Well, I can't say I've read much more than most Elric, the first three books of Corum and The End of Time...
I was looking through boxes on the floor of one of my uncles house. I was spending the night. My dad had picked me up from school and I had been expelled.
It was in the room I was to sleep in. There were a bunch of photo albums and yearbooks. In one of the boxes was an Elric book. I might be able to remeber the cover if I saw it again but it was an old book, might have been a DAW.
My dad came in and I asked him what it was, probably being over cautious because I wanted to appear innocent - that I was expelled for no reason.
He said it was Elric , 'you've never heard of Elric?'
It looked a little primitive. I was a huge d&d fan. I was about 16. This was the mid 80s and d&d was becoming more sophisticated. This Elric book didn't look ad&d. It looked pre-d&d. I was ad&d all the way, but decided to give it a try. It was a small book and I wondered what talentless author of the early 70s would understand anything about hard core fantasy.
But the cover reminded me of the early d&d modules I loved so much. It looked like something so simple.
I wondered if Jim Morrison had read such books (what would Jim do?).
The first page floored me. Was it the first paragraph? The first line? This was the exact information I wanted. It was like I was there becuase it was telling me everything that I needed to know. It was telling me how it was and it made me want to know it.
And that's what I understood. Between Elric and Jim, I was at the place I was and maybe still am.
Why does a British author move to Texas?
I wonder if MM has met Richard Garriot.
And I heard MM is not doing anymore fantasy. Well, that's okay. I haven't reread Corum or Elric as many times as I've wanted to yet. I didn't like the Dream Thief's Daughter so much, there wasn't enough violence.
Then there is Fahfard and Grey Mouser which must be memorised. After that I'd need to study the Black Company again page by page.
Actually, I don't want anymore books. I don't want to find any new authors. I'm set. And as it looks like artists don't do hard core high fantasy with a few basic oils - I'll teach myself that because you can NEVER have enough pictures.
Christian
I was looking through boxes on the floor of one of my uncles house. I was spending the night. My dad had picked me up from school and I had been expelled.
It was in the room I was to sleep in. There were a bunch of photo albums and yearbooks. In one of the boxes was an Elric book. I might be able to remeber the cover if I saw it again but it was an old book, might have been a DAW.
My dad came in and I asked him what it was, probably being over cautious because I wanted to appear innocent - that I was expelled for no reason.
He said it was Elric , 'you've never heard of Elric?'
It looked a little primitive. I was a huge d&d fan. I was about 16. This was the mid 80s and d&d was becoming more sophisticated. This Elric book didn't look ad&d. It looked pre-d&d. I was ad&d all the way, but decided to give it a try. It was a small book and I wondered what talentless author of the early 70s would understand anything about hard core fantasy.
But the cover reminded me of the early d&d modules I loved so much. It looked like something so simple.
I wondered if Jim Morrison had read such books (what would Jim do?).
The first page floored me. Was it the first paragraph? The first line? This was the exact information I wanted. It was like I was there becuase it was telling me everything that I needed to know. It was telling me how it was and it made me want to know it.
And that's what I understood. Between Elric and Jim, I was at the place I was and maybe still am.
Why does a British author move to Texas?
I wonder if MM has met Richard Garriot.
And I heard MM is not doing anymore fantasy. Well, that's okay. I haven't reread Corum or Elric as many times as I've wanted to yet. I didn't like the Dream Thief's Daughter so much, there wasn't enough violence.
Then there is Fahfard and Grey Mouser which must be memorised. After that I'd need to study the Black Company again page by page.
Actually, I don't want anymore books. I don't want to find any new authors. I'm set. And as it looks like artists don't do hard core high fantasy with a few basic oils - I'll teach myself that because you can NEVER have enough pictures.
Christian
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