| From: | Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Damn books (was Re:Mo' bettah Cyberdoodads) |
| Date: | Tue, 5 May 1998 13:56:43 -0500 |
> Airwasp <Airwasp@***.COM> once wrote,
>
> :) 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.
>
This fits in with an interesting theory of mine, so I guess I'll
mention it here. Do you ever notice how in many games, the rulebooks
dictate the history,game etc, and the novels just fill in the story.
(Case in point, FASA,Battletech and the Clan invasion, at least the
early books). Lately in SR it seems the novels describe the story, and
you must by them not the rule books. No offense to Kenson (who is
a wonderful writer) or Koke. I haven't read TechnoBabel yet, and
most likely won't get around to it for awhile. So instead I buy and
read BinB, but am I missing the background from not reading Techno?
So do I buy the book, read it, and then summarize it for my players
so they know what's been going on? See what I'm getting at?
Usually I buy every sourcebook and most modules, but pick and choose
novels, since some authors are better then others.
Just my grip perhaps.
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