Darkover Redux: re-reading teenage-me’s favorite F&SF series

I can’t even remember how I first encountered Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Darkover books. Unlike many of the other epic fantasy series that I consumed at such an ungodly rate as a teenager, it did not come from the Science Fiction Book Club. Instead of those cheaply-bound hardback omnibuses collecting three or four books into a single, […]

I think all those heads are my previous tries at killing her

She did drop some decent gear when I finally killed her on the stairs.

Nocturnal’s just got the blues

I’m feeling mighty lonesome Haven’t slept a wink I walk the floor and watch the door And in between I drink Black coffee Love’s a hand me down brew I’ll never know a Sunday In this weekday room I’m talking to the shadows One o’clock to four And Lord, how slow the moments go When […]

90s RPGs were hardcore man

I played Daggerfall for the whole train ride back from the city, and died more times in the dinky starter dungeon than I really care to admit. Let’s just say that I know the death visual sequence by heart now: And back to… One of these days I’ll get to the surface. Embarrassing, really; these […]