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Whup! I was probably working on them when you posted this!
What's next after Titan?
Thank you! I'll pick it up!
Hi all, a few days until @Apocryphal starts the discussion off for The Jason Voyage, then in May it'll be @NeilNjae - any ideas for a selection yet? After that me in June (I have an idea but not certain yet) and @clash_bowley in July
I was thinking of going retro and reading Mirrorshades, the short story anthology that kickstarted the cyberpunk movement. It's online for free at https://www.rudyrucker.com/mirrorshades/
Sounds cool to me
Always up for some cyberpunk!
I'll set up the monthly stuff for Mirrorshades - I'm assuming it's the anthology edited by Bruce Sterling rather than any other book of the same name! If not please let me know before the weekend...
Category for Mirrorshades now set up
OK we've reached May 9th so while people are finishing chatting about The Jason Voyage it's probably a good time to start reading Mirrorshades
On a related note, I have decided to go for Temeraire by Naomi Novik, first in a series of 9 (
) books also loosely called His Majesty's Dragon. It's set in Napoleonic times and is sort-of steampunk but with dragons instead of airships or goggles. So there's an equivalent of the battles of the Nile and Trafalgar, but with dragons on each side as well as ships of the line, and so on. But there's more (in this book at least) about the social aspects of being an aviator rather than a ship captain. Oddly, I've been reading a lot set in Napoleonic times of late, including Hornblower and some Sharpe as well as this one. I found it a fun read (or listen, as it's available in Audible as well) and hopefully others will think so as well. Unless there are objections I'll set up the category over the weekend.
I shall look forward to his thoughts...
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That is it, Apocryphal. I should have worked harder on filing off the serial numbers! It uses the creakily ancient StarCluster 2 (2004 IIRC) percentile system with MOAR SKILLZ! It does encourage player character dragons...
I also not heard of them, and assumed they were quite new, until I realised just how many there were in the series. The publication date for Temeraire is 2006, and the last one was published in 2016. Basically one a year, which is pretty rapid going
In Harm's Way: Dragons! was inspired by Temeraire, the first book of the series. It is Napoleonic warfare with dragons, and the dragons come in different breeds, bred by nations for special purposes, like dogs. It featured an aerial combat system adapted from my In Harm's Way: Aces and Spades game, and was set in an alternate real world. Details are deliberately different from the book. Coincidentally, someone bought a copy yesterday...
You know if you had asked I would have sent you the pdf! But thanks!
Yes but I reckon the worker deserves his wages and all that
It's a chunky piece of work alright
In my experience his books look bigger than they are due to lots of art, white space, and large font. They aren’t small, but not as huge as the heft might suggest.
The newer game books tend to be smaller, due to a much lighter system.
I hit a wall and ground to a halt halfway. Maybe I should just skip the rest of this damned story and finish it...
I finished a few days ago so any time is good - except I shall be away walking Sunday - Tuesday but will participate as I can
I'd be inclined to skip a story you're not getting on with and jump to the next one. I almost did that once but then it came to an end anyway