From:	Matthew M. Teixeira mteixei1@*****.rr.com
Subject:	Shadowrun Novels
Date:	Sat, 17 Jul 1999 08:45:29 -0700

Hoi, Chummers,

Just my 2 cents...

Just finished reading 2XS - I enjoyed it. I came away from it with some
ideas I can use in my game. Discussions of his use of the telecomm for
tracking information, surfing the matrix was described in the book, looking
at how a detective works in Seattle, the mall scene with the motorcycles
chasing Dirk is an encounter I may use at a later date, etc...

Maybe my opinion is different because I am new GM but these books help me to
get the feel and flavor of the world. They may not be great literary works,
but if your looking to get into the workings in Seattle and the Sprawl, they
do that fine (some do anyway). Want a description of a meet with a Johnson,
you can find one. Maybe an encounter in a novel interests you and you can
use it later in your game. Is a location described in a book that you like
that you can place into your version of Seattle? Ideas come from the
books....

As for events in the novels and CANON, that is always up to the GM - his/her
world to use whatever events they want to include. Enjoy the novels as a way
to feel and learn the gaming universe Shadowrun is set in. It's a
modernistic world so the Matrix is new and maybe hard to grasp for some
people. The idea of the telecom as a computer with video and voice
transmission may also be a different concept. That's what the novels help me
with.

Again, this is all IMHO...

Matthew M. Teixeira
mteixei1@*****.rr.com