From:	Frank Pelletier <jeanpell@****.IVIC.QC.CA>
Subject:	Damn books (was Re:Mo' bettah Cyberdoodads)
Date:	Tue, 5 May 1998 12:29:05 +0000

Airwasp <Airwasp@***.COM> once wrote,

> Guys, in one of the latest books (I believe in the Dragonheart Saga), one of
> the deckers had a dermal patch to cover over a datajack port. Would you guys
> consider this as something similar to the Protective Cover option available
> for cybereyes, and the same essence cost - nothing ?
>
> Mike
>

Sure... that's one piece of cyberware from the books I'd consider putting
in my games.

Then again, there's.... there's... 6-port multi-datajacks? Munchie.
Extendable finger digits? Munchie. Retractable back-mounted minigun?
Munchie. Third cyberarm implanted in the chest? Mun...nah..that one's
just lame.

:) SR Books have let me down more than once. Some interresting pieces
might filter through, but the DragonHeart saga was such a munchie fest and
(all respect due to Jak Koke) the last book was..to say the least..
well..you know...

SR Books always seem to have the need to push the rules of the damn game
they're supposed to represent (And I won't even touch anything written by
Carl Sargent). Why? Dunno.

You can have a pretty damn good book without those GIJoe squared-jaw
supermodel-shadowrunners-of-death-and-destruction (i.e. Neuromancer,
Count Zero). Please, SR writters, if you give a damn... can't you write
something that remotly ressembles the game we play? Last time I checked,
I couldn't play a drake... I haven't found a drake in the paranormal
books, or Awakenings, or the Grimmy, or... ya get it.

Trinity
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