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<blockquote data-quote="Drifter Bob" data-source="post: 1452186" data-attributes="member: 17723">I have found that it starts out a mix, and ends up more and more of the former.&nbsp; At first, when you read the Dying Earth, you feel a bit cheated.&nbsp; What exactly IS a deodand?&nbsp; Why is the sun blinking out?&nbsp; Who was the great Phandaal?&nbsp; What did he mean by that cynical sounding reference to the &quot;laws of equivalency&quot; when they were making that deal?&nbsp; After a while though, it grows on you.&nbsp; I rmember explaining scenes in Jack Vance to people at great length, and realising when I went to look it up to refresh my memory, that I had filled in all kinds of detail tha wasn't there.&nbsp; That, I finally realised, is what makes Vance so unique as an author (and so eminently suited for RPG's, IMHO) he stimulates your imagination in such a wonderful way, with all those new ways of using words, and all those made up terms and / or obscure ones you have to crack the dictionary to understand....&nbsp; you bring an enormous amount into it.&nbsp; That is what I hope the Primer will do as well (though it does have plenty of crunchy detail!!!)J</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Drifter Bob, post: 1452186, member: 17723"] I have found that it starts out a mix, and ends up more and more of the former. At first, when you read the Dying Earth, you feel a bit cheated. What exactly IS a deodand? Why is the sun blinking out? Who was the great Phandaal? What did he mean by that cynical sounding reference to the "laws of equivalency" when they were making that deal? After a while though, it grows on you. I rmember explaining scenes in Jack Vance to people at great length, and realising when I went to look it up to refresh my memory, that I had filled in all kinds of detail tha wasn't there. That, I finally realised, is what makes Vance so unique as an author (and so eminently suited for RPG's, IMHO) he stimulates your imagination in such a wonderful way, with all those new ways of using words, and all those made up terms and / or obscure ones you have to crack the dictionary to understand.... you bring an enormous amount into it. That is what I hope the Primer will do as well (though it does have plenty of crunchy detail!!!) J [/QUOTE]

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