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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Drifter Bob" data-source="post: 1448086" data-attributes="member: 17723">Yes, that would be lovely.  Lyonesse had such a languid feel to it.  Mr Vance definately captured something subtle there.  Those are familiar aspects of the Vance landscape, even in his science fiction books, there are these archetypal features, the gloomy forboding forests, the wild ancient glades, the ferocious barbarian cultures with their incomprehensible motivations...Who knows though, there may yet be a market for some of this kind of stuff.  There are an increasing number of us DnD players from the old old days who every so often get a hankering for something a little more sophisticated or nuanced than say, the rpg equivalent of Xena (not that Xena can't be fun)  That is certainly what Pelgrane is counting on.  There has been the revival of Call of Cthulhu in d20 (somewhat controversial I know), and I noticed that this new Conan game has come out as well, and seems to have been well recieved.  In fact maybe it's just my own tastes changing but there do seem to be a few new things like this on the horison.  If the Primer is successful Pelgrane could and probably will do campaign books for D20 on any number of Dying Earth themes, and perhaps Lyonesse could be the next logical step.  I would personally also love to see something done with Clarke Ashton Smiths Zothique, as well as Vance imitator Michael Shea, and maybe even Gene Wolfe, as well as more historical period based stuff in the manner of some of the better efforts of Avalanche Press, like their superb Celtic World suppliment.Ah we can dream.  Then one also has to wonder if Mr Vance has anything else yet to write.  He is still alive, though getting on in years and having trouble with his vision.  I hope I haven't seen the last of what he has to offer....J</blockquote>

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