Since there are no new Dragonlance books coming anymore, I have decided to read the ones I never got around to read in the first place.
Yesterday, Amazon delivered the Eleven Nations Omnibus, which I am looking forward to reading. I like the work of Tonya C. Cook, Douglas Niles and Paul B. Thompson a lot, hopefully this book will live up to the expectations.
So, I finally found the time to catch up on my reading, and my first book this summer is The Children of Hurin by J.R.R Tolkien.
The book has been edited by Tolkien’s son, since the author himself never finished it, however, that Tolkien feel is definitely there.
The book takes place during the Morgoth days and follows primarily Turin the son of Hurin and his life from cradle to the grave. I don’t want to give any spoilers, so you will just have to go read it yourself.
The book is quite dark and has some pretty horrendous aspects that rival that of the most know Greek tragedies, however, it is rather nice to be back in Tolkien’s Middleearth once again among orcs, elves and dragons.
 | The Children of Hurin |
My favorite Gazetteer is definitely the Principalities of Glantri written by Bruce Heard. It is probably the gaming product I have used the most throughout the years, so you can probably imagine how cool it is for me to see that the man himself, Bruce Heard, has a blog.
Without further ado I present the link.
http://bruce-heard.blogspot.com/
Update: He’s on Twitter as well https://twitter.com/#!/Ambreville
Coolest handle ever!
As many of you mist likely know, Dave Arneson created Dungeons and Dragons with Gary Gygax back in the 70’s. Despite heavy criticism from the crazy Christian right wingers, the game became immensely popular, and although it is more or less dead today, spawned the whole fantasy genre.
Most people will probably refer to Dungeons and Dragons as the ultimate in escapism, but to me and my friends, D&D was the ultimate in socialization and abstract thinking. It provided us with an opportunity to imagine things, and be creative in a manner that I have never seen since.
Here’s to remembering two great people. Rest in peace.
