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sWhen writing about the future, authors have three choices. They can describe a world as hopeful and flawed as the present one. They can create a more utopian world, where life is better and humans have solved some of their eternal problems. Lastly, they can build a relative dystopia, where daily existence is a struggle […]
There’s an interesting comment over on Playing Dice With the Universe from an aggravated Dungeon Master aggravated at his players complaints of his railroading ways: My only real concern as a 1e DM is the cries of “railroading” when players try to leave the the established play area. We’re playing a game, the context of […]
Double Trouble by Carl Jacobi appeared in the Spring 1945 Issue of Planet Stories. It can be read here at Archive.org. “When Annabella C. Flowers, that renowned writer of science fiction, visiphoned me at Crater City, Mars, to meet her here[on Callisto], I had thought she was crazy. But Miss Flowers, known to her friends […]
Classic Traveller: Session Report 5
Thursday , 2, November 2017 Tabletop Games, Traveller 2 CommentsSession characters: Sir Percival Jones, 54577B, Age 30, Scout (3 terms, mustered out), Pilot 1, JOT 1, ATV 1, Vacc Suit 1 Elect 3. He’s cash poor, but, a lucky chap who’s survived 12 years as a scout and the service appreciates it by loaning him a ship. He’s playing Galahad on for a mother […]
[Thunder Jim Wade] called himself a trouble-shooter. But he had a habit of seeking trouble, and smashing it with a cold, ruthless fury that had given him both name and reputation. His past was shrouded in mystery. Years before he had flashed on the scene like a comet—a comet whose mission was to destroy such […]
I am very happy see this hit Amazon. In the first place, there are a bunch of names familiar to the book blogging and pulp twitter scene there that I’ve either been hoping would eventually set pen to paper or else that I’ve already read novel length works by and really want more. Inside you’ll […]