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<blockquote data-quote="Holy Bovine" data-source="post: 875331" data-attributes="member: 203">After a 10 year search that spanned 4 major cities in Southern Ontario I am finally sitting down to read H. Beam Piper's collected short stories in the book Worlds of H. Beam Piper.&nbsp; I have waited so long for this book to be in my possesion that I am only allowing myslef to read one story per night.&nbsp; One that really caught my eye was called Mercenaries.&nbsp; It is about science research teams that sell their services to the highest bidder in a world torn by war and a race to get a lunar missle base constructed to ensure world dominance (it was written in the 50's).&nbsp; After reading it I was struck by how cool the setting would be as an RPG.&nbsp; It would have to updated some but the details of the world and character motivations (one of the team described in the book turns traitor in order to return to his native Poland) are very well rounded for a short story.After this I will probably start the Patrick O'Brien novels my fiancee has been collecting.&nbsp; Master and Commander is the first one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Holy Bovine, post: 875331, member: 203"] After a 10 year search that spanned 4 major cities in Southern Ontario I am finally sitting down to read H. Beam Piper's collected short stories in the book Worlds of H. Beam Piper. I have waited so long for this book to be in my possesion that I am only allowing myslef to read one story per night. One that really caught my eye was called Mercenaries. It is about science research teams that sell their services to the highest bidder in a world torn by war and a race to get a lunar missle base constructed to ensure world dominance (it was written in the 50's). After reading it I was struck by how cool the setting would be as an RPG. It would have to updated some but the details of the world and character motivations (one of the team described in the book turns traitor in order to return to his native Poland) are very well rounded for a short story. After this I will probably start the Patrick O'Brien novels my fiancee has been collecting. Master and Commander is the first one. [/QUOTE]

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