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<li><p><em>Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell</em>, by Susanna Clarke;
Bloomsbury, 2004. While this didn't draw me in inescapably like
Patricia McKillip or Patrick O'Brian it was a good book.</p></li>
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129167/">The Iron Giant</a>;
directed by Brad Bird; written by Ted Hughes, Brad Bird, and Tim
McCanlies.</p></li>
<li><p><a class="reference external" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0338013/">Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</a>; directed by Michel Gondry;
written by Charlie Kaufman, Michel Gondry, and Pierre Bismuth;
starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. A very good movie.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Van Helsing</em>; directed and written by Stephen Sommers; staring Hugh
Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, and David Wenham. Fun
monster-killer movie.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Fall of the White Ship Avatar</em>, by Brian Daley, copyright 1986; Del
Rey/Ballantine, January 1987. This is the third and final of Daley's
three science fiction penny dreadfuls, <em>The Hobart Floyt-Alacrity
Fitzhugh Adventures</em>.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>The King's Commission</em>, by Dewey Lambdin, copyright 1991; from <em>For
King and Country; Primus/Donald I. Fine, Inc, 1994.</em></p></li>
<li><p><em>The Unwound Way</em>, by Bill Adams and Cecil Brooks; Del
Rey/Ballantine, November, 1991.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The End of Fame</em>, by Bill Adams and Cecil Brooks; Del Rey
Discovery/Ballantine, December, 1994.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Requiem for a Ruler of Worlds</em>, by Brian Daley; Del Rey/Ballantine,
May 1985. This is the first of Daley's three science fiction penny
dreadfuls, <em>The Hobart Floyt-Alacrity Fitzhugh Adventures</em>. Great
light-hearted fun.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Jinx on a Terran Inheritance</em>, by Brian Daley; Del Rey/Ballantine,
December, 1985. This is the second of Daley's three science fiction
penny dreadfuls, <em>The Hobart Floyt-Alacrity Fitzhugh Adventures</em>.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The King's Privateer</em>, by Dewey Lambdin, copyright 1992; from <em>For
King and Country; Primus/Donald I. Fine, Inc, 1994.</em></p></li>
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<li><p><em>Brand of The Werewolf</em>, as by Kenneth Robeson; online sources say
it was actually written by Lester Dent and originally published
January 1934 in Doc Savage Magazine. Doc Savage Adventure #11. I
probably got this from <a class="reference external" href="http://www.memoware.com/?screen=doc_detail&doc_id=14792&p=category%5E!Adventure~!&sort_by=rating&start=0">memoware</a>,
a site that distributes free ebooks for PDAs. It introduces
Patricia Savage, Doc Savage's cousin. Entertaining, in a pulp way.</p></li>
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<p><em>The Shadow of the Ship</em>, by Robert Wilfred Franson; Del
Rey/Ballantine, 1983. Interesting, if slightly uneven. While a complete
novel in itself, it starts in the middle of things and leaves you
wanting to know more about the many things alluded to in passing. As
far as I can tell it was a standalone novel. Was it his only
novel?William H. Stoddard has a good <a class="reference external" href="http://www.troynovant.com/Stoddard/Franson/Shadow-of-the-Ship.html">review</a> of the book from the libertarian viewpoint. Update
(2008-01-27): looking closer at the <a class="reference external" href="http://www.troynovant.com/">Troynovant</a> web site I see that it is a collection
of interesting essays on many topics, including books and movies as
well as other subjects, with a Libertarian viewpoint, apparently run
by Robert Wilfred Franson, the author of <em>The Shadow of the Ship</em>.</p>
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<li><p><em>Essential Russian Mythology</em>, by Pyotr Simonov;
Thorsons/HarperCollins, 1997. Interesting, if brief, overview of
surviving elements of ancient Russian mythology and legendry.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Here Be Dragons</em>, by Sharon Kay Penman, copyright 1985; Ballantine,
1993. Very good historical fiction. I really should find the other
books in this series, <em>Falls the Shadow</em> and <em>The Reckoning</em>, and her
other book <em>The Sunne in Splendour</em>.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Sacred Flesh</em>, by Robin D. Laws; copyright Games Workshop Limited,
2004; Black Library, 2004. This is the second of Laws' <em>Angelika
Fleischer</em> novels set in the <em>Warhammer</em> world; like a lot of them
it's a bit over the top in places. I'm not sure whether I'll look for
<em>Honour of the Grave</em> or not.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The Death of Chaos</em>, by L.E. Modesitt, Jr, copyright 1995; Tor,
1996. Modesitt's <em>Recluce</em> continue to entertain and intrigue, in this,
the 5th of the series.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The Coming of Conan The Cimmerian</em>, by Robert E. Howard; Del Rey,
December 2003. It's surprising how much difference it makes, reading
these <em>Conan</em> stories as Howard originally wrote them, in the order he
wrote them, without the surrounding dross of the later posthumous
“collaborations” that obscure them in the, till now, only easily
obtainable editions. It's been years since I've read the 12 books in
the Carter/De Camp version of the Conan saga, but I can already tell
the this book is one that I'll return to reread much more often.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Lens of the World</em>, by R.A. MacAvoy; Avon, June 1991. This book and
its two sequels, below, are some of the books that I return to time
and time again.</p></li>
<li><p><em>King of the Dead</em>, by R.A. MacAvoy; AvaNova/Avon, December 1992.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The Belly of the Wolf</em>, by R.A. MacAvoy; AvaNova/Avon, Februrary 1995.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>The Chaos Balance</em>, by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.; Tor/Tom Doherty
Associates, Inc., September, 1997. More information about the earlier
years of the World of Recluce. Enjoyable alternative to the tide of
psuedo-Tolkien fantasy.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The Deep Blue Good-By</em>, by John D. MacDonald (copyright 1964?);
read by Michael Prichard; Books on Tape, 1983. This is the first Travis
McGee book. I don't know whether I have read any of his other Travis
McGee books (I probably have, and if my library wasn't mostly in boxes
I'd probably have a chance of telling), but I have read <em>The Girl, the
Gold Watch, and Everything</em>. I think he wrote some other science
fiction, as well. In any case, I enjoyed this one; definitely a product
of the times, but a good story. Prichard's reading was good; his
particular reading voice seems well suited for this sort of book.</p></li>
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<li><p><em>Sharpe's Battle</em>, by Bernard Cornell; copyright 1995;
HarperPerennial, 1999. Sharpe's adventures in Spain, May 1811.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Drums of Autumn</em>, by Diana Gabaldon; Delacorte Press, January 1997.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The Fall of the Kings</em>, by Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman; Bantom
Books, Novemeber 2002. This did not hold my attention as well as
<em>Swordspoint</em>, the earlier book by Kushner set in this world; in fact,
I set it down somewhere in the last two thirds of the book and it sat
unread for a very long period of time. It is, no doubt, a more
ambitious book.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The Gun Ketch</em>, by Dewey Lambdin, copyright 1993; read by John Lee;
Books on Tape, Inc., 1999. Well read by John Lee. Well written and rich
in details.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The Order War</em>, by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.; Tor/Tom Doherty Associates,
January 1995.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Fall of Angels</em>, by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.; Tor/Tom Doherty Associates,
Inc., June 1996. We learn much more about the history of Recluce's world
in this one; these <em>Reculse</em> books are consistently page-turners for
me.</p></li>
<li><p><em>The Thieves' Opera</em>, by Lucy Moore, copyright 1997;
Harvest/Harcourt, Inc., 2000. Fascinating tour through the criminal
classes of early- to mid- 1700s London, especially Jonathan Wild and
Jack Sheppard.</p></li>
<li><p><em>Thrones, Dominations</em>, by Dorothy L. Sayers & Jill Paton Walsh;
copyright 1998 by the Truestees of Anthony Fleming (deceased) & Jill
Paton Walsh; St. Martin's Press, February 1998. I had not expected to
enjoy this as much as I did. Why did Sayers stop writing mysteries
before finishing this, anyway?</p></li>
<li><p><em>The System of the World</em>, by Neal Stephenson; William
Morrow/HarperCollins, 2004. Volume Three of Stephenson's <em>The Baroque
Cycle</em>, this book finishes the series off nicely. Regardless of
Stephenson's prolixity, these books are great fun.</p></li>
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<p>Well, it looks like <em>Talislanta</em> is going OGL. A couple of days ago
<a class="reference external" href="http://www.morriganrpg.com/">Morrigan Press</a> <a class="reference external" href="http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=149767&page=1&pp=10">announced</a> that
they will be publishing a new version of <em>Talislanta</em> using the Open
Game License. From the details described so <a class="reference external" href="http://forum.rpg.net/showpost.php?p=2992419&postcount=66">far</a>, it
sounds like they have a reasonably good plan. They plan to continue to
support the existing <em>Talislanta</em> 4th edition rules, dual-stating the
new books other than the new OGL core book, and already have a number
of books planned. I'm no great fan of D20 or OGL, but I think it's
entirely possible to produce a good game using the OGL as a base, and
if this helps publicize Talislanta to those who would have otherwise
missed, that's a good thing. That's a difficult task, though, as
<em>Dragon Lords of Melnibonë</em> shows.</p>
<p>Moreover, the previous publishers of <em>Talislanta</em>, <a class="reference external" href="http://www.shootingiron.com/">Shooting Iron</a>, have publicly supported the new
publisher.</p>
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