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Michael_S_Miller
Michael S. Miller has played with stories all his life. As a game designer, he has published the superhero role-playing game With Great Power. As a writer, he pens the sword-and-sorcery tales of Oshala the Hex. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife, three cats, and far more books, comics, games, and movies than his grandchildren will possibly want to inherit.
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The book has left the Shire!
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Hmm. You're probably right. It's been a long time since I did the layout on the first edition of S/lay w/ Me, and I've never played it. But it might actually work well. As for mazes, I know that Luke and Thor do some interesting things in Torchbe…
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I was playing a bit of devil's advocate. I totally think the Old Powers are real. But they are subtle. I think it's entirely reasonable for Kossil, the priestess of the GodKing, to be an atheist. We really only see any of them interact with wizards,…
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@Ray_Otus That's an interesting question. Are the Nameless Ones "real" in a way that you or I would perceive? Are they "provable"? Kossil doesn't think so. What do they do that objectively proves their existence? Well, they c…
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@Ray_Otus Yes, the cultural rift is huge. It's part of what makes Ged so fascinating to Tenar, I think. @RichardAbbott @Apocryphal Maybe we should have a policy where anyone who creates a new section ought to post to a "new section announcem…
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As long as no one needs to play the riddle game to get their book, I'm happy.
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Wonderful!
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Welcome, @evangineer
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Well, I'm back. The proof arrived today and it looks great: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Sug2UWjy2DywKNd3A There's a few little things here and there that I could tidy up, but I know if I start, I will, like Durin's Folk, dig too deep. So I'm leaving…
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Okay, this link should work: https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=MTBjZHFndDdpODNzYWtrY2ZkNTFkNm5xcjBAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ
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Cool. I'll put together a Google calendar some time this week.
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It would have been painful, but not surprising. Most American libraries are woefully underfunded, so it's doubtful they would have the staff available to do the valuation. Hooray for American late stage capitalism!
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@RichardAbbott Excellent point about the Taoist nature of Earthsea magic.
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Oh! Sparked by a discussion of the Nameless Ones, I think they could totally be ported over to a much more traditional fantasy RPG. They have an oppressive presence in the dungeon. There could be rooms where light is forbidden and those who defy tha…
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I'd have to agree with the idea of them as forces more than characters. Although they "want" things, its more that they have appetites rather than goals. Which gives me an idea to post over on the Gaming discussion thread.
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(Quote) Yes, this exactly! Showing the world through the meaning to the characters is so important. Even the initial chapters where we get the history of the Tombs don't feel like an "info-dump" because of this. @Apocryphal Le Guin's skil…
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@Apocryphal That's a good point. I love that bit where Ged lays out to Tenar that she can be faithful and kill him and that will be the end of her story, or she can strike out on the difficult path of freedom and be at the beginning of a new story. …
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Well, it's interesting that we see the Kargs both use religion as a justification for political power (the God-Brothers overshadow the worship of the Nameless Ones, and are, in turn, overshadowed by the cult of the God-King), but they also compartme…
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@BarnerCobblewood Other than the fact that Tenar is faithful in her youth and chooses to leave religion as she becomes an adult, I don't see any indication that religion is regarded as "childish." While Tombs of Atuan is certainly not a p…
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@RichardAbbott You have zeroed in on one of the great discrepancies between improvisational fiction (like games) and planned fiction (like literature). While a log of an improvisational story might be indistinguishable from a planned story, the act …
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Thanks a bunch @RichardAbbott ! They were a big help. @Apocryphal has the keen eyes of the ancient Numenoreans to spot that triple L in "Fellowship." And @clash_bowley is right, the more L's, the tighter the bond. As we have witnessed the…
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@clash_bowley Not a thing wrong with being amusing! I actually did a slight tweak on one of them for the back cover. * Most up to date interior: https://drive.google.com/open?id=17oWNnDW94fS2en5r1rGKGZGEjIh1y8is * First draft of cover: https://driv…
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Thanks, @RichardAbbott ! That will be a big help. Unfortunately, that site tells me that I don't have permission to view that directory or page. If it's easier, you could upload them to this Google Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder…
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@Bill_White and I have been gaming at conventions for 15 years or so. I've mentioned the book club a few times, particularly how great the LotR Slow Read was. Glad to have you aboard, Bill! I've just posted discussion questions for February's select…
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@Ray_Otus Thanks! I will definitely use that image! I remembered it, but couldn't find it. Never mind the Hobbiton pictures. If you didn't draw it, it doesn't belong in the compilation. Thanks for your help
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@RichardAbbott Yes, thank you! If you could convert the following photos to grayscale, 300dpi, that would be a big help: * Feb 17, 2018 (3 images, pages 55-56) * Mar 25, 2018 (2 images, pages 128-129) * Apr 11, 2018 (page 157) * May 5, 2018 (2 imag…
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Okay, this PDF file should be the final interior, except I need to change @RichardAbbott 's glorious color photos to affordable black and white for printing (they'll be color in the e-book). If you notice anything that needs to be changed, let me k…
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That is a great article. I've only read Left Hand off Darkness and The Dispossessed. I'll have to add the others to my (too, too long) list.
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I finished my re-read last night. I'm going to take the weekend to consider discussion questions. I'll start the discussion on Monday, March 4, probably in the evening, Eastern time zone.
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Huh. Amazon offers the first half in Kindle format for $12 and the second half for $12, but the entire thing in one volume for $28. Evidently some "new math" at work there.