| From: | Alex van der Kleut <sommers@*****.UMICH.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: Damn books (was Re:Mo' bettah Cyberdoodads) |
| Date: | Tue, 5 May 1998 17:37:49 -0400 |
>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.
I don't think that you miss out. In this case, BinB shows you what happens
on a global scale to the corps, how they affect the world, and what the
runners can do to affect these changes. TechnoBabel tells a side story of
how some of this stuff was actually setup, and what happened in the
background. I know from the story why Lanier sold his shares to the
Corporate Court, but 99.9999999 percent of the world wouldn't.
I used to work at Ford, so I was right there when some decisions were made.
So I might know more about why their stock is doing something, or why
they're not making the Thunderbird right now. But you can still follow
along in the papers and journals to figure out what Ford is doing, and
predict fairly well where they're going. I just happen to have a little
extra background.
Sommers
