[MUD-Dev] Otherland

[Steve {Bloo} Daniels]

Richard A. Bartle wrote:

> In other words, he did indeed mean it.
 
> As my daughter said when I told her this, "cool!".
 
> Isn't it nice when the real world has something positive to say
> about virtual worlds, instead of making them out to be
> suicide-inducing havens of bad porn and devil worship?

Hehe.  You said "Real World".  They still shelve Williams in the
Sci-Fi and Fantasy sections with good reason.

Also, the series has quite a lot of bad things to say about virtual
worlds and losing yourself in one (or several as the case may be).
Particularly that they can be very dangerous, even fatal.

I think a person not familiar with virtual worlds and role-playing
could more easily draw the conclusion that these are bad things,
rather than good things, from his novels (assuming they can stay
interested past the first few hundred pages).

The entire Otherland series closely parallels a two-book series from
the late Wm. Mark Simmons. "When Dreams Collide" and "In the Net of
Dreams".  Out of Print, but Amazon has some.

They'd make a great fantasy mud foundation.

-bloo


_______________________________________________
MUD-Dev mailing list
MUD-Dev at kanga.nu
https://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev