Spider of Leng wrote:

Well, I finally read some of the John Carter novels after getting the first 5 in an omnibus edition for Christmas.  Much like Jack Vance, I'm glad I read them, but I doubt I'll read any more or even re-read these ones.  Plenty of action, I guess, but not much character development and the stories tended to be pretty repetitive.  Actually they remind me of Vin Diesel movies.  Buddy action pieces pretty much designed to go from chase scene to capture to chase scene to fight, then repeat, with a smattering of romance that reads like it was written by a teenager.  But hey, at least I can say I read them.

It’s interesting how you likewise  bring up Vance in this breath. I read a half dozen tales in The Dying Earth before, really, having enough. I point to the general  amorality of all the characters as the cause for my ultimate dissatisfaction. The fantastic marvels in the worldbuilding just weren’t enough to keep me interested.

I initially thought I was going to give up on ERB, too, but, incomprehensibly, I keep reading him! Perhaps the awful plots and ridiculous coincidences are mitigated, for me, because the heroes *are* traditional heroes and the villains are villainous. I guess I’m old fashioned.

Similarly, I gave up on Zelazny’s highly regarded Amber novels because the characters were reprehensible and utterly politically motivated. But I’m going to try again. Recently I obtained I nice used copy of the omnibus Book of Amber.

Just so I don’t come across as an utter whiner, some writers I absolutely adore are REH, CAS, William Hope Hodgson, William Morris, Fritz Leiber, Gene Wolfe, and Steven Erikson.

I’m also a huge Inklings reader. C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien are my first loves, but I recognize that their outputs are secondary to the purposes of this community.

mabon5127 wrote:

Hopefully, once this current issue is past we can gather again with tomas for a one shot. 

I'm looking forward to continuing the adventure. 
 

Gundrabu nods, but he still is not certain that anything resembling a “corridor” waits beyond the threshold. There had been light there, after all.

Again, torchlight flickering, Gundrabu attempts to determine what waits beyond.

rhialto wrote:

mabon5127 wrote:

looking forward to seeing Through the Sunken Lands in print the PDF is great but I'm old and prefer books.

Me too, though it wasn't so bad on my iPad. I have the idea to use it for a Khromarium-based campaign now, using the playbooks as the background generator, then letting folks pick their AS&SH class.

I always thought this would be a good idea and it looks like they have done the work!

"We need to slim their numbers first. Draw them down this corridor, I'll take them one at a time, you support me." Kondor motions the cleric to move forward along the corridor. "And look to make sure they don't enter from there, too."

Kondor drops down again, this time from the slab, to join Gundrabu at the doorway. He draws his sword and backs toward the now-open doorway, motioning Gundrabu to get to the other side.

"We cannot leave the crown here," he whispers. "Misfortunate that it rolled away JUST before we needed its balls of fire!"