tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051574527441977124.post1372888985492217523..comments2024-03-28T10:24:41.956-05:00Comments on FATE SF: Hell SlimeTallgeesehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16045006122540505779noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051574527441977124.post-3562820878953011802013-10-28T11:53:03.353-05:002013-10-28T11:53:03.353-05:00This book is now at the top of my 'Must get No...This book is now at the top of my 'Must get Now' list. Thanks for introducing me to the work of these guys. What I've seen so far is amazing. Very pertinent to my interests...garrisonjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544523186717576771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051574527441977124.post-44612508210925147982013-10-25T18:14:57.239-05:002013-10-25T18:14:57.239-05:00Yes, as I am reading the Strugatsky's novel, t...Yes, as I am reading the Strugatsky's novel, there are places that really make me say: This is how it would happen in Wermspittle!" Not just the black liquor either, although I wouldn't be at all surprised if the Strugatsky brothers had read Machen.<br /><br />One of the commonalities was that the town adjacent to the Zone is in very bad shape. The town was damaged by the Visitation, and while the military/police focus on creating and maintaining a zone of exclusion around the weirdness nobody is really rebuilding the place. A lot of people were either killed or made sick by various plagues at the time of the Visit, too. People are pretty vulnerable, and the Strugatsky's novel is NOT set in the Soviet Union. Our Stalker is a black marketeer and thug in a capitalist country in North America.<br /><br />Another similarity is the transactionality of so much social interaction. There is a strong black market economy in the town adjacent to the Zone and it is deeply imbricated with the academic research establishment that has grown up around the Zone to study it. <br /><br />Stalkers often work for the Institute by day, and at night run freelance incursions into the Zone for people who are willing to pay top dollar for certain items.<br /><br />Great minds think alike! You probably would have had some great conversations with the brothers Strugatsky if you had had the chance.Tallgeesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045006122540505779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051574527441977124.post-35146805234724694412013-10-25T11:04:44.024-05:002013-10-25T11:04:44.024-05:00This stuff is wonderful, for a monster/environment...This stuff is wonderful, for a monster/environmental encounter sort of thing. It'd fit right in some places we know...garrisonjameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544523186717576771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051574527441977124.post-24121358409890937192013-10-25T10:14:58.738-05:002013-10-25T10:14:58.738-05:00I'd look forward and certainly cross-link to t...I'd look forward and certainly cross-link to things you and others create! <br /><br />I am thinking about working through some Zone artifacts, maybe a table of them.Tallgeesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045006122540505779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051574527441977124.post-87550236249351923952013-10-25T10:13:46.329-05:002013-10-25T10:13:46.329-05:00Great quote, Trey!Great quote, Trey!Tallgeesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16045006122540505779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051574527441977124.post-87346780743979278332013-10-25T06:50:36.863-05:002013-10-25T06:50:36.863-05:00Nasty. As gaming material, the blurred nature is w...Nasty. As gaming material, the blurred nature is what makes this so interesting.<br /><br />It sounds like being a great series too. Are you thinking of working through the Zone artefacts? If so, you're braver than me. As a cross-blog theme, Stalker could make for some interesting posts for sure, various interpretations and paths. I'll see what inspiration comes...Porkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00604351052444947490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7051574527441977124.post-68413127757157212212013-10-25T06:47:05.824-05:002013-10-25T06:47:05.824-05:00"The street finds a use for things," as ..."The street finds a use for things," as William Gibson would say--and that even applies to hell slime.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com