tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post5766634706051606816..comments2024-03-28T20:36:33.364-04:00Comments on GROGNARDIA: Pulp Fantasy Library: The Lost ContinentJames Maliszewskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-50951032890540202892009-11-18T20:06:21.538-05:002009-11-18T20:06:21.538-05:00Also, I think you over-stress the book's perce...<i>Also, I think you over-stress the book's perceived Victorian prudery.</i><br /><br>When I used the word "stiff," I meant the prose, not the content of the book, as such. Pheronice is a real piece of work and definitely not a typical Victorian female.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-35148351437084058102009-11-18T20:05:19.535-05:002009-11-18T20:05:19.535-05:00Matthew,
I am familiar with Churchward's work...Matthew,<br /><br />I am familiar with Churchward's work. The man had quite the imagination and his musings on Mu had wide influence in both "occult" and literary circles in the early 20th century.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-25547468084888807932009-11-17T22:05:26.109-05:002009-11-17T22:05:26.109-05:00I have a recent printing of Atlantis, the Antedelu...I have a recent printing of Atlantis, the Antedeluvian world, but I've got an 1883 printing of Ragnarok: the age of fire and gravel, also by Donnelly and just as far reaching and interesting as the antedeluvian world.<br /><br />I don't know if it's available on one of the out of print sites, but I recommend it if you can find it.E.G.Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10229893317543621720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-44956252328505856312009-11-17T06:55:22.012-05:002009-11-17T06:55:22.012-05:00While we are on the subject of Atlantis, why not r...While we are on the subject of Atlantis, why not read the first hand account from Plato - Atlanteans were described as brutish seaborne invaders (not unlike Vikings) threatening Athens until miraculously, Atlantis was destroyed, thereby saving Athens and whole ancient world, not unlike the divine wind destroying the invading Chinese fleet and saving the Empire of the Rising Sun. Not quite swords and sorcery, but a viable D&D source material none the less!<br /><br />Word verification: CHBUKI, those are the young offspring of the warlike tribesmen dwelling on the ice floes on the northern shore of the Kaltersee mentioned Lone Wolf gamebook series. The little boogers ride on their fathers' shoulders in specially mounted harnesses while the dads are busy skiing, and they shoot nasty little short bows, arrows coated with paralytic poison to stun the prey into captivity and to take the intruders alive so that they can be questioned about how many intruders are there and where the invaders come from.Brooser Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487438364129415650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-75580052514088724832009-11-17T06:25:26.315-05:002009-11-17T06:25:26.315-05:00I found the GURPS Atlantis book quite interesting....I found the GURPS Atlantis book quite interesting.anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-78070938322356879202009-11-17T01:40:26.428-05:002009-11-17T01:40:26.428-05:00Also, I think you over-stress the book's perce...Also, I think you over-stress the book's perceived Victorian prudery. Deucalion is a bit of a stodge, yes, but the two prominent women in the story are hardly fainting heroines in the style of Mina Harker; both of them leap into battle multiple times to wreak swathes of bloody slaughter that would give even Belit pause,E.T.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10839361427618049936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-39402649052582857672009-11-17T01:31:22.662-05:002009-11-17T01:31:22.662-05:00I was really amazed by this book, especially how i...I was really amazed by this book, especially how it seems to hit all the hallmarks of sword & sorcery decades before that genre is considered to have come into existence. Bloddy battles with prehistoric beasts (both dinosaurs and saber-toothed cats) decadent city-scapes contrasting with wild barbarians, strange cults and arcane mysteries, naked princesses in need of rescue, and of course a self-made hero striving at the center of it all. I really wonder if this book was influence on R.E. Howards works.<br /><br />Its been reprinted several times after the 1970's. My own cop is a 2005 edition, and a quick skim of amazon finds several others. Shouldn't be hard to find at all.E.T.Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10839361427618049936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-18342184395062225202009-11-16T23:20:47.974-05:002009-11-16T23:20:47.974-05:00I have a copy of Ignatius Donnelly's Atlantis:...I have a copy of Ignatius Donnelly's Atlantis: The Antediluvian World, which I read in my twenties. I may have to dust it off. Based on this recommendation, I picked up a copy of The Lost Continent today on Amazon for less than $2.00 and then felt compelled to place Elak of Atlantis in my shopping basket at Piazo. Looks like I have reading theme developing.<br /><br /><i>Jerry Cornelius said... <br />I've always been surprised that Altantis isn't used more often as a FRPG setting.</i><br /><br />Me too. Hmmm... maybe there is a project here.leadjunkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18315365767527043985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-48226370818432667952009-11-16T19:32:22.721-05:002009-11-16T19:32:22.721-05:00Out of interest, are you familiar with the works o...Out of interest, are you familiar with the works of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Churchward" rel="nofollow">James Churchward</a> and its apparent influence on late nineteenth and early twentieth century Atlantean fuelled myth? I am not particularly familiar myself, but only happened upon it a few years back when trying to figure out the plot and influences of the anime <i>RahXephon</i>. My recollection is somewhat vague on the subject, but apparently he popularised (or created) a particular form of the Atlantis myth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05646247954542936623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-42600589214330871172009-11-16T13:17:06.746-05:002009-11-16T13:17:06.746-05:00I love this column and must congratulate you on yo...I love this column and must congratulate you on your full professionalism!squidmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486198900111225929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-4332970291478698762009-11-16T12:11:13.909-05:002009-11-16T12:11:13.909-05:00Definitely a classic, mammoth and all. I've al...Definitely a classic, mammoth and all. I've always been surprised that Altantis isn't used more often as a FRPG setting.Jerry Corneliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04657432306103298802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7487871339000666216.post-16708956965959642082009-11-16T10:20:08.084-05:002009-11-16T10:20:08.084-05:00I love how all of this stuff is so old, I can find...I love how all of this stuff is so old, I can find it at <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/" rel="nofollow">Project Gutenberg</a> and download it to my ereader for free.Alex Schroederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17104864340940538702noreply@blogger.com