tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post347923654498303865..comments2024-03-04T05:26:22.273-08:00Comments on Propnomicon: The Fonts of TékumelPropnomiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-72829255066605514432015-11-22T04:31:41.231-08:002015-11-22T04:31:41.231-08:00@ Dr. Theda
Thank you for the very kind words.
@ ...@ Dr. Theda<br />Thank you for the very kind words.<br /><br />@ Raven<br /><br />Sweet fancy Moses, what a small world it is. It was Mr. Ford's review of the FGU "Space Opera" rules in Asimov's that turned me on to SF gaming. I'd been a heavy DnD player, but didn't even realize SF games existed until running across his "On Playing Roles" articles. <br /><br />Years later, back in 1995, I was involved in a flame war on usenet over the relative writing abilities of Mr. Ford and Gary Gygax. No, seriously, this was a thing. He sent me a very nice email as a result, and my head almost exploded in a burst of fanboyish happiness.Propnomiconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02073463298965255652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-81682462516792690442015-11-22T03:04:17.374-08:002015-11-22T03:04:17.374-08:00Long, long ago, back in the '70s, while living...Long, long ago, back in the '70s, while living in northern Indiana, I would drive down to Bloomington, Indiana, to hang out with the Indiana University SF and SCA groups. One member of both (the herald of the SCA group and thus my colleague) was a teenager called "Mike" Ford, "Miles Atherton de Grey" in the SCA, who was also a dungeonmaster and (for security) kept his DM notes in <i>Tsolyáni</i> — I was very much impressed.<br /><br />Mike also wrote cartoons, SF short stories which he sent off to New York, and... well... the sad fact is, he ended up leaving IU and Bloomington. Some startup magazine in New York called <i>Asimov's</i> hired him as an editor.<br /><br />You might remember him better under his full name, John M. Ford.Ravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974090948640572660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-423050459919800481.post-27413432331869703622015-11-21T18:09:24.344-08:002015-11-21T18:09:24.344-08:00Nice post.... we had studied Many ancient runes an...Nice post.... we had studied Many ancient runes and glyphs.... (Entimology and the origins of these alphabetic figures...) .... a great weekend to you and congrats on the (very quick) book sale...Dr. Thedahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16437013120611829846noreply@blogger.com