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The Silvanesti elves isolate themselves from the world and dismiss most outsiders as inferior (George Barr, AD&D supplement Dragonlance Adventures, TSR, 1987)
#D&D#Dungeons & Dragons#George Barr#elf#Dragonlance#Krynn#Dragonlance Adventures#elves#Silvanesti#wizard#mage#magic user#runes#AD&D#orb#skulls#skull#wizard's library#dnd#Dungeons and Dragons#TSR#1980s
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Queen of the Spiders (1986) collects the G-series modules, the D-series modules and Q1: Queen of the Demonweb Pits under one soft cover. This supermodule concludes the adventure path begun with Temple of Elemental Evil and continued with Scourge of the Slave Lords (and includes a nice mini scenario in which a slave lord tries to take some revenge). I generally like the original versions of these modules and I think the new material, arrangement and polish brought by Zeb Cook and Jeff Grubb really makes them shine. Maybe that is why the book goes for stupid money on eBay, because it does. Don’t pay that kind of money for it, please.
A selection of the original illustrations by Trampier, Otus and Willingham are reprinted inside. They’re supplemented by a bunch of new drawings by George Barr. I used to be a bit meh on Barr, particularly his D&D work during this period, but now I love it. So many stipples!
That Parkinson cover though. So much to unpack. His drow I think are pretty clearly patterned on Tina Turner circa Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and the sexualization is turned up to ten — the only D&D cover that rivals it is Jeff Easley’s for I9: Day of Al’Akbar, which came out the same year. This is an accomplishment of sorts, considering Clyde Caldwell was also on staff at the time. The throne is interesting, a shiny mall version of a H. R. Giger design, like a xenomorph crossed with Lo-Pan’s neon temple. The fire giants look like muppets. The only thing I genuinely like here is the mind flayer, and he looks as if his patience is being put to the test.
#roleplaying game#ttrpg#tabletop rpg#dungeons & dragons#rpg#d&d#Queen of the Spiders#George Barr#Keith Parkinson
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Almost done with the text for Together Toward the Underworld, my next supplement for SpeedRune. It introduces elves and dwarves (elfs and dwarfs?) and sends the players "against" the Queen of Night, a powerful demon. (I say "against" because players also might end up worshipping or marrying the Queen; no judgment here!)
TTtU is my love letter to Tanith Lee's "Tales from the Flat Earth," which I wrote about in my Ancient World Fiction reading list. The art at the start of this post is by George Barr and comes from the DAW edition of Tanith Lee's Night's Master.
SpeedRune has been a fun project to work on, and this supplement will be my halfway point in the projected run of five books for the game. After that, maybe a master edition? A box set? As much as I loathe producing things like that.
You can get the base game, with amazing art by A. Degen, for free here.
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THE DYING EARTH by Jack Vance (New York: Hillman, 1950)
(San Francisco: Underwood-Miller, 1976) Cover art and interior illustrations by George Barr.
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“The Dying Earth”
“Turjan of Miir”
“Mazirian the Magician”
“T’sais”
“Liane the Wayfarer”
“Ulan Dhor Ends a Dream”
“Guyal of Sfere”
#book blog#books#books books books#book cover#pulp art#science fiction#pulp fantasy#science fantasy#beautiful books#jack vance#george barr#dying earth#book design#book publishing#book binding#bookbinding
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The Birthgrave by Tanith Lee, cover by George Barr (1975)
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Four fantasy novels by Thomas Burnett Swann (1928-1976) -- The Minikins of Yam (DAW Books, 1974), How Are the Mighty Fallen (DAW Books, 1974), The Not-World (DAW Books, 1975), and The Gods Abide (DAW Books, 1976)-- with cover art by George Barr (b. 1937). Source: https://raggedclaws.com/2022/05/12/look-here-four-novels-by-thomas-burnett-swann-with-cover-art-by-george-barr/
#thomas burnett swann#the minikins of yam#how are the mighty fallen#the not world#the gods abide#george barr#paperback covers#1970#1974#1975#1976#fantasy novels#the weird ones
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Art by George Barr.
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Takhisis, Queen of Darkness (George Barr, AD&D supplement Dragonlance Adventures, TSR, 1987)
#D&D#Dungeons & Dragons#George Barr#Dragonlance#dragon#Krynn#Takhisis#dragons#dnd#Dragonlance Adventures#Tiamat#Dungeons and Dragons#1980s#TSR
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George Barr’s 1970 cover art to Zothique, by Clark Ashton Smith
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NAMETAGS REVISITED (Column 24 redux)
NAMETAGS REVISITED (Column 24 redux)
Figure 1 – MidAmeriCon 1976 nametag by George Barr
I was away all last weekend and, for various reasons, I don’t have a brand-new column this week, but since I was at Spocon 2022 in Spokane WA, I figure it’s a good excuse.
At the “tag end” of this column, I’ll speak a little bit about Spocon 2022. Otherwise, you’ll be treated (?) to a repetition of a column from my first year with Amazing…
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#Amazing Stories#Anders Bellis#Bea Taylor#C. J. Cherryh#Charles Brown#Chelsea Quinn Yarbro#Column 355#Conventions#David Eddings#Dena Brown#Denvention#Denver#Donald Grant#Donna Bailley#Dragon Dronet#Edmond Hamilton#Forry Ackerman#Frank Herbert#George Barr#Glenn Lord#Hugo Awards#Jane Fancher#Jim Young#Jon Gustafson#Kansas City#Kelly Freas#Leigh Brackett#Len Wein#Liz Wilmerding#Margie Ellers
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