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News
& What's New - December 2017 |
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Advanced
Readings in D&D: Philip José Farmer |
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26 Dec
2017
I
had missed it completely the past four years, but on November 25, 2013,
Mordicai Knode wrote a post at Tor.com
with the above title.
«In
“Advanced Readings in D&D,” Tor.com writers
Tim Callahan and
Mordicai Knode take a look at Gary Gygax’s favorite authors
and
reread one per week, in an effort to explore the origins of Dungeons
& Dragons and see which of these sometimes-famous,
sometimes-obscure authors are worth rereading today. Sometimes the
posts will be conversations, while other times they will be solo
reflections, but one thing is guaranteed: Appendix N will be written
about, along with dungeons, and maybe dragons, and probably wizards,
and sometimes robots, and, if you’re up for it, even more.
This week it’s Philip José Farmer and his World of
Tiers,
an epic that bridges high fantasy, the pulps and whimsical
science-fiction.»
It is quite interesting, the essay leads to the conclusion that The
Maker of Universes "is a DM's novel".

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The
Bronze Gazette 80 |
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26 Dec
2017
Issue
80, Winter 2017, of the fanzine about Doc Savage, The Bronze Gazette,
was published this month. I did not yet
receive my copy of it, but under follows the announcement.
This issue has a great cover!
The website:
«This was our issue to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the
birth of Philip José Farmer. Included are reprinted
Farmer-penned articles on Doc Savage and Escape from Loki,
plus new work from Chuck Welch and Jeff Deischer. Everything, new and
old, beautifully designed by Kez Wilson.»
You can order Issue 80 at the website of The Bronze
Gazette. Do not wait too long with your order as older issues
soon are sold out.

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Statistics |
These are the
numbers for the book pages this month.
1888
publications
1293 different
covers
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