jefgorbach said:
Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
You know, quite a while back, I got a call from WotC, saying they'd like me to work on something called "Expedition to the Demonweb Pits." I'd never heard of any of the "Expedition" products yet, and so my immediate thought was, "They're combining Expedition to the Barrier Peaks and Queen of the Demonweb Pits? What? ...so let's see... you get on board the crashed starship* and somehow get it flying again, and fly it to the Abyss to fight Lolth! I'm so there!"
Then I discovered that that wasn't what they were doing at all. They were, of course, just using the name "Expedition to..." instead of "Return to..." Still a cool product, and it would have been fun to do, but I had no time to work on it, and had to tell them so.
But for that crazy idea with the starship flying to the Demonweb? I'd have made time somehow.
Sadly, there's an unofficial policy about not mixing SF with D&D** there nowadays, so nothing like this will probably happen. Oh well. I can still think about Jeff Dee illustrated mind flayers with blasters and jumpsuits on my own.
*Yeah, I know. It was just a part of a starship. And it's buried deep underground. Details, details...
**Even though there's plenty of precedent and game history of doing just that. The very first D&D adventure (Temple of the Frog in Blackmoor) mixed genres quite nicely.