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<blockquote data-quote="redkobold" data-source="post: 1150304" data-attributes="member: 2585">I am looking for some good inspirational PA reading/viewing with more of a fantastical feel.&nbsp; Less Mad Max gritty and more with mutants and strange events and characters.I read Clifford D. Simak's Heritage of Stars and Piers Anthony's Battle Circle years ago and that is the type of book I am looking for.&nbsp; If you have read neither, you should track them down.What specificly intrigued me in Heritage of Stars were the robots who has gone independent.&nbsp; A robot character in the book had learned to hunt bears and render the fat to lubricate his joints and keep himself from rusting and oxidizing.&nbsp; That image of a robot hunting a bear with a spear is one that has stuck with me and that I want to integrate into a campaign setting.I also like the feeling of the civilization long lost and unrecoverable.&nbsp; Thousands of years versus a few generations.Here are a few that I have thought of that are to influence a campaign that I plan to start:Books:&nbsp; Clifford D. Simak Heritage of Stars, Jack Vance’s Tales of Dying Earth (Rhialto and Cudgel), Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars series,&nbsp; Piers Anthony’s Battle Circle, Sterling Lanier Hiero series, Orson Scott Card’s Wyrms and the Memory of Earth series.Film:&nbsp; Thundarr the Barbarian by Hanna Barbara, City of Lost Children by Jean Junet, and the Dark Crystal by Henson/Froud.Anyone else have some recommendations?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="redkobold, post: 1150304, member: 2585"] I am looking for some good inspirational PA reading/viewing with more of a fantastical feel. Less Mad Max gritty and more with mutants and strange events and characters. I read Clifford D. Simak's Heritage of Stars and Piers Anthony's Battle Circle years ago and that is the type of book I am looking for. If you have read neither, you should track them down. What specificly intrigued me in Heritage of Stars were the robots who has gone independent. A robot character in the book had learned to hunt bears and render the fat to lubricate his joints and keep himself from rusting and oxidizing. That image of a robot hunting a bear with a spear is one that has stuck with me and that I want to integrate into a campaign setting. I also like the feeling of the civilization long lost and unrecoverable. Thousands of years versus a few generations. Here are a few that I have thought of that are to influence a campaign that I plan to start: Books: Clifford D. Simak Heritage of Stars, Jack Vance’s Tales of Dying Earth (Rhialto and Cudgel), Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars series, Piers Anthony’s Battle Circle, Sterling Lanier Hiero series, Orson Scott Card’s Wyrms and the Memory of Earth series. Film: Thundarr the Barbarian by Hanna Barbara, City of Lost Children by Jean Junet, and the Dark Crystal by Henson/Froud. Anyone else have some recommendations? [/QUOTE]

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