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 Aug 5 2011, 11:46 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 159 Joined: 12-June 06 Member No.: 8,703  |
I just bought http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=28_222&products_id=2476 for my Nook. I just completed "2XS" and it is the 1st Shadowrun Novel I've read (although I did buy and read "Spells and Chrome". Good short stories in there). It saddens me that he died so young. He would have written some PHENOMINAL Shadowrun novels.
<edit> It seems to be showing the web address rather than the link name above, so it is "The Nigel Findely Omnibus" in case it is doing the same thing to you. |
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Aug 5 2011, 11:54 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,654 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
QUOTE (Troyminator @ Aug 5 2011, 07:46 PM)  I just bought http://www.battlecorps.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=28_222&products_id=2476 for my Nook. I just completed "2XS" and it is the 1st Shadowrun Novel I've read (although I did buy and read "Spells and Chrome". Good short stories in there). It saddens me that he died so young. He would have written some PHENOMINAL Shadowrun novels. <edit> It seems to be showing the web address rather than the link name above, so it is "The Nigel Findely Omnibus" in case it is doing the same thing to you. Fixed. |
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Aug 6 2011, 12:00 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
*Pours a bottle on the curb*
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Aug 6 2011, 12:27 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 17-July 11 Member No.: 33,515 |
His work is still the universe's best fluff.
And House Of The Sun continues the tale of Dirk Montgomery, if you can find it. |
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Aug 6 2011, 12:49 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 159 Joined: 12-June 06 Member No.: 8,703 |
QUOTE (PeteThe1 @ Aug 5 2011, 07:27 PM) And House Of The Sun continues the tale of Dirk Montgomery, if you can find it. It is part of the 4 book omnibus: "2XS", "Shadowplay", "Lone Wolf", and "House of the Sun". |
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Aug 6 2011, 12:53 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
I'd seen and been interested in Shadowrun for a bit before, but it was Shadowplay and 2XS that sold the universe for me.
And anyone who has heard my griping here know how hard that sell was. |
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Aug 6 2011, 01:19 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 159 Joined: 12-June 06 Member No.: 8,703 |
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Aug 6 2011, 01:51 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,654 Joined: 29-October 06 Member No.: 9,731 |
NP.
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Aug 6 2011, 03:52 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 32 Joined: 3-April 02 Member No.: 2,506 |
He's written other good non-Shadowrun stuff. Van Richten's Guide to Vampires (D&D Ravenloft) Van Richten's Guide to Werebeasts (D&D Ravenloft) Lost Kaer (Earthdawn novel) |
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Aug 6 2011, 11:04 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,182 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
Nigel published a ton of stuff.
Some highlights: The Fate of Istus (D&D, transitioned AD&D 1E Greyhawk to 2E) Thieves of Lankhmar Practical Planetology for Spelljammer The Universal Brotherhood Denver: The City of Shadows Denizens of Earthdawn Volume Two The Succubus Club Street Fighter Player's Guide (we can forgive him for these two) I remember that for whatever reason I was looking him up online at one point and dug up that Wiki article. Truly amazing how much that man worked. (also, I can't spell this morning. Imagine.) |
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Aug 6 2011, 03:38 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 963 Joined: 15-February 11 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 21,972 |
Hey, The Street Fighter Player's guide ain't that bad.
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Aug 6 2011, 03:43 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
DAMNIT!
... Now I want to play Street Fighter. |
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Aug 6 2011, 04:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 963 Joined: 15-February 11 From: Tir Tairngire Member No.: 21,972 |
I found the books at my local shop, never been able to justify buying them.
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Aug 6 2011, 04:53 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
Do it.
I didn't at my local shop for a few OOP Books, got a nice, big tax return one year and decided to finally do it... They had been sold two days earlier. Do it while you can. |
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Aug 9 2011, 01:56 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
Shadowrun died with Nigel.
This is an example of what every developer after FASA did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ERDL0BxRXQ "Come on, we can revive it!" |
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Aug 9 2011, 04:00 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Wa, USA Member No.: 1,139 |
QUOTE (ravensmuse @ Aug 6 2011, 12:04 PM) (we can forgive him for these two) I loved the Succubus Club, heck its so popular that they have a White-Wolf party named after it every year in New Orleans, but I even like the Spelljammer he wrote. Dark Alliance: Vancouver is one of my favorites from Nigel. |
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Aug 10 2011, 02:30 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,182 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
QUOTE (Platinum @ Aug 9 2011, 09:56 AM) Shadowrun died with Nigel. This is an example of what every developer after FASA did. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ERDL0BxRXQ "Come on, we can revive it!" Eh, not really germane to the conversation to include a random swipe at folks, man. Just sayin'. |
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Aug 10 2011, 02:33 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
An exceptional man left this mortal coil far too soon, and but mere mortals had to take his place and attempt to attain the same level as he. Really, not the same thing.
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Aug 10 2011, 08:08 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 239 Joined: 16-September 10 From: Moscow, Russia Member No.: 19,051 |
QUOTE (tete @ Aug 9 2011, 08:00 PM) I loved the Succubus Club, heck its so popular that they have a White-Wolf party named after it every year in New Orleans, Not to mention the whole music album with the same name. To stay 'on topic', I admire the man. Highly prolific and talented writer. His books were the door to the 'proper' Shadowrun for me - not that cyberpunk with elves that pictures which you get from the core book. |
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Aug 10 2011, 12:46 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
QUOTE (ravensmuse @ Aug 9 2011, 09:30 PM) Eh, not really germane to the conversation to include a random swipe at folks, man. Just sayin'. It's not random. It totally pertains to the conversation. Shadowrun went from turned up to 11, to mediocre. The decline was quick too. We lost Mozart and replaced it with Weird Al. I like Weird Al, but he's not an innovator. |
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Aug 10 2011, 04:09 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Wa, USA Member No.: 1,139 |
QUOTE (Platinum @ Aug 10 2011, 12:46 PM) It's not random. It totally pertains to the conversation. Shadowrun went from turned up to 11, to mediocre. The decline was quick too. We lost Mozart and replaced it with Weird Al. I like Weird Al, but he's not an innovator. Does that make Tom Dowd Beethoven? Cus I can totally buy into that! |
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Aug 11 2011, 10:42 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,182 Joined: 5-December 07 From: Lower UCAS, along the border Member No.: 14,507 |
QUOTE (Platinum @ Aug 10 2011, 07:46 AM) It's not random. It totally pertains to the conversation. Shadowrun went from turned up to 11, to mediocre. The decline was quick too. We lost Mozart and replaced it with Weird Al. I like Weird Al, but he's not an innovator. Well to start with, I was kinda talking about your tone. But since your own argument right there doesn't hold its own weight... I get what you're trying to say. You're saying that ever since Nigel's passed, Shadowrun hasn't been the same for you. I think you'd find people with similar attitudes here on Dumpshock. Myself, I think that several great things and a few great teams have come since then. But hey, that's opinions. What I have an issue with, and what I commented on, was that your tone came across as, "...and those fuckers have been fucking his corpse since." Which is supported by the fact that you linked to a video of Tom Green humping a moose. I mean, really? Can't we progress past going to the nth degree just to make a point around here? |
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Aug 11 2011, 10:55 AM
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jacked in Group: Admin Posts: 9,043 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 463 |
2XS is awesome! Shadowplay was always my favorite SR novel!
Nigel Findley was the best! Such a shame... Changeling, while not from Nigel Findley, was also a really great book. And I also liked the very original trilogy from Robert N. Charette. But Spells & Chrome has some nice stories, too (and also one featuring Dirk Montgomery). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Bye Thanee |
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Aug 11 2011, 02:00 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,358 Joined: 2-December 07 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Member No.: 14,465 |
I really want to know what's going on with Dirk's arm!
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Aug 11 2011, 02:04 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,755 Joined: 5-September 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 9,313 |
A cloned replacement? Cyber is so 50's.
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