rated. ... artistic ... Not that one thing does not have much to do with the other, mind you. What I meant is that they constitute attempts...
Guillermo wrote on Apr 7: " As I understood it, in LOTR the personification of power was not " Sauron, but rather the plot involving the One Ring with Frodo,...
"Absolutely. And of course the key difference between LOTR and most of its imitators is that LOTR is all about trying to destroy the powerful MacGuffin, while...
... In all honesty, I think it's just you. Guillermo ___________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? La mejor conexión a Internet y...
... I meant to reply to this ages ago - yes, Weirdstone is one of my favourites also. Brilliant story, and I think the "plankshaft" section deserves to be up...
Andy Spruce has done an excellent job of making an online conversion of my Fabled Lands pastiche 'Isle of the Cyclops'. Given that it occurs on the Bird...
... in ... That's exactly the point I was making in my original post: that there are differences in degree between countries. I don't doubt there are poor...
... Let me take a shot at it, then (although I'm fairly sure we already did this discussion... two or three times): Firstly, "beating the other army" and...
Per Jorner
pel@...
Apr 10, 2006 4:14 pm
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Per Jorner wrote on Apr 11: " Firstly, "beating the other army" and "fascism" are not the same thing, " not even "at the root". No. Of course they aren't. And...
Change the bracketed bit in 196 to: A single card from the game remains on the floor beside you, and one of the answers on it catches your eye, being the name...
... Well, considering you didn't really name a lot of names to form the thesis... Of course, I could provide examples of both pro-power and anti-power fantasy...
Per Jorner
pel@...
Apr 19, 2006 4:11 pm
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Per Jorner wrote on Apr 20: " Of course, I could provide examples of both pro-power and anti-power " fantasy as I see it (which will not be the same as how...
The relationship between fantasy and fascism (since it's come up again) is quite satirically explored in The Iron Dream by Norman Spinrad. I mentioned Spinrad...
... again) is ... mentioned ... great ... Glenn ... wider ... purports to be ... emigrated to ... how much ... recognisable in ... Calrissian got to ... ...
The mentioning of satire in the "Facism as Fantasy" thread got me thinking about something else related to that, and possibly related to other discussions....
Belatedly I realise that 196 already had a Luck bonus. The simplest way to fix the repetition would be to delete the original 'Gain 1 Luck point.' In section...
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