I spent a day with Lin Carter at an SF club outing. He was a gentleman and a lot of fun. I also enjoyed his books.
I spent a day with Lin Carter at an SF club outing. He was a gentleman and a lot of fun. I also enjoyed his books.
He really did enjoy it; I think his advancing arthritis was a reason why he didn't get into costume himself - which is why we were all so surprised and I was so touched when he and his wife showed up to my 25th birthday party in costume; he wore the robes he'd worn on pilgrimage to Mecca, and she was dressed to the nines in full Mughal array.Originally Posted by Zirunel
It does have to be said that Phil was terribly afraid be being laughed at, which made him more then a little insecure. We tired very hard not to seem to be doing this, and laughing with him instead.
Yep; we could fill a pretty good-sized stage, back in the day, and we won more then a few prizes along the way.
Stayed in the shade today, and chugged electrolytes. Feeling much better, thank you!
Yes to both.
And Phil was also terrified that his interests might reflect poorly on his professional life. It makes me a bit sad to remember.
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Very cool pictures, and thank you!
The Don Maitz art is indeed connected with Tekumel - a lot of the people on the three 'of the Empire' books are drawn from the Ral Partha figures that I sent to Don at Daw by his request; he'd also asked for a copy of my 'Miniatures for Tekumel' book, and he told me that he's circulated both rather widely to F/SF artists after the cover for MoG hadn't met with Phil's approval. That's why so many of the classic 25mm figures appear on FS's cover.
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He exchanged a lot of letters and documents with Phil, and I have copies of some of them through the courtesy of a friend.
Glad you saw 4SJ in all his glory!
I think so, too. I'd run this as a timed event, with each team allowed ten to fifteen minutes of real time to search the room. I'd also isolate each team from the others, so that all of the players would come to the room 'cold'. 'The Rules' would be Free Kriegspiel, with a GM - preferably Gronan, for the most laughs - in the room and adjudicating as needed. I'd have the traps, if any, done with Post-it notes, and turn the players loose. Between each teams' runs, I'd have the stagehands reset the room to the start position, so that each group would have the same chances.
It'd be a scream; it'd be 'The Adventure of the Mummified Pot-roast' writ large, and my kind of gaming in all it's glory. After the first few runs, and word got out, we'd have them waiting in line clear round the block.
And, just to make it ever funnier, I'd invite all the D&D etc. people to run their own PCs and groups through the game. I think it'd be hysterical, watchign the mayhem. And, speaking of watching, I'd use my video gear and wire the room like the proverbial pinball machine, so that non-playing spectators could see and hear all the screaming and shouting. (I have a good stick of rubber scorpions, remember.)
Did a trial run of this too, where the people in my group were trying to get into a locked chest. I simply handed the antique Chinese lock to the party, and told them to have at it. Best eight minutes and thirty-four seconds of gaming you can imagine, as one player worked the lock over - she did get it open - while I had the rest of the party roll percentile dice every sixty seconds to see if the guards happened by...
Oh, I am such a nasty man...
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Yep. He's sorely missed.
Oh, yes, very much so. We always kind of felt that we were participating in some sort of secret club or something. These days, he'd have been seen as mildly eccentric, nothing more.
Sigh.
Just for you costume fans, out there...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eulh_mgsTt8
How that, my General?
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