SRD on obscurity

Daniel D Jones · 11 Jun 2006, 02:32 · from 2006-June.txt.gz

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From: ddjones at riddlemaster.org (Daniel D Jones)
Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2006 22:32:22 -0400
Subject: (urth) SRD on obscurity
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On Saturday 10 June 2006 20:48, Adam Thornton wrote:
> On Jun 10, 2006, at 8:14 AM, Daniel D Jones wrote:
> > Certainly, I have no problem with you not liking Donaldson.  The
> > world would
> > be a boring place indeed if we all had the same tastes and
> > opinions.  But
> > this isn't a statement that his works don't appeal to you.  It's an ad
> > hominem attack that is clearly not factually true.  (That is,
> > however much
> > you dislike Donaldson, I find it extremely hard to believe that you
> > think he
> > has less talent than, say, Gary Gygax.)
>
> Ooooh, now THEM'S FIGHTIN' WORDS!
>
> Did *Donaldson* ever write a Wandering Harlot Table?
>
> I *thought* not.

I whiled away a lot of hours thanks to Gary.  (For those who may not be 
familiar with him, he's the author/inventor of the original Dungeons and 
Dragons game.)  And his writing... hm, what would one call such writing?  
It's difficult to call it non-fiction when one is describing the fighting 
ability of a dragon, but its not fiction in the normal sense of telling a 
story either.  Technical fiction, perhaps?  In any event, his writing skill 
in that area was fine.  But if you've ever read (or tried to read) any of his 
fiction...  Whew.  Bad.  Very bad.

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