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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 4872896" data-attributes="member: 22779">Fair enough.&nbsp; &quot;Read more&quot; is good advice regardless of anything else, after all.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />And, unlike Cadfan, I can appreciate that there are some real gems from &quot;back in the day&quot; as well.&nbsp; Some, err, not so gems as well.&nbsp; Take REH's Conan for example.&nbsp; While &quot;mighty thews&quot; might be from the pastiches, the rampant racism of the books certainly isn't.&nbsp; The fact that Conan, while a &quot;barbarian&quot; is a &quot;white&quot; barbarian and thus better than the other savages out there is not subtle, it's explicitly pointed out in some of the stories (Beyond the Black River is one).&nbsp; I remember reading on the Paizo blog referencing the Planet Stories line, that they are having some issues with this as well.Never mind the John Carter stories, yeesh.I guess this tends to inform my reaction when people start talking about how we should maintain the &quot;purity&quot; of the game.&nbsp; Those old stories are absolutely brutal sometimes.&nbsp; And, when people talk about how great those old stories are, without even bothering to mention or criticise, well, it makes me wonder how much they really read.&nbsp; Do we want to link the game to this?I don't know.GG, I totally agree that it never hurt anyone to read more.&nbsp; And, I don't think you are saying this, but, I've certainly seen it said that &quot;true&quot; gamers must be grounded in these stories.&nbsp; That's what raises my hackles.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 4872896, member: 22779"] Fair enough. "Read more" is good advice regardless of anything else, after all. :) And, unlike Cadfan, I can appreciate that there are some real gems from "back in the day" as well. Some, err, not so gems as well. Take REH's Conan for example. While "mighty thews" might be from the pastiches, the rampant racism of the books certainly isn't. The fact that Conan, while a "barbarian" is a "white" barbarian and thus better than the other savages out there is not subtle, it's explicitly pointed out in some of the stories (Beyond the Black River is one). I remember reading on the Paizo blog referencing the Planet Stories line, that they are having some issues with this as well. Never mind the John Carter stories, yeesh. I guess this tends to inform my reaction when people start talking about how we should maintain the "purity" of the game. Those old stories are absolutely brutal sometimes. And, when people talk about how great those old stories are, without even bothering to mention or criticise, well, it makes me wonder how much they really read. Do we want to link the game to this? I don't know. GG, I totally agree that it never hurt anyone to read more. And, I don't think you are saying this, but, I've certainly seen it said that "true" gamers must be grounded in these stories. That's what raises my hackles. [/QUOTE]

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