Every so often there comes a book that really changes and changes the way that you look at things. While Traveller has often been compared to Firefly or Shotguns in Space, it never quite had the same feel of a Space Western that say Star Trek did. It had a more investigation and good people called to do sometimes bad things mood. But, what it kept coming back to was a sort of Western (genre) sensibility where players do form posses and go after bad guys. Which is as much a product of the Western, as it is out the experience of many servicemen/women returning from the theater of war – whether it was Vietnam or some of the more recent wars.
This adventure/supplement does take a step back in time, and gives a set of rules and ambience to
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Interesting and well fleshed out NPCs – including interestingly enough – prostitutes. Interesting, as I thought the OGL explicitly stated that Traveller will stay away from the racier and salacious aspects 1970s Science Fiction and keep it within the Golden Age. But, because, they have existed in every Traveller adventure that I have run and been a part in their inclusion is done intelligently and with dignity and with respect to any female players. So, kudos, to finally a more mature approach to role playing that has always been …show more content…
It perfectly evokes a mood through its description and atmosphere – for a genre that I am not particularly keen on. Thus, it is a credit to the writer – which it actually makes me want to try this scenario based upon the images he has implanted in my head. The artwork is extraordinary and wish that this was the new standard for Mongoose. However, as we have seen too many times, with Mongoose and other publishers – art is something that outside the cover gets very short thrift. Which I think does always explain the popularity of D&D – yes – the rules might be shite (sorry, I refuse to engage in edition wars when describing a Traveller book) but the pictures still compel me to add this my collection. As it seems to be a lost art (pardon the pun), that art is getting less and less thrift which is ironic – for this day and age – we are far more visually oriented than we have been in any other times outside of the renaissance. Thus, I think, it incumbient upon RPG pubishers to attempt to make a book – beautiful as well as practical – if our hobby is going to be passed down to the next generation. Hasbro gets this. Pelegrane Press gets this. Chaosium lately gets this. Why not Traveller/Mongoose? For Traveller rode on the firey chariot of the Keith brothers who combined artistic sensibility with great
The author really keeps the reader own edge and guessing what will happen next throughout the pages. I find that I can connect to the book on a cultural standpoint from living in the Appalachian Mountains .It is very interesting to me that she based this on her own family history. The book starts out telling two completely different stories,
I would recommend this novel to anyone who enjoys historical fiction books where the characters learn life-altering lessons. I also feel that people of all ages would enjoy this book because it’s messages and theme was very positive. While I did enjoy this book, I think I will not be reading another historical fiction novel for my upcoming book response.
My favorite thing about this piece is the depiction of the New York skyline during a starry night. This is because I am in love with the city at night time. It makes me feel warm. My least favorite thing is the floral border. At first glance, it looks dumb and out of place. I did not understand the purpose of this border until further research was done on the piece of art. I do not think the artist was successful at achieving her goal. I think this because at first I didn't even notice the young girl flying above the bridge. Once I noticed her, I could not tell she was the same girl laying on the rooftop. This made the wild background not make much sense to me. If I were to do something differently about this piece, I would make the flying girl bigger, or put her into more of the focus. Also, I would do something special to show that they are the same girl. Maybe a unique outfit or something would do the job. During the time this artwork was created, Ringgold played a role in the organization of protests and actions against museums that did not show the work of women and people of color. She usually used “overly political paintings” to present her anger (Spector, Nancy). Within this work, she used a story quilt. Everyone loved it! She turned down her angry theme to show this light hearted example of a “spirited heroine”(Spector, Nancy). Women in this time period’s society loved to see a young colored girl
They always say to never judge a book by its cover, but my first impression I got when I looked at this book was that people gathered around a bus waiting for their family members to get off. After reading The Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang I then realized that the people on the cover weren't just waiting around for their family but finding their loved ones they once lost. When I first started reading this book I was a little nervous because I never read that many books and I feel that the reason why I don’t is because not many books stand out to me. In school I would have to read books for the class or for a book report but get bored or my attention couldn’t stay focused. Just a few pages into this book and I seemed interested in what was
Now if I may go off the subject for a moment I would like to say how beautifully and descriptively the book is written. There is one passage in particular that I truly enjoyed reading :
I found the book to be easy, exciting reading because the story line was very realistic and easily relatable. This book flowed for me to a point when, at times, it was difficult to put down. Several scenes pleasantly caught me off guard and some were extremely hilarious, namely, the visit to Martha Oldcrow. I found myself really fond of the char...
Danny Kaye, famous actor and comedian, once said, "To travel is to take a journey into yourself". He is suggesting that by seeing a new part of the world, one is inevitably confronted with deeper realizations about one’s self. Thomas C. Foster, author of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, would likely agree. In his book, he argues that every trip in literature is actually a quest. The word "quest" conjures images of knights in shining armor, princesses, and dragons, but Foster uses the word in a more archetypal sense. A journey, Foster says, needs only to fit five relatively simple criteria to be considered a quest (1-3). Quoyle, the protagonist of Annie Proulx's novel, The Shipping News, undergoes a life-changing journey that clearly meets all necessary criteria set forth by Foster to be regarded as a quest.
Bloom, Harold. "Critical View on "The Mental Traveller" by Northrop Frye." William Blake. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House, 2003. 66-67. Print.
This is an odd little book, but a very important one nonetheless. The story it tells is something like an extended parablethe style is plain, the characters are nearly stick figures, the story itself is contrived. And yet ... and yet, the story is powerful, distressing, even heartbreaking because the historical trend it describes is powerful, distressing, even heartbreaking.
This book was interesting to me, but I think that anyone older than I would find this book a slight bit easy, despite the fact that the author, Ester Forbes does use old English words that are no longer used. So I would recommend this book for anyone between the ages of 12-14, and strongly recommend it at that.
When telling their story, the narrators clearly express their aspirations of living an adventurous life. They both view international travel as a vessel for self-discovery and meaningful memories. For example, in Remembering My Childhood on the Continent of Africa, David Sedaris expresses his desires for life-long memories and international travel when he writes, “They weren’t rich, but what Hugh and his family lacked financially they more than made up for with the sort of exoticism that works wonders at cocktail parties, leading always to the remark, ‘that sounds fascinating’.” According to this passage, Sedaris seems to believe that money is less important than experiences and memories themselves. One is able to infer that he yearns for a life that is filled with adventures. He wants to have the ability to tell interesti...
Butor’s tone used throughout the text is lax enough for the reader to genuinely connect with his ideas, since the typical traveler usually vacations in order to escape the daily stresses of their normal routine. In doing this, he portrayed his idea of what travel is meant to be with language proper enough for the sophisticated
We Like It, We Love It, We Want Some More of It: The Allure of Time Travel
While at first glance Pico Iyer’s joy of traveling and Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller romance film might not have much in common, they actually do share several similar ideas about travel and how it changes one as a person. Pico Iyer expounds on his various experiences with traveling across the world and its transformative power on your worldview in “Why We Travel”. Alfred Hitchcock tells the tale of an established business, rich with opinions, status, and money, who gets thrown into an adventure because of a mistake identity in North by Northwest. Pico Tyler best describes the main theme of this movie through his quote:
... executed in order to set off into the world alone. The influence that independent travel has on an individual is a splendor upon riches because it does so much for a person, and provides humans with a sense of the world. How a person can makes new friends and learn about new cultures and accept other people’s way of living. With its educational purposes traveling alone can bring, offers an endless amount of living data that tops any history book or internet page. Traveling is concrete history that is continuing around everyone. It can provide people to look through different lenses and experience aspects of life that they know they will never experience again in their lifetimes. Traveling alone provides an endless journey and an empty page in the minds scrapbook that is waiting to be filled with new memories and the endless amount of true belonging and bliss.