tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post4271310625881671930..comments2024-03-28T09:41:39.187-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: Star Man's SonJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-55904552947903351282009-07-10T22:37:17.587-04:002009-07-10T22:37:17.587-04:00The original novel was published in 1952, the year...The original novel was published in 1952, the year before I was born, and I first read it in 1962. It had the same cover that you display and <i>was</i> titled "Star Man's Son, 2250 A.D." I lived in a new development surrounded by woods that had been home to Bohemian artists forty years before, and I explored old moldering abandoned buildings inspired by Norton's novel. Ah, <i>nostalgia!</i>Uthaclenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065010777540677353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-82406640773780759782009-01-20T05:11:00.000-05:002009-01-20T05:11:00.000-05:00I'm sure I've seen a very similar image used in Ja...I'm sure I've seen a very similar image used in Jack Kirby's <I>Kamandi</I> comics. Given the similarity of the setting, I wonder if this served as inspiration for Kirby as well as Gygax?thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38953252092678541162009-01-20T01:26:00.000-05:002009-01-20T01:26:00.000-05:00Ya'know, this little tome is one of the few I ...Ya'know, this little tome is one of the few I have been searching high and low (save online) for, the past year or so.<BR/><BR/>I swear I just can't find the darn thing in any local and (not so local) used bookshops. I've turned up some real beauties, but this little beast eludes me so!<BR/><BR/>Nice reference though, thanks for the reminder to keep on looking.<BR/><BR/>Of course I could saddle over to ebay, but where the fun in that? ;>yoyorobbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08375340160423546919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-53810259733882667152009-01-19T21:37:00.000-05:002009-01-19T21:37:00.000-05:00Thank for the book review. I'm also a big Gamma Wo...Thank for the book review. I'm also a big Gamma World fan! And that pulp-styled book cover is awesome!Malcadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111796978336546944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-21048022579585111512009-01-19T21:18:00.000-05:002009-01-19T21:18:00.000-05:00Right on. I just ordered a copy on EBay. I look fo...Right on. I just ordered a copy on EBay. I look forward to the read. I've cut way back on my TV watching and am amazed at how much reading and writing I can get done. ;)christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650456794111980661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-5717826520507537082009-01-19T19:44:00.000-05:002009-01-19T19:44:00.000-05:00Ah, Star Man's Son was one of my absolute favo...Ah, Star Man's Son was one of my absolute favorite books in my middle-school years (the same time I started playing Gamma World and D&D). I even wrote "fan-fic" of sorts for it for my English class, as I recall.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15039997817901860557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-13902298614088037162009-01-19T15:40:00.000-05:002009-01-19T15:40:00.000-05:00Never read it, well before me and not anything I&#...Never read it, well before me and not anything I'm likely to have come across. However, the description does jive well with the spirit of classic D&D doesn't it?<BR/><BR/>"You don't fit in, so you go adventure." Simple.Brendan Falconerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05981719537527659745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-51145437748166575932009-01-19T14:33:00.000-05:002009-01-19T14:33:00.000-05:00Sounds like a good source of inspiration for Mutan...Sounds like a good source of inspiration for Mutant Future. :)Edsanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11619248696115787815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-29583579824343601622009-01-19T14:16:00.000-05:002009-01-19T14:16:00.000-05:00This is like a missing puzzle piece filled in, Jam...This is like a missing puzzle piece filled in, James. I've been half-remembering this book ever since your Pulp Fantasy Library series began! I had only the "science fantasy cliche:" a vague notion of a mutant outcast traveling through a dangerous wilderness. Now I know what to go looking for. Thanks.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615194097431562045noreply@blogger.com