Gamma World Novel scheduled for February

[fanboy2000]

So, somehow this flew under my radar. I'm a fan of Omega Gamma World, so this intrigues me. Especially with all the novel weirdness going on. Has Gamma World ever had a novel? I thought they were trying to cut back on books, not create new new lines.

 

[TarionzCousin]

It looks like one of the main descriptors in the 4E version of Gamma World is "SILLY." I don't know if that's such a great idea, but I like it. In the original, so many mutations inspired irreverent remarks that it was always impossible to try to be serious.

"Both his hands are lobster claws? How does he wipe his a???"

Sooner Dead
Gamma World
Mel Odom

Not Exactly The Future We Were Hoping For. . . .

Where are these scientists going?

What is a “scientist” anyway?

Hella doesn’t know what they’re looking for, exactly, running across the badlands like that.

Stampede doesn’t like the payday—especially since the job’s too big for just the two of them.

And none of them like that thing coming out of the ripple—the one with all the tentacles. They don’t like that thing at all.

Visit the Great Plains of a shattered future, which went from a place where nothing ever happens to a place where anything can. The locals liked it better the old way, but this isn’t your father’s Oklahoma. This isn’t even your father’s Gamma World.
Item Details
Item Code: 28053000
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Format: Trade Paperback
Price: $7.99 C$9.99
ISBN: 978-0-7869-5736-1

 

[DMH]

Especially with all the novel weirdness going on. Has Gamma World ever had a novel?

Novels, I don't think so. There have been 2-5 "pick a path" books.

I don't know if I want to read it. The 2 PAP books I own make me cringe with how the setting was designed.

But then I enjoy Mutant Future more than GW. Some of the inertia from the earlier editions has bogged down the whole IMO.

 

[Richards]

Sterling E. Lanier wrote two novels many years ago, Hiero's Journey and The Unforsaken Hiero, which I always felt carried the Gamma World vibe. The main character travels across a post-apocalyptic North America with his mutated moose riding mount and a telepathic bear companion.

Johnathan

 

[fanboy2000]

Pick a path? I'm assuming those are like the old "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. That actually sounds like fun.

 

[DMH]

Exactly. After digging them up, one is an older book (from the 2e era)- Light on Quest Mountain. The other one from the 4e era (1994) is American Knights.

I got both from Noble Knight (under novels) for less than 10 bucks combined.

Hiero's Journey is one of the inspirations for GW. Aldiss' Hothouse is another. If you are interested in Metamorphosis Alpha, Aldiss wrote Non-Stop, the source for the game.

 

[Derulbaskul]

(snip) "Both his hands are lobster claws? How does he wipe his a???"

It's not a wipe: he scrapes.

 

[krate]

It's not a wipe: he scrapes.

Ouch!

 

[fanboy2000]

Must be using the same principle as the three sea shells.

 

[scourger]

I'll be looking forward to this book. I love Gamma World and I used to live in Oklahoma--so it will be sort of a double delight to read.