From:	Jarmo Karonen jarmo.karonen@***.fi
Subject:	Shadowrun Novels
Date:	Sun, 18 Jul 1999 20:19:38 +0300

>The thing is, the sourcebooks never come out and tell you "Dunk killed
>himself" nor would they. That's what Shadowtalk is for, to provide
rumor and
>doubt.

I think I mostly agree with this.

>With PoaD, the first DHS novel came out almost a full year after the
>GMs had been using the book, effectively destroying any plots and
>conspiracies they had created. Saying you can keep your campaign
correct
>historically just by not letting the players read the novels is false;
the
>novels still happen, they are still considered part of the the SR
universe
>(the official part, it should be noted), and your campaign has now
become an
>alternate universe one. Which is wrong.

Whew... I just have to ask: why is it wrong? Why is it wrong to make
your own, alternate universe? After all, as I see it, making your
campaing an alternate one would be the solution for your problem ("the
official stuff, namely novels ruining your plots"). Why do you have to
stick to the official material like it was some holy grail?

- J. Karonen