A pulse. A glow. A flash. A strobe. Sometimes nothing at all. Of all of the wonders of Burin IV, the most renowned is the Witchstone Array, near the outpost town of Cottingley. Many swear that the stones visible in … Continue reading →
I picked this book (the edition seen here) in late 1986 or early 1987 from a Stars and Stripes bookstore in Japan. Doing some casual research on the book turned up a free to read copy at archive.org: https://archive.org/details/dicingwithdragon00ianl
I'm undecided about writing about this book. As I've mentioned elsewhere, I was mad for fantasy work, and the paperback was getting a bit of traction already for role-playing games.
So there I am, on my favorite window shopping haunt taking a break from reading Frontinus' "The Strategems"... trying to learn latin hurts my brain... so I stumbled across yet another effort by someone to cash in on the success of Gygax and Arneson's brilliant RPG powerhouse.
May I present a real oddball; the Dungeons and Dragons wooden diorama/theater/god knows what, set.
On Christmas day 820ad, the Eastern Romans crowned Michael II Emperor Romanum. He was still wearing the fetters the previous Emperor, Leo V, had ordered him into.
The last weekend of the year, the last weekend of the Twenty-teens, 40 years since this song came out, and Caroline’s and my 17th wedding anniversary. Let the music commence.
OMG, a really wonderful blog page on the ships from the MGM spectacle Ben-Hur! I saw a few of the background models at "Worlds of Fun" outside Kansas City, when I was about 8 years old...they captured my imagination and made me want to know more about movie magic... well check out these brilliant filming props; complete with sprung and working human models onboard...
