tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post9082426277696245967..comments2024-03-29T06:16:21.012+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: Fantasy Aztecs in the Future; Or, Scorpion-men, Tabaxi, and Yuan-ti, Oh My!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-1152810929974358142019-01-07T08:42:09.502+08:002019-01-07T08:42:09.502+08:00I've been reading back through the archives of...I've been reading back through the archives of your blog (glad you're starting up again!) and it occurs to me you might enjoy Spire, which has a similarly "fantasypunk" feel to it. I'm not crazy about the storygame bones, but the kind of gonzo worldbuilding really reminds me of a lot of OSR stuff. Nicola Karrashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10663798060472951253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-26699029732044746652016-02-23T06:54:55.918+08:002016-02-23T06:54:55.918+08:00Kevin C: Those are great. I recently completed my ...Kevin C: Those are great. I recently completed my set of the Underwood-Miller editions with David Ireland's work on the covers. They are very nice as well!<br /><br />http://www.vancemuseum.com/misc/um/vanciana_tchai_fourcards.jpg<br /><br />(I also enjoy that those books use the series title "Tschai" which I believe was Vance's preference, as opposed to "Planet of Adventure," which had to have been dreamed up by an editor).Ivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08923725063649465366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-10748487372593530722016-02-23T06:38:58.808+08:002016-02-23T06:38:58.808+08:00Make it 4 people: Planet of Adventure is pulpy and...Make it 4 people: Planet of Adventure is pulpy and much more focused than Dying Earth (which was the only other Vance I'd read) but it's brisk and horrifying and just on the lee side of familiar winds.... ya know, it's VANCE!<br /><br />Also, the French versions from the early 70's have my favorite paperback covers of all time, by a remarkable Hungarian painter named Tibor Csernus:<br /><br />http://www.franceinter.fr/sites/default/files/2013/06/28/669882/imagepage/Le%20Cycle%20de%20Tschai.jpgKevin Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11769980627137614220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-45964712202541570232016-02-21T09:00:16.679+08:002016-02-21T09:00:16.679+08:00Sooo....like Shadowrun kinda you mean? ;)Sooo....like Shadowrun kinda you mean? ;)DeusNihlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06038215658350486776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-13361091117934017182016-02-19T19:56:12.514+08:002016-02-19T19:56:12.514+08:00Neat.
: )Neat.<br />: )JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-7365621942835182082016-02-19T17:16:26.470+08:002016-02-19T17:16:26.470+08:00They would need taxis, of course. What would a sco...They would need taxis, of course. What would a scorpion-man car look like? noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-78265332216333527622016-02-19T17:16:03.918+08:002016-02-19T17:16:03.918+08:00Thanks. I do feel reinvigorated, blogging-wise. No...Thanks. I do feel reinvigorated, blogging-wise. Not sure why.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-58324495623728811122016-02-19T17:15:33.992+08:002016-02-19T17:15:33.992+08:00I guess if you're selling them in vast bulk it...I guess if you're selling them in vast bulk it's worth it. You'd have extremely low overheads, I suppose - just a garage or whatever to store the books in. noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-57954162622762660362016-02-19T16:24:03.515+08:002016-02-19T16:24:03.515+08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jay Duggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181402451119462976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-2539816866734496002016-02-19T16:23:55.121+08:002016-02-19T16:23:55.121+08:00See Liz Williams's Detective Inspector Chen se...See Liz Williams's Detective Inspector Chen series for a near future fantasy police procedural along the lines of what you describe.<br /><br />See the history book Stalingrad on the Yangtze for what happens to a such a city during an invasion.Jay Duggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10181402451119462976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-86292340786053426132016-02-19T13:36:49.026+08:002016-02-19T13:36:49.026+08:00I initially mis-read the title as 'Scorpion-me...I initially mis-read the title as 'Scorpion-men Taxis', which leads to its own set of interesting scenarios....Vance Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03911245780875316627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-2411663987397153662016-02-19T13:17:38.355+08:002016-02-19T13:17:38.355+08:00I've seen shitty versions of Planet of Adventu...I've seen shitty versions of Planet of Adventure floating around the tubes aa pdf. That's where I read them.<br /><br />And this is very interesting; keep going.Arnold Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603155377769597516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-13466579835513774652016-02-19T09:56:10.759+08:002016-02-19T09:56:10.759+08:00Tell me that yes of course you've read The Cit...Tell me that yes of course you've read The City & the City by China Miéville - weird fiction meets police procedural.<br /><br />Am very much enjoying your renewed blogging vigor, keep at it man!MartinSzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309988324743171703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-68378186689666141762016-02-19T08:07:30.090+08:002016-02-19T08:07:30.090+08:00Also, I'm digging this private eyes in a futur...Also, I'm digging this private eyes in a future fantasy Mexico vibe. Very inspirational. James Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037978157160974070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-52332012721396748522016-02-19T07:57:48.079+08:002016-02-19T07:57:48.079+08:00Back when I sold books on Amazon, they gave you a ...Back when I sold books on Amazon, they gave you a certain allowance for shipping costs, which was based on the actual cost of postage + whatever reasonable amount for packaging and time, I guess? So I guess you undercut the shipping fee and that's where you make your money -- but it must still be well under £1 a volume, which makes me wonder how it's worth anyone's time. James Hollowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09037978157160974070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-27324598326723496332016-02-19T06:43:14.146+08:002016-02-19T06:43:14.146+08:00You're the third person in the space of about ...You're the third person in the space of about a week to recommend those books to me. I can see I'm really going to have to order them (and most of them are available for 1p secondhand on Amazon - I've never quite understood how that pricing system works...). noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-608085786767000982016-02-19T06:38:59.961+08:002016-02-19T06:38:59.961+08:00The idea sounded a little awkward to me at first, ...The idea sounded a little awkward to me at first, but so would a similarly primordial outline of Yoon-Suin, which I liked a lot. It reminds me of Jack Vance's Planet of Adventure series, in which humans are at the bottom of the social pecking order and live in varying degrees of autonomy from the assorted alien species that rule the planet, each with its own social constructs dutifully aped by their subordinate humans.Yomarnoreply@blogger.com