"beams, rods, cones, stilettos, icepicks, corkscrews, knives, forks, and spoons of energy raved against the screens of the Dentless."Originally Posted by chirine ba kal
"beams, rods, cones, stilettos, icepicks, corkscrews, knives, forks, and spoons of energy raved against the screens of the Dentless."
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Oh, no way!! Wow!
That potentially speaks volumes. Is there any substantial bridge between that and the deep history of the planet, or is it strictly alternate reality?
I suppose it's unlikely, considering the ethnicity of "Civilization" compared to Barker's description of Earth. Maybe it's all ancient history...
I suspect that's simply some reference that's not familiar to me.
Unless I miss my guess, he's referring to the Dauntless a space dreadnaught from the E.E. "Doc" Smith Lensman space opera series from around the 1930s while satirizing Smith's sometimes overblown descriptions of the various ray projectors used for space battles.
Sometimes if you are old enough and still have at least some of your marbles, you don't even need the Internet to answer trivia questions.
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Gronan now owes me 7 beers and I owe him 1 beer.
That's what I thought that jewelry reference was to!
Looks like I'm gonna read the lensmen series to get to the bottom of the silver suits.
Yeah, but who gives a fuck? You? Jibba?
Well congrats. No one else gives a shit, so your arguments are a waste of breath.
Yeah. I'm not about to start thinking of Tekumel as a Lensman spin-off, or anything like that, but if there was a shared "Doc" Smith fantasy tech vibe informing the group's ideas about the ancients or extraplanar business, it helps my understanding.
* sob *
Gosh, if only people had computing machines available, and somebody connected them into some sort of vast world wide computer web... you could goggle at things on this web to find out about them...
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"Ah! You are an educated person!" - Klingon officer, "How Much for Just The Planet", by John M. Ford
Three of us 'got it', that night; Ken Fletcher, Kathy Marshall, and Yours Truly; you and Jean had not been able to be there, that session, and I think Phil mourned not being able to see the look on your face.
He loved his 'in-jokes', and lovingly prepared them over literally years to spring on people. This was, in my biased opinion, one of the very best ever!
Yes, WOW! I don't know if Phil had any really substantial connection planned; he played his cards very close to his chest about things like this; I found nothing in his files on this subject, except the 'Blue Room' posts on the subject, so all I have are my game session notes and the audio tapes we made of game sessions in the late 1980s.
Please keep in mind that the 'shared universe' concept in F/SF fiction back in the time when Tekumel was first chronicled was a very common one. Howard's heroes battle Lovecraft's Ancient Evils, for example, and Phil - Phillip Barker, fan in good standing with his club, "The Nameless Ones", was a very active part of this vibrant scene.
Phil was at pains to remind all of us that there are 772 other worlds trapped in pocket universes. We visited a few of them: places like Grey Hawk, Black Moor, and Barsoom. These other worlds, in turn, visited us; some stayed, like the two hobbits milking their expense accounts in Bey Sy, or a man-at-arms named Robert of Barthesville. Others just visit from time to time, causing trouble, getting into adventures, and generally doing what we did in their shared worlds.
Welcome to the Tekumel Gronan and I lived in for well over a decade. It's a very different place then people expect, I think...
Last edited by chirine ba kal; 07-26-2015 at 07:10 PM. Reason: fixed typo
May I suggest the source of the original quote:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstage_Lensman
Phil was a friend of one Dr. Edward E. Smith, better known in past years as E. E. 'Doc' Smith, author of the 'space opera' "Lensman" series:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lensman_series
Phil knew a lot of very interesting people from the early days of F/SF fandom; Jack Vance, for one. To say that they had an influence on his creation would be an understatement.
Tekumel is very much a product of a time and place that we can now only glimpse through the moldering pages of fanzines, and curled-up photos of these people having fun at what they called 'conventions'. We followed in their footsteps, and marveled at their creations.
I still do.
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