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  1. nikolai

    Amazing Stories #603

    My post isn't a complete list of contents. It was just the infomation I was able to compile as being in that issue from the cover image and the weblog. There looks to be a lot of different articles in each issue, I'm sure I didn't manage to list them all. I have no idea if your story is in this...
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    Poll: Best movie trilogy

    LotR too. I love Empire and Raiders, but those series don't have the same consistancy and quality throughout.
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    Amazing Stories #603

    The cover picture is up on Pazio's website and it should be on the stands quite soon. It looks very interesting. http://www.paizo.com/amazing See also the Weblog: http://www.paizo.com/amazingblog.shtml Contents Include Saving the Superhero - on superhero movie adaptations with contributions...
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    robots

    Not that I know of. Though it looks like an interesting project. The link below is to a project hunting for the earliest citations of science-fiction words (this includes scientific words inspired by sf). It looks like a good place to start. http://www.jessesword.com/SF/sf_citations.shtml
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    Rate Spider-Man 2 [No Spoilers]

    This is a pet peeve of mine too. It cool to have superheroes who are indestructable being thrown about loads (like X2 & Superman 2). But when you get morals being wacked around without any consequences it's just weird. MJ would have had several broken bones in the real world. Spoiler...
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    Spiderman 2 Spoiler Thread

    I'm afraid it didn't work for me. It was too schmaltzy, and too much like bad soap opera. I know the personal life stuff is what works for some people, in which case more power to you, but it didn't do anything for me. I'm not saying it was a bad film, but I don't think it was good either.
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    Are there any *classic* 2E adventures?

    It has to be Al-Qadim and Ravenloft for me. Castles Forlorn was amazing. Assassin Mountain and Cities of Bone were also great. These really nailed the gothic horror and arabian nights feel.
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    The conventions and techniques of gaming (brainstorm)

    That's the problem. I'd love to hear any suggestions on how to deal with it.
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    The conventions and techniques of gaming (brainstorm)

    I think this is an interesting one to flag. I'm not so interested in totally inverting it (and getting intra-party combat with players killing players), but I think subtly breaking it - so players have different objectives which are at variance with each other - would be very interesting.
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    The bring back Birthright thread!

    Birthright was great. The kingdom aspect of it really expanded what you could do with the game. Has anyone heard anything about Bloodline? It looks to be a near clone of Birthright by Mongoose. http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/detail.php?qsID=440&qsSeries=Bloodline
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    Dungeon 114 Cover

    I prefer the old logo. Though I love the uncluttered cover look they're going for. That is a really good idea. Frankly, it all depends upon how exactly they interpret what goes where. I'm cautiously optimistic about it though.
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    Opinions: Robin Hobb's Farseer World/Fiction

    I have read the first two books of the Tawny Man series. And I then went back to the Assassin series and am now on the third book (Quest). For the record I had no problems starting on the Tawny Man series - though I was let in on some of what happened in the earlier trilogy. I am stunned by the...
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    Song of Ice & Fire Discussion:What do you want in the next 3 books? (SPOILERS)

    She's not undead (in the horror "walking corpse" sense). She has been brought back from the dead though (like Beric) so she's alive, but her injuries are still there.
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    Has Dragon stopped publishing fiction?

    I don't buy it regularly, but looking at the (online) contents for the last two issues, I couldn't see any. I also flicked though the most recent issue quickly in a store, and couldn't see any. Could someone comfirm or deny whether it's true. If it is, a presume it's because of the restarting of...
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    Song of Ice & Fire Discussion:What do you want in the next 3 books? (SPOILERS)

    I don't think there will be any problem there. The series is longer than GRRM originally expected it to be. But he's making sure there are plot arcs across each book, as well as across the whole series. There are plenty of terribly long and artifically drawn out fantasy series. I don't think...
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    Song of Ice & Fire Discussion:What do you want in the next 3 books? (SPOILERS)

    I want to see them finished before he dies of old age.
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    Song of Ice & Fire Discussion:What do you want in the next 3 books? (SPOILERS)

    I want to see what has happened to Benjen Stark - this has been a loose end for two and a half books! It has to be resolved soon. I want to see more of Theon Greyjoy. The last we know he was dragged off to the Dreadfort and flayed. But he's the rightful King of the Ironborn, and a cool...
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    Eberron Novel Proposal: Open Call

    Hi takyris; Okay - I concede that c. 2000 words a week is on the low side. But I think Wizards has made the right call. I think it's a sensible target that whoever wins will be be able to comfortably make, and be happy with what they've writen, without having an oppressive deadline handing over...
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    Eberron Novel Proposal: Open Call

    I don't think this is that odd. It works out at c. 2,000 words a week, which is pretty good going for someone who's not a full time writer. And a book a year is also the going rate of production for many of the big name fantasy authors. There's two other interesting sites anyone who is going to...
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    [July] What are you reading?

    That's the Hedge Knight graphic novel based on his short story (just from Legends I). It's a compliation of the 6? comics in books form. The same people are going to do the Sworn Sword (from Legends II), but it'll take a while before this comes out as a comic. GRRM plans more Egg and Dunk short...
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