<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books --> <!--X-From-R13: @nguna Kbfcr <lbfcrNunjnvv.rqh> --> <!--X-Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 10:11:19 +0000 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.GSO.3.95q.971224000330.22201A-100000@uhunix1 --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.3.96.971218092217.308I-100000#mpc,dyn.ml.org --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00944.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00946.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00930.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00874.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00945">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00945">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00945">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#null,net">mud-dev#null,net</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Nathan Yospe <<A HREF="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 00:10:50 -1000</LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Thu, 18 Dec 1997, Matt Chatterley wrote: :> The 2nd Highlander film should be ignored completely - it only makes sense :> if you see the highly editted version of Highlander that the Americans saw. :> Basically they removed all the plot, charactisation and just made it into a :> full action movie. McCloud lost all of his past etc. and so they were able :> to make one up for the 2nd film. I saw no such thing - the first Highlander movie was the same one as on the other side of the pond(s), the second was $#!+... :Yeah; which is a shame. I have heard rumours of a new film, starring :Adrian Paul from the TV series though, which could be promising. :Especially if they let him direct it, since his talents seem to lie in a :combination of acting and directing (see the latter episodes from the :5th/6th series which he directed; they are some of the very best). Not one of those made-for-TV movies, was it? There've been two or three. (One was a crossover between the movie McCloud and the TV cousin.) :> as T.P. - at least that is what people have told me. :Pratchett is one of the great modern authors in the genre. Well, after a :fashion. The spoofs on RoboCop in 'Feet of Clay' caused me to spill a cup :of tea. "We can rebuild him, we have the pottery!" and "Undead or alive, :you are coming with me." were particularly notable lines. *sputter* Missed annotation, and I don't even get it from AFP... of all the places... :> - The Xanth series: Piers Anthony. :> Likewise, very funny. Putting puns in a mud would probably be a bad idea, :> but humour definitely is. :Never read any PA, but I think I may now I have heard the praises herein :(from several folks). Its really not that good. Particularly the last five or six years worth. Some of Anthony's work, on the opther hand... I have to admit to having stolen the theme I used for my first mud (Beyond the Veil of Shadows) in minor form from his Adept series. No characters or specifics, but the veil was certainly reminicent of the curtain... :> - Master of the Five Magics: (can't remember who wrote it) :> I like this mainly for the detailed magic system. :Another book well worth the read for some very interesting and original :ideas is "To your Scattered Bodies go", the first of the Riverworld series :by Philip Jose Farmer. Particularly the suicide exploration and the question of degradation over iterations. Might be interesting in a mud. -- "You? We can't take you," said the Dean, glaring at the Librarian. "You don't know a thing about guerilla warfare." - Reaper Man, Nathan F. Yospe Registered Looney by Terry Pratchett yospe#hawaii,edu <A HREF="http://www2.hawaii.edu/~yospe">http://www2.hawaii.edu/~yospe</A> Meow </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A NAME="00860" HREF="msg00860.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></STRONG> <UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Matt Chatterley <root#mpc,dyn.ml.org></LI></UL></LI> </UL></LI></UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00944.html">Re: FAQ: Personality Clash - extra Server Design info included</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00946.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Wild west (was Guilds & Politics)</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00930.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00874.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="index.html#00945"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thread.html#00945"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> <ul><li>Thread context: <BLOCKQUOTE><UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00850" HREF="msg00850.html">I live over there!</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Thu 18 Dec 1997, 05:09 GMT <LI><strong><A NAME="00849" HREF="msg00849.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Maddy <a href="mailto:maddy#fysh,org">maddy#fysh,org</a>, Wed 17 Dec 1997, 15:21 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00860" HREF="msg00860.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Matt Chatterley <a href="mailto:root#mpc,dyn.ml.org">root#mpc,dyn.ml.org</a>, Thu 18 Dec 1997, 09:18 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00930" HREF="msg00930.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, coder <a href="mailto:coder#ibm,net">coder#ibm,net</a>, Tue 23 Dec 1997, 07:22 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00945" HREF="msg00945.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Nathan Yospe <a href="mailto:yospe#hawaii,edu">yospe#hawaii,edu</a>, Wed 24 Dec 1997, 10:11 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00874" HREF="msg00874.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Fri 19 Dec 1997, 04:31 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00893" HREF="msg00893.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Sauron <a href="mailto:dlove#kusd,kusd.edu">dlove#kusd,kusd.edu</a>, Sun 21 Dec 1997, 00:38 GMT </LI> </UL> <UL> <li><Possible follow-up(s)><br> <LI><strong><A NAME="00863" HREF="msg00863.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Koster, Raph <a href="mailto:rkoster#origin,ea.com">rkoster#origin,ea.com</a>, Thu 18 Dec 1997, 15:20 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00936" HREF="msg00936.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] OT: Books</A></strong>, Mike Sellers <a href="mailto:mike#online-alchemy,com">mike#online-alchemy,com</a>, Tue 23 Dec 1997, 15:27 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>