tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post4894461190873975537..comments2024-03-28T13:22:07.685-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Songs of the Dying EarthJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-12026805044793163442009-06-03T11:53:04.352-04:002009-06-03T11:53:04.352-04:00I dearly love The Dying Earth. It's one of the...I dearly love The Dying Earth. It's one of the strongest influences on my own gaming and writing.<br /><br />I'm really looking forward to this one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-60657750798191748842009-05-25T08:53:01.105-04:002009-05-25T08:53:01.105-04:00Can't wait for this.
Dying Earth still has ...Can't wait for this. <br /><br />Dying Earth still has to take a backseat to Lyonesse in my pantheon of fantasy greats, but it's still awesome.<br /><br />Lyonesse & LotR are the two greatest fantasy series I've ever read. I go back and forth over which is better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-12345789125400410022009-05-23T22:40:25.455-04:002009-05-23T22:40:25.455-04:00Anything with John C. Wright's name on/in it gets ...Anything with John C. Wright's name on/in it gets a hand wave (like, move along, not interested) from me.metamorphosissigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18163514061779555557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-6248042827984300152009-05-23T22:36:56.832-04:002009-05-23T22:36:56.832-04:00Yeah I'm looking forward to this one too. Shou...Yeah I'm looking forward to this one too. Should be a cracker. I'm keen to see what George RR Martin does with the Dying Earth (I spent most of last summer discovering his Song of Ice & Fire series).<br /><br />I've been considering re-reading the Lyonesse books recently..Chris Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064988977152302364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-65905211509338126592009-05-23T22:04:53.158-04:002009-05-23T22:04:53.158-04:00Wow, and Glen Cook. Ok, I am going to re-read the ...Wow, and Glen Cook. Ok, I am going to re-read the Dying Earth books starting tonight. I never really liked them all that much, but they are an ok read, I just prefer Zothique as a dying setting, but I will start it off with a fresh mind.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-79285332366197558092009-05-23T20:30:39.116-04:002009-05-23T20:30:39.116-04:00I (sadly) ground to a halt about 100 pages into "L...I (sadly) ground to a halt about 100 pages into "Lyonesse". It was probably just the wrong book at the wrong time.<br /><br />That aside, Dying Earth pastiches by Dan Simmons, Robert Silverberg, Neil Gaiman and Tad Williams? I think I'll be all over that like a rash. Maybe G.R.R.M can get back to finishing his own book though... ;)<br /><br />wv: glamors - apposite, but insufficiently high-flown Vancian for the circumstances.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-38280506950406452612009-05-23T15:57:18.893-04:002009-05-23T15:57:18.893-04:00Thanks James for the nod to HC. I find it hearteni...Thanks James for the nod to HC. I find it heartening that we steal from the same well for NPC material. <br /><br />I started to re-read Eyes of the Overworld last night with the eye of lifting material for the campaign. I was floored by the amount of fun, little quirky magic items, spells, and strange locales one can glean from only a few, choice sections in the book alone. A highly practical read for a GM in other words.<br /><br />Agree with Akrasia that there is some good mining for GM's of Lyonesse. I remember reading somewhere that a French outfit did publish it as an RPG setting. Is this right? And was it ever translated into English?Chris Kutalikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01414743509426875792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-17969188710082212972009-05-23T12:28:32.455-04:002009-05-23T12:28:32.455-04:00Thanks for the link; I hadn't heard of this. A pre...Thanks for the link; I hadn't heard of this. A pre-order has just been placed with Amazon. :)Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01254215329246851683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-7658970364488436292009-05-23T12:04:53.329-04:002009-05-23T12:04:53.329-04:00Thanks for the heads up on this anthology!
I lik...Thanks for the heads up on this anthology! <br /><br />I like Vance's Dying Earth stories, but I think that his <I>Lyonesse</I> novels actually are superior, and strangely overlooked by fantasy fans. Lyonesse would make for a <I>great</I> FRPG setting.Akrasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.com