As always, wow. Love all the obscure and obvious references, including the ones that are inverted or funhouse-mirrors.
Guilty as charged. Also, it was my first book, I was young (and had a naive approach to world-building), and I hadn't yet learned to look and think deeper and wider. (Ironically, I learned that -- or at least started to -- with Drunkard's Walk, when I decided I wanted to depict a more realistic version of Warriors World.)
Quote:GURPS IST is a book about a very American genre written by an American author for an audience that was primarily American.
Guilty as charged. Also, it was my first book, I was young (and had a naive approach to world-building), and I hadn't yet learned to look and think deeper and wider. (Ironically, I learned that -- or at least started to -- with Drunkard's Walk, when I decided I wanted to depict a more realistic version of Warriors World.)
-- Bob
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....
I have been Roland, Beowulf, Achilles, Gilgamesh, Clark Kent, Mary Sue, DJ Croft, Skysaber. I have been
called a hundred names and will be called a thousand more before the sun grows dim and cold....