From:	GKoth2258@***.com
Subject:	Re: Stuff
Date:	Wed, 17 Apr 1996 13:59:10 -0400

Got unsubscribed yourself, eh Gurth? You know, you are one of the few people
left that actually remembers me as "the Whistler..."

What exactly do we have for Underworld? Why don't we review what we have,
then we can toss around ideas as to how to finish it up. Or how to make it a
"chapter" in another project.

As far as a geographic project, doing the whole globe would just be too much.
If the list is insistent about doing something like that (which it seems to
be), then I have a suggestion. Pick a few select cites from around the world
that aren't likely to be the subject of a sourcebook any time soon, and run
with those cities.

These cities would have to be of interest to shadowrunners, obviously.
Cities like Singapore or Hong Kong (financial havens after all), maybe
somewhere in India, maybe Seoul, Korea, or Bejing, China. Maybe Egypt (which
I would claim now for my own writing turf), perhaps Italy (Paolo would be the
MAN for that). Hell, maybe even that haven of frogs, Paris.

Or hell, if we wanted to, we could do write-ups for places like Phoenix,
Arizona (now a part of Pueblo) and other such places that we would actually
know a great deal about, but yet haven't been written about.

As far as a Russia sourcebook, it's something I've thought long and hard
about. Potential problem. Russia is an integral part of the SR history (the
Eurowars and all). Getting around that could be a problem. Not to mention I
really don't think we should go heavy, at all, on ANY Earthdawn connections.
Dropping hints is as far as we should go with that. Second potential
problem. The Russia of NERPS would have to be largely one person's vision.
In order for all the seperate and disparate authors to be writing for the
same country, it would have to be decided what Russia is. How it got there.
In other words, a basic history that the entire list would have to agree on.
Just that might be difficult.

Sorry to rain on anyone's parade. I just want to make sure that whatever
this list does next, we go into it knowing exactly what it will entail,
instead of everyone going "Oh, that's a great idea!" and then watching the
idea die months later.

Erik

BTW, with friends like Eek!, who needs enemies?