mantis's GURPS book: a review

I have in my hands as I write this the book GURPS New Sun by our own Michael Andre-Driussi (aka mantis). For those who still aren't aware of it, it is a supplement to the roleplaying game system GURPS based on the New Sun books. HIGHLIGHTS: * Great chapter-by-chapter synopsis of the five books * History of Urth * Lots of maps * Summary of Commonwealth social structure * Interesting to see artists' conceptions of Urth; illustrations are occasionally quite clever (look twice at the one on p. 90 for example) * Interesting to read some of mantis's explicit guesses on New Sun "mysteries" * Can be read fruitfully without knowledge of GURPS FLAWS: * Text and illustrations somewhat bowdlerised for a mass-market audience * Illustrations occasionally cheesy * Not long enough! :-) SUMMARY: A must-read for Urthlings! You can order yours at <http://www.sjgames.com/> if you have no enlightened games shops nearby. I ordered mine on a weekend during the holiday season and received it via UPS 5 days later. DISCLAIMER: I have no financial interest in the success of this book, but wish mantis well as fellow listmember and New Sun reader. Ron H-E

I got my copy. I'd caution people that any "errors" they find might (probably!) come from the publisher rather than the author. Just as a for instance, the first half of the pictures in the bestiary are mislabeled. But I hardly think it was mantis who confused a destrier with a balucither. <g> Absolutely worth having, particularly if one is a gamer. Even if, as in my case, one is a gamer who does not use GURPS. Best, Jim ****************************************** "There will always be Costello/ a little larceny Bacharach, in everyone" "My Thief"

I was just in Vegas doing a game-store-crawl/dredge and nearly fell flat when I saw that New Sun was out. But was I able to get one in SandyEggo where I had a giftcert? NOOOOOO! Will I be able to find one in Denver (these are the people that told me that they were going to hold of until Feb to order it from the catalog because 'SJGames is always late anyhow'! )? AERGH! I loathe being patient...;-> ===== Jeff "My dice hate me!" Miller "The idea of verifying facts about the world through controlled repetition seems alien to just about everyone with the possible exception of Fr Inire, and he's a bug-eyed space monster . . ."-Jim Henley Heavy Gear Swap @ http://freecenter.digiweb.com/games/severian/meet.html Gaming to keep War out of RealTime! '82 GS650G