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Mak ing sre Daroeds was wal wrapped the Young nebornan pues him cose tothe fre. ‘Then wh ns bow ands iver arrows Me sat fll'upon his companions unconscious uk Behind him, the five pooped. and Mckored toward ts oath "The time camo wen ha loosed his last arrow, ond missed, and Krew that is fe Was forthe Taking. His hope than was That the she-deman would not know ne wos Unarmed. She calle, alled, and somehow he found the svength to situnmoving faut Iy resting the twenty seven Guides for Noble Conduct at High Wedding), Only wren the fire mas dying to feeble embers Ika waning souls aid she come toward rim, His will 16 feast crumbied before her Beauty as walls fotheram”andinasuntose She Yedat the frat appearance of motrer-o peal in the sky, followed by geld. From everywhere and hwnhere her words wafted back to Druin "Farowel my (over, unt fOmorrow righ” For several moments the survivar drank In the wonder of the sing sun and praised ‘he goadoss Thoba fr his daveranco. Too, ha shouted in pido, Tor he had not matey Survived: be had bough he ie of ene other human bong through the cold night of preternatural horor. Would that fe could Fave saved there as wal, but at last Darosda lived, te fat old rough. Oran ‘uined fo piace » hand slfeconatey on tho Datos goss form "come on, Day, wake up. We're safe hore was no response. Deroeds was col, as old as Barge ond Ria, ‘Damnit, Dary, Nor” he shouted, sak ing the inet form ‘harder. "ou can't bo Sood. wne with you al the time, She could othave gotan to yout” Thote was no reply 4nd new Year came had Droog frozen? No. Te ruins renewed hero he found that tke Borgo and fin the prate ae 9 Sosicested husk. "A torrent of emotions ‘swept through Diuin ony 0 be replaced by ‘Ry cod. Though Darooda had. soarcaly ‘deserved saving, the young lord had strug ‘odin ale maghtto petene him Fina Yaied ‘Now, slone in the cold of this land, Druin must ether down and ge ar been hisway. He hadalong way stil to go. Uniess he reached hs goal bee he seting ofS Pe are sun, he wouts be foreod to kos ‘hot essgnation with tha she-demon AAS he waked, he rflcted bitty that he had begun this journey to avenge the ‘massacre of his tami Now, thelist! those to be avenged had’ grown to inclode the ‘oes of his flowers, Brun had never met Fhs'maternal grandather and unt ecenty hanover wanted fo. Hs Tarn he Tong ‘mage atk socet of the act that rin’ mother's fetser wos none other than the ‘wizare Mardarn, tht feartul mage af sgend who" dwelt” igo | Floatng Mountan Throughout his ite Druin had wished MS itm anoostry and natage? ~" could be Fexgotton. Recant evens hag smashed and ‘changed that desire. in masterful act of weachery, King Thiledon had aranged the murder of Duke Aradarn, Dru’ father, and the entre fom Iy-Byights Dru, 00, should have ced In. Stead ine young lord found that haha some minor but who uanatural lens, by use ot which ho escaped. How his glandlather ‘might now greet him Brun had notion, Dut the dread mage was his only hope of Gaining vengeance on aking, Thus he had Set out for Floating Mountain, enging with Fim only tan man Now ne was nearing the endo! tat lang loumey” According to. legend, Hosting ‘Mountain was ust te ther side of the valley ofthe Bones, sum as rary mau ons avn diy fourney when Dru reached the top of ‘he pats He sara, Binking mo tat valley he oxpocted to be sere. Ouspite ts Stim’ name, iis aopearance. was pleasant fnqugh ~ erly so A lush sland of green, raling his nates incongruoualy nthe md tis of the arctic wasteland. An aston Druinput backhisblsck hood Wiinaut pausing 10. wonder at this race the pgm hutied on, osenng NS furs, Presently, be was walking among bo” {sel lowering bushes and toes. The aa56 was asof carpet beneath hs fet and the i Iited witn tne songs of gay colored birds n Despite orm memories of lastnight, is empty stomach tured while he stipped Sf furs and fegaings. Revenge, he Thought ‘wah bitter practeaty, 16 no reeson to ge Fungiy. A Breakast of tuts end bores ‘would be most plasont indeed. He soon discovered that for all the pro fusion of bright ower, therewas naught to at on any of tha bushes oF Woes. Me St ‘couldnot Geieve that, Drains eyes narrowed with gathering suspicion. Anathar darned mystery. Plants tht Homered witout yea ute or ber ‘vale filed with such tary docorous plants ete in the middle of the wnikdernest was more than imrobsble. Jr's almost asi hs lwholepiace Spark, Re mused and eal tletauchot cold tthe base of hisspine 9 he fetlowod ‘tat thought to its conclusion Parks have owners Here lam 2 wespasse, Grinnador While topae sun climbed higher into sapphire sky, Druin moved on, pondering ‘he. proton: I was not the only mystery Cloaked bythe Vey ofthe Bones. Why gid {he Northen beve that te romain ofthe ‘ory gods lay here? Sines tne gods stil Wed, ofcourse, cola only bea vulgar supers tion. Sti dis most superstitons not usa Ihave some aes infact? “Tiowomna x orp a smal rise and Stopped to stare at what he sow bo feb. Te lush grass showed tne passage a alargearimal — or group of men. Sty moving tothe ack, he Kot toes ‘amine’ Within th lst fe hous, ght ‘mon culzed men, since they wore Boots nad coms rom the far end 0 the valoy and passed his way. Then he discovered the Second sot of prints: the same men, return Ing from somewhere, hoouly burdened For these wacks were doper los unfrmnly sight Rising the young duke pulled thought fay at ns abbrvates beard. Perhaps tis ‘was no business of fis, but he as curous fd Knew wl thet things he didnt onder Stand could hurt hn E:ght men had come into the Valey ofthe Bones to fetch some thing and had returned Ieomenherel with that laomething). What? Why Suppase I don’ investigate? The route to my grandtthor’s home bes through the far end of this improbable veley, which ‘means! sail overtake aight men | know ‘nothing about. Best! ind out what's going On st! Druin set out through the hills at a steady trot ‘The mies roles amy whe Me tried to ignore hs rumting belly. Presanty Coming around a hurameck, he stopped to Stare openmouthed."Botore him, he tld, rims irmiy, stood only abulding. But hat \Was ike saying thot goddess = ony 3 ‘woman. Hegaced upon a implo, unasorned Sructureotane story ony. Though time and the passing. ages. had ated ts baat, Broken meny of the once proad morbi co! Urmns, silt retained a grace and clan cut ‘lagance that held Druin nave ‘Gods, woul hat! coud have seen this marvel when fst ftw bolt “Ihe treck of ight mented deel tothe main entry Bs he followed, the sense of {Pespass, of intuding where ha had na ght at all grew ‘the stronger. Only by con Sdorablo etfort of wil ie persat. The Single door, 8 massive Sab of bronze, ung fortrniy open, He paused to wrarnne He feund corrason, a piting caused by the passing of he could not guess how many Weare, Bult tne Out Of mi. ad with ts hinges in portect content“The orphan lord stepped inside t0 find himseltin'the darkness of a windowiens bulang.Whie he paused in uncertainty, ose told him of ano lm nearby, Within a few momonts he Rad found ane nd_ighted He was surgrisod to discover that he held one of he Sacred Lamps burned inthe ‘Worship ct Theba Also, tha interior walls oF thes temple? ~ were covered withthe ho IV symbols ofthe Gente Goddess the Al Mather of mankind. For a moment Druin thought he was ina shrine, But na, Though Heres hag’ bean worshioped ete, tt feat marble stand was no. lar nthe Buling’s carter, but abou intended to old ease. He stood in tomb. “The floor was covered wt dust. n that cust of ages was the Gsturbance of recent TootprintsExomining thom, Dron could ‘almost see what nad taken piace: the eight fd plously burned ter Sacros Lamps an thon ang thon only they Med steppes to the {cantor of theroom, They edited the cttn thom the catataque a casket foe human ‘of normal size udging fom the pattern et fr the dust on the dos and had marched cout wth “A band of pious graverobbers, Druin thought, no tbe usted and annoyed While there seamed hte to be learned by Coser examination, he moved toward the ‘ataalque ~ only to Mave the lamp sputer ond de Since it stil held on plenty, i'se0med evigentty only a mater of eadlusing the ‘wick and raightng f. That es tne, don't have any way 1 ght 3 amo During last night's grim Bett 1 keep the fre aive, be had burned al he contents ‘ot his tindor box and inadvertently seated his fine leaving tim without te means 0 make a ive Then how in Drocd's name wae able light os lr i te st place? No, suey inthenare ofthe dork Lore of Deception snd Death Yet t had been ‘2sy, natal, an acton so caval that head (Quer no thought to what he was about, Bruin reece, staring huge eyed at lack ness, Froaiang was 2 fecognized lorm of the Black Art For en sstant apprehension “swept over the young man ike ail eeath fang he elt he was becoming a svanger 3 fimselt, Than, with cold ultton he ‘thought came Tul! am Mordain's grand San! hs pride scare in fim, ha touched he lom’s wick and squad whan burst to tame, alin an stan "Aton moment marin ne dsr tomb convinsed Druin he had nothing more toleam here, Besides tmewasprocious He fuited the ancient tom ol rarbe an went Siding along the tra let by te robber, His stomach companed in eonin tones and he ‘hewed lavas he knew tobe nonposonevs, wishing he knew something of adler Presenly ne cae upon 8 noice: he ro bers, being heavy burdened, hed walked round 2 fay staep il. He could Tolow ther, of make the climb, which would bo ‘more arduous but Taser Bosdes, would (Goo him a good vew ofthe val. The ascent proved harder than ha hod lexpectod. He was puffing mighty when he ‘aired the summit ofthe greenod but sone. ‘srewn knoll. glance behind showed him the mausoloum. Ite eeouty wae stiking) ‘awesome avon at ths stance, yt stil id notseem apace or hedead. The able, the vary noble. dead, he mused, now noting zens of marble uns seated here and thore ami the tres. Corpeos, he thought the corpees of onee glorious bullngs ‘So. the. Nortymen ore party right ‘Some grat and notie people, apes 90, US ‘ad this unmaura valley as tir cometary. Allowing hiss nly the brifest est he began ns descent. Te ma hs enemy, now It he could each his grandlother’s home before sunset he could wort than 3¢ te what sort of reception his gin forebear might provide. I, however, the sorting sun found "nm short of a desteation, lst right’ ede-domon waul have another 00. Bottuity to work het way oh im, OF ourse, he had brought slong tn amp, but he doubted its aby to hold her atbay more than bsity-Ifoniy he could be sute of dec: tion, Re eave hese dati heavy clothes Up. tee somewhere As the mies slipged by under Orr's ueying ae, 30 dd the hours, Though the Urge tots, to push mao oo hard, aes constant tompiatin, hewithstood t Heid ‘demuch worying Mardarn’s abode on Floating Mountain was omeeore beyond vey. How far? Ieee, ho might goon his eanetury sth ae much sani te spar it ley fa, thon he Was surely doomed ‘Timo passed and the ache in his legs steadiy gron. At the valley's for end'9 dred fivetbed came meaning out ofthe moun tains, al wht and yellow cay ana stone For 3 inte tme Druin dog-totted along Nankea by towering cis m sana and burnt ‘range and somber gray. Then ho emerged into the sunt open andthe bottom dropped ‘outofhisempty stomach. Before im swept 3 great binang plan, an énoxmous sneering ‘sparse of britent white sand. He knew he {Gared on tha desert across whose unduiant Wastes the Floating Mountain roamed. It ‘was in plain vew now, 8 towenng white: "apood pinnacle drt above send the col ‘rt anew and crystal “Though dstances were hard to judge in tne desert, Druin knew hs was looking st Soweal days Journey. Damn Ether 90" ing tobe vory clever or des! Floating Mauntan was ot ata where ‘themap in the Undead Book had shown his randtatha’skeop tobe. It was strange ~ Sd to bo consigred late, along wih ny he sand ss white and Sparkly under tt ‘ast flsting mass of grant, Mean ‘rast ofthe day he had more ot les allowed the tacks ofthe tomb-robbers. Now they ‘wore clear visible sed, stcemen casting rong shedowson the desert. His gaze oon fed ther ine toa place well ahead where four {ents esters about an nn iimposstle. He fubbod his eyes and squintas The inn remained Wihie@ waveler” stop in the mide of this desolate oxpanse was abeurdly uni, the large ramshackle buiing spayed Ie Sgn of the pigrm’s staff and was bevond Gaui a place af accommodation. “ike as. ot Droos Himsa the cheeress proprietor, Drain though, but = {any port in a storen. Ar he watted across the Sands,holing his sword prevent {he seabbsrd's banging his 29. “Tne un was leering ise gingerly on to the hsizon nan ha neared the inn Despte its absurd locaton, business was ‘very brisk Inthe rope enclosure off to tha right was an asoriment of hoses, mules ‘nd asingle, bored camel. Men moved about ‘trong the tons. He saw several shining Backs) wearing ony Brecchcouts, tee dusky yalow Narckans In black pajamos, ‘Stupily absorbing sun, and four such as he In theonte-studded leather that wae patty tien standard forthe solrs of 8 western nobleman enn ny stn sone Aissscimcces re a eo ot ace tar ct ae Sr a Sree aetna naa amen ic Saaerennemanias sl eerurg re Se en one ee Boat a Lae arene ea, Setting ti eee ait Ne stay ah Ser eta wee she ieee tee Bs Stews germ oe Sa a seacae wens mes Io = ord ast, 0 soot yc ud nat coe ear cmhaare a, eh re usc acre, su iro St ae sae rns a eae are sera mee ee ts ld Sng eat arma so gg wa Scone eave e ige span Ne inven Ste ahare sa roy, os SRO wea rs osc ons daht ty ate ord utes a, oy at Sogn oe a ese ae oat a a ae Se ea oetamiy dered by treachery and I want Mah, good reason.” Alte taking big bite of eat and chening it with obvious relsh, Sungamn cominued,"T come here Bocalse | was bg libel. od great pan for reform. Alter wor, stopped ling ane esting ‘eoomits and Ynsead sols 10 stave tadars (Good idea But ccntwork "Another pause hie the chet chewed a mouthtulot wader "Tracers take eapives alight, Bot ted fo cheat, to. payment Big. mess. Now Bungamin ovt of power and need help of Mardarn to get back power” One good thing, tough Ws vader ashe me how te preserve meat by smoking ‘This languege wes, not native to Bungamrin, Druin mused, and he had bean taught by'sonmore eter incompetent ‘with 9 twisted sense of humor, Win they talked, they nad been walking 10 the ss front door Bungamin touched the others farm as they wero about to enter, and ‘whispered "One thing more. Should warn you — ther quests" The mighty Black setaly Shuddered. "They- not 00d people ike you and me.” While Oruin wondered what st would take fo bring a shudder to giant cannibal gates set daop within hs skul.'Athn finge of unpeasant white haw ile’ Ne misshapen head tke 3 mushvoom's eo. Upon Drui’s placing smal god piece nis foutsretchodnand, Resteppedoutoftheway sndbovied uth consummate politeness. {Good my Lord, welcome 10 my hurtle sboge, You ar justin tie for Supper Hoping fervently that his host meant 121 ambiguous Yom in the ordinary wa, Druin watodin. The common rooms seemed trdinary, enough: walls of | ough-hawn ‘wood boars and planking, 2 choot re imastone teplecs, and along sturdy aboot tak. OF the two who sat atthe table, the ‘Shor man, so broad of shoulder ang dressed inthe sks and samte of one very wel born, rose ana bowed peta “Count Kame of Thunland”"Bungamin ‘9, "LordDruinot Zadoh™ "Zadok, yes,” Bruin sad, returning the bow, “tis ta custom of my county, taught fe by my fate: the Duke, to shake han" friar extended hes hand “Altra sight hastaton, the Count ac opted the gest. Head, asthe other man ad suspacted, naty. pam. and he Grebrows meet Alte thet ‘clasp Koinus ‘Navod toward) the seated man, a reat ‘eeton in back robes, ‘ang ths grim folow is Toxuads, formery high rest of the Terie of the {Great Spide in Shamash lease" the pros snapped angi, ond his hard opaque eyes fashed. “Spare ‘no the introductions. You know | donot ‘sh fo converse wth unbelers” Druin ned as he seated himselt, end replied smooth, find that a great iy, ‘our Reveronce, Though 'do not share yout faith, Tam 9 man of open mind and ears ‘There if much | would ike 10 lan from “The proper way to Instruct the untetever ‘andthe. herve,” Torgueas, replied in 0 voice Ike sn ron rod, ie by Breaking on the rack Bungarnin, who had seated himsalt on Druin’s ign laughed wih hismouth ful. He Swallowed and sud, “Our prast’s manners ‘ake getting used to, But walt sl you see what you gt for supper. You be glad gave ‘ought, noting the empty clay bow and ‘ide codon specn before exch of the four ‘men seates around the abi, Ins center 2 [arge iron pot squatted urestheticaly. A Desk within confirmed what Oran’ note Fd tala him ~ vegatable stew "Looks good t0 mel he sssured, and ‘reached for Pe pot ony to discover that a thvee of hs companions were glrng clay Hebrew that hehadivst committed a sreus ‘socal Blunder in ts gente company. "We are." Count Kairus replied in 3 voice that could Yeeze salt water, "walting for Our tegy” Js woman coun commana the rever- once of this werd group wos @ mystery to Druin, but ho spoke in ‘it contrition. "My apologies, genteren. Preaso emombar tat ama svanger among Yyouana nad neway of knowing you awated lady "The blaek nodded and shrugged and the Count sai, “Cartan.” Torguads ‘con tinued his stony sence, Godt! What incredible company | dine with tonght! A relotus fanatie a endly Cannibal, ad, untess 'm mach mistaken, @ ‘manmery warewott St, Tm 2 great doa) Better of than Iwas ost right — hore ore Tour sls sround me anda 0d feta kee that night demon a bay. ‘Wie we wat” Druin sai, “tere is something F's ike t0 a8 you. On my way here come upon a tal. Apparent ant ‘men lel this in, went to some pace inthe ‘ally ofthe Bes, and retuned here baa ing @ heavy object. Da you know aught of To his puzzlement, al, with apparent sincerity. denied any knowledge ot the ferent. Outside Me Sun was seting, and 35 {husk swallowed the indecape, wolves com ‘enced to how The sound was especial Goria 35 gach howl secmed the echo of he prewcus one, so hat ghosts seemed todo fo.and fo on te right wind. Darkness and that wind brought att chil eo The inn despite the tre ‘run Bungamin said ashe wrapped himself ore tight nhs ion sin, "be glad you insige, Wina-wolves do not come neot tents or tis busing. Anyone eaugmt aut in Spe, man or beast. gr seman. He ‘pestured. "¥ret Nomere.” Good, Druin Tol himself, while cls ‘an up and down his pina. That means my nem cannot reach me here. Though bes facd of wind- wolves, he had aivays supe posed them a mere legend, 3 scare‘ale 10 ‘oghten the credulous, Now, listening tothe uncanny” owing that came: trom every vere and nowhere, he could Bowe, Per. haps there were. ghost wats ene could 7 either soe nor fight, wolves whose vitins Nanshed ins. angle hore. moment, (evoured by invisible jaws “Anh "9008 companions, | hope you wit excuse me for bang oie conuses, hebogan pote, "but bl understand, the Floating Meuntain only comes igh here at right" How re we supposed fo run tot ‘hie these wind-woves are abou?” Burgomin smived. “Ah, what our folowers te for. You saw them outside, We ‘unin cantor, they ing us. Maybslose afew, But they ae cheap” ‘And where am {supposed trun? Druin ‘member of 9 survwore lve "i's nearly fl ark,” Count Kainus sid tone one in particular "shall cover tha fir,” Torquads sain ‘an oqualy offhand manera begen a ranging 8 black drape infront ofthe hearth, AS the. toon” was. swallowed in darkness, Dru protested. “Geremen, "Tre Lady." Keinus gently tld tim, “never ines ntl afer dark ang preter that the oom be Gmiy It. Nataly, we enor her pretorence.” "The others nodded in agreement and abrupt Druin’s hands were drm with 9 hil seat His mouth went ry asthe sands ‘outside. Now he understood i all Even ‘wheter grapes tim, his mina fied with 9 ‘Stange ehily eamnese ard an the stant he know precsaly what he must 30 to 8 ve. The ory wes heavy, Ugly. WIM Ms ‘ears came under the conta ofan oly 9.00" lating mind, he was tempted to laugh, ‘Slowly’ the inn's door opaned and @ woman entered the common oom ’A fish eyes not vet eausta to the poor light Druin could see ony that she ‘wore a flowing white own and moved with 2 grace denied mortal women” His tee Companions prostted ‘hemseives Deore herman abject adoration thatbettted God fess. And as his eyes adjusted Druin know {hot they were right she in wa wae ‘vinly Beal and dassving of worship. ‘Greeungs, my lady.” he sadn a fat vice, standing ect. “Trather expected at “Bid you. teal?” Her voice was all golden bes n 2 swoet breeze “T'was Togial. You promised to moot ‘mo tonight and since you couls deace hat Fr be here, you had your casket carried to ths piace” Wel, clever man,” she whispered, ‘wwe. Since theres no pointin postponing what must be, pray follow me ‘She turned and was gone. Druin moved ‘wit star her, stl wearing hs long cloak with the litle lamp inane ef ts pockets ‘Won he'stepped out onto the deter, she was out of sight fut thera wat no metaking the tent fo which she had repair I shone 28 tough filed with mooniight. Wan he cpored the tnt flap and step fd tough, he saw her coo Tor the tat fime. His mouth fol open and he could Scarcaly speak or breathe Please ‘comp. in” she murmured ‘While de net tke the ight of sun a re, would nave yeu see and tow We. So se: Fanged this moonlight” She mowed withsiken swine tht he might see her, and hers" was 2 beauty beyond the beauiy of woman, boyond the wards ofthe poet. “You nave | fear ner gldan voce sid in tongs sweeter than wine, “misunderstood ‘wat has been happening. Tru, man come ToMe and de, but ts sectce” they make ‘of ther wn fea wl, For tam Thede, A ‘mother of hurantind ‘Ages ago 9 great ev bel. Wo, the other Gade and |, went into darkness and fhumankind lost Our guidance and blessing. Since tat agie day man have fought one nother li. cach with hs hand raised Sgainet hs broher Yet We did not Ge 98 mortals da, for Wo cannat. Now the Stars fave turned and are favorable. I 22" Ive gan, ees the world apai._with your ra. ‘She was sipping out ofthe white gown, and despite ts Beauty she was 2s 2 Duty feaving an vaty cocoon, Eyes bulging, Duin Stared tho sires of Hor wast, the gory of He full breast, the im Nips “give me your ifs, Dru. your poor broken if, ond twa ge You love." The pure white gown at gure and sik and Eabwwebbory fal trom Hor ina shower off ‘gud rippies, and She stood before him in Doatly uty. With exquiste slowness She the goddess, the vary goddess Theba ~ ‘moved Her long perfect legs apart in open provocation and olertary. “Come to Me, Orin,” She whispered, smiling twotod (Drult's heart was 2 galloping chargor ‘and hie Blood burned with fever Ha knw thot to toush those breasts, 1 be pisone betwoon those lags, would) be ecstasy beyond the joy @ man might hope for in 3 ‘ten ifetmen_Hss mind swam 9 cont Son of desre and hie manhood swelled, but ‘al the wile there was coldness in hs or: Dan's soul ke great block of ce Her spel cid not preva. His hand snapped rom under he cloak hed the fealomp — Hor am. na single smite tion he cracked the lamp nd spatoed ts ‘contents upon Har. Wile Her ocean deo (yes widened in dismay, he Yased Ns Rand toward Her perteet body "Bum, my Lady, burn! be shouted, and were ho touched Mar, tho ol burt ‘vouring red flames. Instant, they ‘eveloped Her From her lips Druin heard nota sound butin his mind a tilent sore echoed. NOT ‘She howied, | WANTED SO LITTLE AND COULD HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH. IT IS Kor. ‘The rest was sion. Her body burned Ske dry patehment. As be watched, Druin wondered Had She lea?” ‘Was he destoying @ demon, a blood: sueking creature ofthe right that hed ir ‘lousy pretended tobe Horse? Perhaps fd. perhaps the Northen wero” fight Perhaps the Gods hada died ages’ a0 ‘Theba Herel ncluded, and al humankind was merely 9 nosome warm rawling about 3 decaying word Iso, he was destroying ‘the lat rant of what had ce been 3 ‘reat Goode It id not matter. What he was doing was necessary. TRelerd of Zadok had vowed {oserveno gods save Expediency. since ns ‘ne had suskes Hero te levers dry of thar ‘ial fads, flowed that She Metso was Sry, soaking fad because Hucess.an ‘inertia ote. So heed dosded, ond he ‘wes ght. The les wore spreading 201d INeactualyoaring” To Drun’s ight the gol ‘Snblazoned cottn was smouldering and On ‘islet hs tent wall was shame Haat swept ‘at him as ftom on open doa to Hel Bruin staggered back, stombing out ofthe tent andint the cil hag ofthe desert Flscomrades wore avonged, ni oers saved. As for his forty, the son of 2 duke ‘and grandson ofa wizard was not ished was nr even rou wth tis night's ectity. Behind him someone shout ond he whe to face Bung CCountKsinus, nd Torguas "He has murdered Out Lady! the black gant screamed. Evon ashe spoko, his spear ‘Simed warsors were sting rom the tant to rally to thor ciel The other two tents were ‘Segorgig the Count'smen,ereskng thar hardieatve jackets and bransshig sors, {nd Torguadi’sacaiytes, all of whom held Sminous back stale, Confronted by this armed aray, Druin stood sling ronal He spoke in Smock ing vole, ond. 98 he oid he pointed past them. "Genteman, look’ "to yout. lett Flomting Mountain comes! It almost here, ‘Which wil you choose ~ to chase me, oF we Acad retainers looked to ther masters Though Bungemin continued to gare at Druin ike ahungry boast, Trguadis glanced Ieftand stood staring in dpen mouthed awe. Thore, enormous boyand bale! 50 near i eumed one could almost rach out and touch. wes the mountain, diftng a few ‘yards abowe the desert Is snowy cap shone Inne brane moonignt. "Comet the priest screamed, "Never ‘wl we have anor such chence” His eves nave lawn Dru, the back hie! te0k 8 spear from one of his men {ft dog es tang toward oom “Tho Count touchod by the light ofthe full moon, was changing. His Yoce crawled wath ha and his open Ips revealed vulpe fangs. ent iow othe round lied hat hows racing awoy, four footed, toward the " Honore took the pint-out with some surprise al the specimens Sof were (of common types, nothing unusual “The. selagist's long, smber-and chanteuse “heringbone patternod finger {apped the printout "do think you should have tagged this one Honore stared. ot Ns own wou in sbotet"Groat grey backs bigger tan the waves.” Ho shook fie head. "My mind Ihust nave Been vandenng. nat tng’ 3 seudotunicate the sizeof my fist. "Maye you ought to spend ie ss time specimen gathering, and a ite more time resting, Have you bad your fatigue levols checked cary?" "aul be spending more tne with ‘Smiling Wilow tI wore spiced to Mer "Well, may yau'é beter spend a tle ‘more time’ checking ower your inputs. And maybe." Raintow ‘stiped. eyes. stared thoughtilly at Honore ‘hry. mare.ct that stutf she's been feeding me and spend amy time singing ‘Tiarlow” You wouldn't belove what Ve been See..." He sammed his mauth shu bot twas too te ‘Mermarce” Ariel was amused "Mermaids," he repeated salleny "Human shaped 17" ‘Sea-dwesing humanoids with @ fish tai it you preter ‘And you've seen them — one of thom "Yes “Are you sr eof he ssn ing sachet Sonatinas son ot °F iow | animated sklton myst nc. But nt is ow, Rooks pul ot Sort of tone bared sunt but ot ts sou expinaion, then “moon's more Tht al. This vor arene has humanoid inhabits Wav ts port won, eyo he Cretan stan ey eros Desire Scanering Sh snd "Who Krewe. reyranor, nats thre orn your mind. Da you spot ths. tpecmen’ Delve “or afr Sng Wiioa aad dos You “ter het ‘te no “Maybe st beta rom ook ro avy bone ae a he eat of you had he Ge. Wat go's 9 whom rnd up thing soem "ie rom ou probes, sh Honore Hoshugges “Une dla worse than no ea ah “Noy yu se someting vague Wvhumenesd an your mind oF eg "Spe th at ‘Finan couschown i eyes the color of tte Sonn cocina You SOvtete seen Son Bais, “Te non iso ws aan faye ta sg Tha or you ecommerce Se “But row you've changed your mind Why?" “ a “Because wd be ising out nn doen nlgnt ae, humid one So38 ek we avn aoe at “Sod out ntigonce? Astron “nro rows We sends stevimenurteynabetore we. i Tenove Nes, "know, too. And mine, the Lnimate fespansibiny. Bu — howe wea hole?” “Immoraity and mathematics. 1 now, he mattre "Yess You're the biclogit. You must ‘ao. have_ Some famaniy “wih cology ‘What happens toa species tht overrowas hsriche? Population falows 2 sigmoid uve down instead of up "Anal te population swings tootaron the downsde™ “Extinction.” “Yon, Remember tht. 1's them — or Us Honore 6o you sant few days of?" "No. Theres to mich t0 do, and t00 ile ta "AS always. im sorry, Honore. Even if vourhalcinaton were rs 2m aces. she tipped the seoop potty sharply 3: he heed hr boar, {nd Per hand was wet ard warm and posing whit, Te told her about, cael, aout im: mortality and mathematics, about the shuts {and the whales, and she listened, ner en " face dimmed of ght and jy, sulfur tars leaving ding cry yellow smudges down het foarmwnte chooks "Thom af us," he reposted finaly, “thar oF us” Ody, was her soft hand ‘at pated his shoulder comforting, "You know." he spoke tothe rests 9a, "Biosgt alte psych to. And theres 8 classic experiment, run nih ats — an ox Dormant aramol ~ ano maze shaped ike 3°7, a long passage and two side passapes leading off tin opposte dectons The at ‘comes down the ing passage and chooses ‘rar of the age passages. Ite chooses the omrect "passage whichever sex Bormenters want — he gets a reward, food, Saye and if he chooses tong, he gets punished, hur But thee’ 2 classe expan Int: ty wanted to Se8 wt ther 30, {Tovery ence made vas rang. No mater \which ranen tase, ft got punished. Fats rent stupid. Altera whi, thera refuse to. choose, just sat there iombing at the branch So then they punished iif teint chon, 100. Caste way to deve an animal, of 3 rman, insane. Punish hin no mater what he ‘oes, whatever he dons, He's wrong ‘Us or tem could do, you know. My lb can produce a ings of bacteria ould protect you, ite mermad.— for to: ay." She wrapped 8 lng strand of hai ‘round her fing and sucked on staring at fhm over the finger trough 3 val et ha "es, oul doit — kl my tres, mse far you'end yours ‘She tite Her Mead, looked hopeful Bur, haw tong would You be pro tected? Evan Istopped ihe erraorming to Gay. tomorow or eet day anator hip ‘would come, survey your world. angel. anstop tis one si. leat stop humanity. the cancer of the Galan.” He laughed, and She semed tobe ughing wath hm, though he heard only the gay pap of wavelets ‘gaint the Mul "You know, prety mermaid, you'll have your revenge, though, sooner or later. Ths Gainey bi, but it sn't tne, And you {and the wiles, and all the others." At toes fa pin covered wits guvering, Gy ing bosses “"You'nave your revenge, andi ‘hey learn bafore they ever ths, Gain, how to loan soross the intergalactievoid theunwerse cant be nfinte. Oris? save to sak one of the cosmelogits. But sooner "Wi you lke to live, tite mermaid, ‘even iron for ite while anger” It Soamred to fim that she nodded, bofore “giving “back into ‘the "sutur Yellow indigo depths. Hewstchagasiong as he eould unt the foam ite blurred nto the ears ints eyes They were waiting for im shen he locked of caus. The. scoop. had Bean bugged! hey 8 hese every word he said ‘They had weapons, and surprise. He hadnt ‘They doped him unconscious, uti thay could drop him of at 2 rid wih a payoh Center, to have hs ram reworked But despite rhe doping, he dead, Gooans of goat gray bocks, tage than trewaves ml12 SCIENCE ee An I 7 1¢ lai by John Boardman, Ph.D. AN MEP and James Smolen’ Ph.D. ike organisms. Description: Oblate spheroid, approximately 100m. along major axe, ing food-gathering appendages. Sensory organe located at each end (two ‘2, ach with blateral symmetry). Bren and other orpans located in an inconspicuous Comment fio The atmosphere ofthe gas-iant planet has physical and chemical pro ch vary congrably with aude. A rch "primordial soup" has been pro The Baloonalo eats the plankton, roving vertically through the atmosphere to its det, The Balloonale wil change alttude, and this p rial eon obained Sarker (Para-plant) Habitat; Ocean word Physical Descri Comments: The larval Sarker looks litle ke an earth tadpole for ts size. I freely swims its planet's saline oceans and esa eingle eye, a mouth, a heart, and tl, The Sarker larva nal cord with a protecting rod = leodsteam ‘Upon maturity, the Sarkar drastically changes its way of if. It wil glue self ro an underwater rock, and lve motionless 9s # clam ‘hereafter picking plankton out of the saa water. Although the Sarker technically counts a8 an animal, the adults grow themselves coverings ofa substance simlr to cellulase, just 28 many plants do Tho spinal coed is resorbed, and the edut Sarkers ook ike clusters of soawoed. See note on page 31 ion: Variabie (ee below Xylophages Habitat: Tereetria ptanat. Physical Description: Insectke symbiont, tem. inlength. Comments: Tho Xyioohoges lives on fibrous vegetation and heve the unusual abilty to digest wood fers (cellulose). This latter capabil tyis attoutale tothe presence of symbiotic microorganisms residing inthe gutof theinsect. Asis usual with most symbionts, neither thei ‘sector the microorganisms sre capabie of independent survival ‘The Xylophage hes an elaborate social lf, Like the bees and ants ‘of Earth, they have a ruling dass thet produces all the young, anda rl ing clas that fetches in food. Howaver, this is nothing ike bee hive With one mature fora, a number of mature moles (drones), and @ vast horde of immature female workare. The reproductive cies in ‘ludes both males and females; so do the workers, Seemnote ond}TSS Hable: err ett iar Physical Description: tke organi. 2g14 SCIENCE FOR SCIENCE FICTION Alien Life Forms A Basis for Intelligent Speculation on Varieties of Extraterrestrial Creatures by John Boardman, Ph.D. and James Smolen, Ph.D. Life-Bearing Planets When the subject of interstellar travel is reised, it is usually assumed thore will be somewhere to 99, some way to get there, {and something interesting to see, discover, fr bring back once we arrive. The problems involved in gotting there were examined in Ares #1, but can we be sure that there is a “thera” to get to? Most science fiction writes assume that there wil be life forms of some kind around some stars. Only recently have scientists been able to find hard evidence that there are planets around other suns and that our solar system is nota rare exception in the cosmos, Unti about 40 years ago, astionomers bolioved that planets wore axtromoly rare in ‘the universe, The solar system was suppos- 4 to have been formed when another star ‘passed by the sun. Their mutual gravitational attraction pulled matter out of both stars, ‘which then congesied to form the planets. Since such close approaches are extremaly, ‘are, planetary systems were also supposed 10 be extremely tare. Then Lyman Spitzer in ‘the United States and Otto Schmidt in the Soviet Union separately worked out what ‘would actually happen to such such metter = itwould either fall back into the two stars, or dissipateinto space. Our prosent undorstanding of the prob- lem sees planetary systems as very common. ‘As a cloud of interstllar gas collapses under fis own mutual gravitational attraction to form a star, its rate of spin increases, To maintain stability, i ether spits into two or more stars or leaves matter behind as it con. tracts, oF possibly it does both. The material Toleased from the proto-star cools into solid bodies, which attract one another gravita- tionally. Eventually, the largest of these bodies (among these at about the same distance from the Star) sweeps its orbit free ‘of most smaller objects and becomes @ planet. This seems to be what has happened in the sola system, One exception was caus- fed by Jupiter, the largest planet, which rai fed such great tides in some of this matter thatit could not congesl into a planet and re ‘mains to this day as a large number of racks in orbit between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter Is this process likely to have happened ‘or every star? From spectroscopic analyses ff staright, tis possible to determine how rapidly a star is rotating. The stable stars which are vary hot, bright, and massive, and appear white or ‘blue-white to the eye, (generally saern to be rotating very fast. The ‘cooler, stable stars rotate much more siowly. Presumably the spin. which they once possessed has been transferred to other bodies during the star’s development. The ‘sun possesses 99.8% of the mass ofthe solar system, But only 2% of the angular mamen- tum (momentum of spin). The remainder belongs to the planets, Jupiter alone possessing 60% of the total. it therefore ‘Seems that, as a developing star reaches Stability, it does or does not form planets ac- cording to whether its mass and brightness are below or above e certain critical value. A vast majority of stable stars have, Tike the sun, low rates of spin. Therefore they presumably have planetary systems. The ‘more massive stable stars can hold together and stil spin fast because they have larger ‘gravitational fields; Sirius is the nearest ex- ‘ample of thiskind of star. It is @ matter of controversy among astronomers as to whether multiple star systems can have planets and whether such planets could have the stable orbits Necessary to the development of life. The proto-star may have been able to meet the Fequirerments of rotational stability by spit ting up into several stars, making the forma- tion of planets unnecessary. Or each of the ‘Component stars might have its own system of pianots, whose arbits are perturbed by the other stars. Elements of Life It now appears, however, that almost ‘ovary stable, single star has planets as a necessary part ofits development. Not very system, “of course, will have habitable planets. On the one known habitable planet, ‘earth, most organisms live on the energy that is obtainod from sunlight or by the breaking (of the chemical bonds in the molecules of carbon compounds. Plants store solar ‘energy in such compounds. Herbivores eat the plantsand extract some of this energy for their own purposes, using oxygen to break up the chemical bonds. Camwores do the ‘same thing to herbivores, Extraterrestrial life will most likely have the basic characteristics of life that wo recognize on earth. Any biological ite form must have a structure which distinguishes it from its environment. It must also have a mechanism which maintains this structure ‘against the opposing “force” of entropy, any such mechanism requires energy. While ‘Such eneray can be obtained from a variety (of chemical sources in the short run, only Sustained sourcas of intense energy, such a8 stars, will suffice for the creation and ‘maintenanoe of life in the long run. Thus, we should not expect life forms to abound in areas of low energy flux (e.g. on planets Such as Pluto orin interstellar spacel. Energy Plays a critical role in determining the types of lfe forms which are possible. Not only does a life form require struc- ture and information which must be main- tained against the environment, but ths structure must itself be highly diverse so that it can do something. In order for information ‘to be passed from one part of an organism 19 another, there must be a corresponding ait- {erence of chemistry and structure. Thus, a perfect crystal or homogeneous liquid ‘e0uld not Bea living organism Even the simplest of organisms, such os viruses, havo extremely complex biocher- ical components. Each structural protein, ‘each enzyme, each metabolic intermediate hhas a specific shape. For these components to interact efficiontly and for biochemistry to proceed, the shape of each component must be very’ carefully “fine tuned.” Thus, a reasonable minimum requirement for any type of biological chemistry is that it contain abasic building block which permits an ex- rraordinary degree of chernical diversity The wide diversity does not necessarily require that each possible chemical structure ‘actually be used, but it doos allow an ‘organism the possiblity 10 optimize the shape of eny molecule. The atomic eloments which form the basis of a biological Cchoristry must be able to form not only the ‘widest range of homopolymers (long chains Of similar atoms) but also a fertile variety of heteropolymers (long chains containing ‘atoms of different elements). These proper- ties ensure high biochemical versity ‘What atoms, then, can be included in long-chain chemical combinations that can store energy? And what oxidizing medium ‘would be available for releasing this energy? In terrestrial fe the complex carbon-based organic) molecules store this energy, and ‘oxygen from the atmosphere {usually} i the ‘oxidizing medium. This is quite reasonable, since carbon and oxygen are among the ‘most common eloments in the universe. For ‘every 1,000,000,000,000 hydrogen ators in the universe, the next ten mast common ‘elements have an abundance as listed in the table on the opposite page. Helium and neon are chemically inert, and play no known part in biological pre: cases, "However, compounds containing hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen are ‘extremely numerous and complex, and farm the basis of terestral biology.Carbon is thus almost cortain tobe the bass of any concetvable ie form because t '$'30 common and embodes the necessary Brnespan of diversity more thon ony other ‘ment Carbon’ chet chemical advantage iSthattistevavalont: eoch atom of carbon an orm Bonds with up to four other ators, Slowing tho constucton of multiple, ‘yorse home. ‘and. ateropolymers. The ably of carbon to form Peteropotymes 1s fnnanced because it ean orm state bonds ‘wth many other ements not. only hydrogen, oxygen, and nivogen, but also stiyrand phosphorus, Ths ist ements Dartculary- important because, of al the Store usualy acroeated with biochemistry, Bosphorus sin the shortest supply ithe ‘Any other element proposed as. the basis of a practical brologca chemistry mu have many of the advantapsous properties Gf carbon atoms It's for ts ronson that {etravalent ssteon has often been proposed inscence fiction os the basis of an ar hate biechemstry However. in epte of tticon’s bit to form four land sometns Sid bonde, it does not partake in anywhere haar a5 vast a range of diverse structures a8 farben. Soon does orman exensivrenge ot homopolymers, but the number of heteropolymers is! quite restitea when ‘ompared with eatban. Silzon sompounds ge" aso too. suble at torestia temperatures; any organism using the Ghamsty would) be. hard pressed to Irotabolze these compounds, At much lower temperetues, 2 sileon-based Diologesl chermstry would be sutaely com plex, however, those compounds would be Unstable ino posence at water, an almost {arain canstuent of sny prebiotic nwron ‘mont In gonera, the lac a structural dvr. Sty of those compounds makes it extremely ‘onlly tet steon lor 2 svar element Sich as gormanisn could form the bass of an efficent biological chemisy Further ‘ore, thre i about fen tmes 6s much cr Bon easticonin thounworse Earth has a highly atypical composition in comparizon with the rest ofthe universe though. Next 16 ongen,siizon is the most ‘commen eiomont on earth, where 135 fimes ae abundant as carbon ven ths lead alicon has not become the bac of ie hor, doubt! hat t could nave done on any planet. Moreover, the energy Stored I 9 carbon-carbon Sond is almost twice at greet as tia energy stored ‘eon-stican bond. Also, Unke exbon ‘arbor Bonds, sibcarslcon ‘bonds. are Unstatle inthe presence a oxygen, water oF Elomens otha than sicon ae even ees avs. Boron, for example only levator ang forma avery ested range of Fomo" ana heterpoiymers. Nitrogen 10 talent found in an extensive range of heteroplymers, but it forms. vary few homopolymers. While homopatymer Tora tion would be favored by low tomporatures, lack of diersty would st be on exter Festiction for nitrogen, In summary, catbon i by far the most Ihety basis of bslotcal enomsty. Nore at the ‘other olementt. ara suNable replace mronts, even under extreme conditions, Ex ‘atewestial Me wil almost certainly bo carbon-based and wil exist in a discrete fango ef temporatures: within this range, Carbon compounds could be reali broken dew bctamealy, util hese bn stable Water, Water, Everywhere? What about solvent? In ether word, of what compounds "wil the. ocaans. "of Delogicaly acive planets consist? A solvent must te compatible wth thedversorangoo! blochemcal comeonants wih which Must Interact. This toane tht the solvent must, to some extent, accommodate compounds fal sleewochemical haractrs: poor and ‘pola. This olminates ocaans of methane ot ‘thane, which cannot secoradate cor Bounds that dissodate info Ions (atoms of Molecules which oat slectical erarges) Furtnermose, the low tparstures required for the existonce of baud methane ar In Compatible with sfficint carbon based Ife ‘Ammmoria is Somewhat beter nt sty "0 ‘aecommedste "beth polr and apolet material, but unforunatay also requires low temperatures Armonia has an ads tional probiem in tat iis stanglyalaine ‘and. would” destroy carbon compounds, ‘Water the only high abundant solvent ‘with properties compatible with caton Based andi is easy the most likly ean ‘date. Water has one. additonal 26van- tageous property ce floats. As frozen mat. ter sinks to the seabed, oceans of almost ny other solvent could reszesoli, from he bottem up, during the hypothe plenets "wintar” Such a situation would cbvieusly be anaihoma to any le form, However wate reezes trom the top down, shieaing the depths Irom the colder air and making * INCIDENCE OF ELEMENTS: INTHE UNIVERSE {atoms of elements per 1000, 000,000,000 hydrogen atoms) Ten Most Common Elements Helium 0,000,000,000, Oxygon 690,000,000, carbon 420,000,000, NNrogen 87,000,000, Siicon 40,000,000, Neon 37,000,000 Magnesium 32,000,000, ron 25,000,000 Sulfur 16,000,000 Aluminum 3,300,000, Other Important Elements: Phosohorus 390,000, Cchiorine 220,000 Paring 2, Bromine 510 Boron 60 lodine “ Gots 5 Uranium less than & 16 mor dificut or he body of aud to romze Sho, Viable condone Sule preserved {er ite forme ng oterwse seve ‘eather constr “Two oe of amosphere wou tke ty to uppor if. The ht coer ‘edvcing atmosphere of methane, arenane Sncwatr vapor such xi on gos gions ike Soper Areducng atmosphere nat pre Senior earth betre and dug ts ntanon fio and ts ehamicl Grtpostton wat Slse iothet of the unions 62 woe, Fyarogen and tur, trough coon ‘Po union vould not be Sounder nthe Sircgptare of the ey ern because ey woud rave encugh energy to srabie te molecule escape so sme a planet Othe Sine thee moles waters he most casiy broken Energy irom tol radiaton, Tne! rodoetw, or ightning coud Siscosate water raeasing fee oxygen nto torths prmtwe atmosphere The oxygen ‘would then begin to Onto para the wrttarsandermoni "The nxt step the creation of cup sent amonphere va frst epecsted Upon by Alskandr onenteh pain in T638, ora Investigates ‘oxpermentaly outng the {Betsy Oper and essocates tne Sonet Union, araby Hoot Urey Staley Mier, Sd others inthe Unted Sites. Ys onda tion of metrone and srmmonia under hase Sreumstonces produces ti Tong-chen Srgonte molecules hat eventualy Seip {obrmine wing organ Unorunotey, wn he chemical rac tors raise ins recuong smoephe ‘woul bo auioant to Support pre Ty mould not or erergeseencugh to up: ort "specalted, nvignt Me forme. Fomover se mors oxygens ssedinto ne sirowphere, it seats an onaang a tronprae ch 9 we have on earth tod Tigh energee chomia reactors becom feeb inan oxen atmosphere, Sygen {Peers ot photoset organ ond 'Sexremalytoxe fo efor sector to oparting in aeducng stmoeprore Ox Yon aso very coronv by ote of te 13h resetviye combines ready ath many eto chameaie,"yeing” Sine {Emovns of energy ls at te wi atest Srganams wn hat becoe Soap 1 {he presence of oxigen and en manage 1 inecrporte infor motaohe paths thton’e sete evousonry advantage Sine” they hve’ an een cenemeal Source of areat energy ti concen tat Mah spstiatzed rtllent ie can ony Srvclop nan oxygen atmosphere” Wah Sicha pote soutes of metabo energy ‘role woulsnolonger be receaay ion cat serge arsune freon ‘Sidual sya Such “oxrovagent un test in wings, igs, eye, and tras auido invenod a marist ‘As onygensing He forme develop, the sumosphore sung over trom recuse 19 Sudtng, The nirgen nthe seman 999 Soncted ita the stent trogen tat orate 70% of our present tosh Wiser poked up by plots and gan ‘closed HeenporatureraresufioantV igh ‘So that compan gore cormpounee cant te ormod.. the. oumton connues hobated ana insted of" lant wth arbon-bsed fe # deed poet wih ar16 bon dioxide stmosohere results, This pro- ‘cess sors to have happened on Venus Uterary Airs Other oxdizing agents besides oxygen have boon popula in sclencection. AE van Vogts 47 neveletia "Centaurs I Senta spaceship "te boil ge sch where na men nave gone ‘tore in sarah ot Fabtabie plnets, but dscovered ‘only planets wiogeinablants Rapp breathed hlonne orsufur However, the extreme rat {y 0 chorne andthe other halogens, com ated: win oxygen, mates the venerable Ehloine-brosting sens oF scenco tector highly unk ‘Ono ofthe best dvelopedstris about 1 race that breathes somatnng ether than Oxygen was. Hal Clements 1853. novel ‘Rework Clement's sans Ive on a planet Comfortable at about 800°C {1400°F| Thy breathe gaseous suit, and the pant fe ot their world tons sulides inte Sullur 993, ‘They ogarc earth ae an ineresly Sod ‘word, ware the vary “a igsol The hero ‘Bscovers that tha “re” ight ements are {o be found in abundance on the leew", fang with affcuty comes to the Yealaton ‘hat thowe huge fat bise ares are vast oposts of quid hydrogen oxide, The ‘author exlane that on the horo's home Blane, tho ight laments are very rare the fow gfaviy ana high tompersture of is \wortd hove alowed tne ight gases to escape the stmospherel But ance Clement's book ‘was writer, thas been determined thatthe hot, wate stars te not lly to. passens nets, and that they burn up the eneray fo fast that they would begin toe before could evolve ss fara ntligence, Tt we make the “wiling suspension of label” and assume an atmosphere whose ‘xing agents halogen gos, we stil have. Brobiems. The halogens are more reactive {han oxygen, and could conceWvaby produce ‘more matabate energy. However, tis vory Feactviy makes Tunis that they could Serve ina fesustainng stmosphere. Any Bologeal enemisty must be reverse In rece, that's, any chemical bonds whch Sr formed should be breakable. Thus, an ‘xganism can both synthesize and dogrode Simost ary compound. The bonds oxygan forme with oftr eamants are quite song (andthus release grat deol of energy won ‘hay ae formed! but re not too strong tobe broken either chemically or photochamically (bysunigni. Halogen bonds are tar strongor and eanvot be conveniently broken. Whe Strong ulvaviclot ight would be suficiant to Break ratogen bonds, fe would also desuoy ‘ny other bonds involving carbon, hydro: fen, nitrogen, oF oxygen. Furthermore, this Uirevioien ight would have to come from 8 hot, wise star of @ type unikaly to have Blarets in the frst place. ‘Since halogen bonds could not be reversed withaut sovere ‘etrent To the rest of the organism, most tkely possbity would be that alt ‘carbon atoms cignaly found in the Ife forms would be progressively saturated with halogens Life would be omy converted to tarbon terechlonde or to vorous freon, ‘This would leave ‘us wth. the. halogen cauvalantof what completa oxation by ox. ‘enhas done the atmosphere of Venus, The example of earth shows us that 3 single planets distibutonof ements mah be far ferent from the universal eat Han. But, considering. earth's geologis! ston, such 9 dstnbuton may not be types at al Earth's atmosphere @ que ‘warm, compared with thon ofthe gb gant planets whch have retained thet orginal Chemical compositions. Light malecules of atmosphere" gas would have such high ‘energies that they ‘could excape ears Sravtational atracion, taking wth thom ‘much ofthe hydrogen, helm, carbon, and ‘trogen with whicn the planet started. The two “ater elements" would Separt_ when Boundlin the ight moteeios of metsane ad anmmona.} Cod, massive Jupor could hold these gases And the Third Wes Neither Too Hot, nor Too Cold, but Just Right Since stars vary. so_widely in temperature and luminosity, panets oe ike Iyto show gutta ait of vay inthe tom. peratures, The region around’ str, within (hich planets would have ternperatuies that Slow wate fo remain oid scald the biosphere arin probably les toward utor edge of the sun's Biosphere, since ‘water one in he sold state over asizeabe Dart of its eurace. (The last milion years Rave been an unusually cold period in the fath’s istry Lie on a planet much futher fut might not be able to pull through 9 pro. tracted cold spell of ths uation) The ma. Jonty of stable tars are much cafe than the Sin! so the bospheres would be closer To the’ sty, and narrower. Hot, whi. sare would have ver latge Bospietes, but as we Fave seen, they probably would not have any planets to goin them ‘would not be enough, nowover sm ply tostabish tenner ong outer race of the bicephare on the basis ofthe star's energy ‘utput ‘The weather of the planet would fava an important ffect The. moan tomperatura ofthe Earths 17°C (69°F, but fomthis bass alone the moan temperature of Venus ought 668°C UIBSTF) = ord by earthy standards, but concerably able 10 Support things that eat eabon compounds, Dresthe oxygen, and arine water Infect the Suiface Tomperature of Vorus 1s. in the ‘eighboreod of 80°C (850°). and the ‘mosphere ts mostly carbon dioxide, with traces of oxygen, ttogen chino, an thoi hyaides, and clouds of sultue acta. ‘This atmosphere not ust oxdana, but almestcompetlyoxtized "The sifrence In conditions between worl so close: size as Venus and Ear hot well understood as yet Earth has 9 ‘moon, which maybe responsible by isa for these great ferences. (Thare Is an in Toresting ond plausible speculation that Mer. ‘Suys an eeeapod moon of Venus, pulled ‘sway by the aun ae the "moons" rotation fround Venus slowed down aviing to Vaal ‘orcas Could the mere presence of the ‘moon have timmed Eari’s atmoschere ‘down to Rs present dimonsions, while he thick Vengreal atmosphere stayed in piace, ‘Stored up so. hoot, and fised the surface temperature to the prosant evel If this the ‘ato, than eur search fore bearing planets ‘ay have to beumited to planets which nave lrg stttes. The moon hs over 1.2% of tre'tart's mane no other stat he Sion sytem Pat’ move ton B59 Ot pein st ‘Where finaly do go out among the stra sarc of ater fe reas hae a8 tome surpzes among the ga gant, ere ont seem to be any ote fsa of an Suir sar syste, we may find at most fabitone planet wb, at very much tke Earn The fs forms, of couse, mov be Speciscity ‘ren Organ ae te frodvetsof ens of mon years ofeveh ‘on: They have adapted precy 1 heen Wonments "inv whch they’ ‘evohed ‘rorapantaton to any ter nvracment ‘would aocartaniybenaussessu. Conse ‘Rien, i unlkay that any sen species ‘hud Sonpete wih arate Specs on ay Blane. There ate oo mony tings which ‘oul be wrong forte ln phys cond {one Comper, atmosphere compos! ton, ete) chemesi conden eesencs {one or atisencratessental ace seman) oretry condone it's rsh 2 mater of cnanen whetho the caeonyaate 2nd ‘rine sede eed by ving roo are dowroretatery or ivoroatore no ot rene, however seca Ertings oe tity ta prey to nai toe oF wtuses, snes te tative organise shuld Tot be capbie of intctng 3 sustantaliy Sterent hochemia ster Thus, an eters pecs should notneestany want scongus any other Bane for the purges of Lebensraum i Emnotive thre inde eat the food oF ‘nate win the naves” Abe ef, of ‘rrao tte abe want the planet for pr {ove of econome explataon omy Esser, ard are wing tay te pric ote toring her am Bologil needs chang fig te stace ofthe net to met hee Megs nde, If You Don’t Find What You Want... ‘We may someday be inthe postion of ‘wanting fo Change a pant’ surface to sat bur dese, Terstorming making Eartha) Splonet would presantconsiderabloothical anes ite planet bears native ite, even {ts notinatygent. Attra, where wouldve bef, sometime during the Mesozot, tings ‘hat breathe sulfur ge and Yoo! comfortable st BDO"C had mage over th Earth fo ut emselves? Even without life preset, teraforming would be 9 consderatie probiom. We have ‘Soon that thee types of atmosoharearelikey To exst_ Jupiter and the other planets of type (Satu, Uranus, and Neptune in our oar system have atmospheres composed [St hydragen,helum, ane the hydeides of ox Yen, carbon, and niagon, Sine this Com Dostion i efeae fo that ofthe universe a 9 ‘hole, ingests that not much Ros hap “The arangoment of stom in 2 motcle are citer “ght honaed (degree Fardae"ewortstar These. "melecio, ‘hough seria h congue emer, a ‘ery dierent bilopea ayes 8.8 Sabre thar suet. or ratte ith de ‘ototatry’molociee woud” be incapable of ‘aboting ra to tanue tha eran Ure fec oe ti ult wp om ivory rocuis. fone nn” THE WRECK OF THE B.S.M. Copright © 186, Simulations bleating, Ine Read This First: ‘The rules 19 Wreck of the Pandora are tach major tops i gen number snd’ name below which a ves (sual) a General Rule oF ‘tines, Notethat he numbering of we Cae then guy send the rule about tpg fo memerze he). Then he we shoul bese ub {OplayandaWialran" made Weck othe Par ‘doe sdespnedobepnyedsobtaer ith apo five payer. ese simuiton eae are chet End more compie ham the pel board ame, 20 Equipment {60 Specimen Activity 5 Combat Inventory of Gam ich game of Wreck ofthe Pondor shou One shet of incu counters (10 pec) ‘nels older (bond into Arerverson) One di(natin Aressersion) (ne eame bor notin Arerveron) ‘Tae races sted inthe mantaeorng ofthe se ‘ra neatborin conte, or inte shy off toler printing fees and/or amber ons counter hat are canbe repiaced y SP ‘pen the magic to the ene. bed the tapes with» penkeo seen driver i Rules Questions ‘Should you have ay diffi itrpreing imped, ielfaddrened evelope, We cannot [srame’ a proper avwer shoud you choose fo itndveds of eames, no ove individual ncapabieok sri lesson Ebr for [1.0] Introduction ‘nro during he sees fife a ies) Tonic components are burned ut, Systems Bein Sarrying about and carousyeramining potable consctousnes of thew surrounding, they can ea thesis sess beacon Paving epee vet tion approximate at 339317987 716, Auionatis ted. Ouro FTL Out of sas: Power down, Nav cMThe Wreck of the Pandora isa game of member aboard the Pandore. Players ms 8 lid shud, and ge the damaged rat home ad tackled agaist ie mahinesmade fs 0 mmanconemarher er pod, The 2 tole 10 ‘Sawn daring the eam Bach Player then selva ‘Gre Counter determine hat rem members (Gah lle, thensesond high aller, ete) play [2.0] Equipment (GENERAL RULE [3.1] The guna map contin of» oor Pian on es Sec ths Pond (23) Th chart and alo ar ado abate tanne hang Varaeutcres an to sare Tiimmecon tortie Dayo had nse an a Res8 PANDORA RULES, PAGE? ow ow et vu ness imeeegaminnene [ESE wo ot x Reset tee . f=lfe] a Eigaaminerentees [LY] a cal/&] 3 = ‘members and specimens. Nowe: Copies ofthe At- (2.3 The paving pieces Include unite, |} Spier + pet Salemattn Rerore ua soma | [308 grmmee al ai me = omnis SHhamteyarntccneres [VAL oom | |} ste | sector eee Re ter mete eet wT secraceeimengmgscnncene /U Kiger = ; mr cespatwcracs: WN 18.0) Basie Procedure Statips pte The mc of restocked) ‘The Sequence of Play sate et me fae Speier | anes na ean awn eine v ‘Sunmed | ment. Specimens then react automaticaly to the SAMPLE CREW MEMBER COUNTER Bi She compen tthe Seouene of Pay imen ae 4s called a Game-Turn. Each Game-Turn consists BEE sere [so | GCs Paes eat one} orn = . =] Sass le $ Sescimen Seemed | The ayer-Turn Teton. et arta SAMPLE SPECIMEN COUNTER Sri] atsen, [won | Setsizwtispees Selon, ee ees pe) limitations of 3.0 and 7.0 mene iit PeR Feces ‘Reaction check? are made for all specimens. seven TD Bey teen abe mat see edd Le, nee eee SAMPLE EQUIPMENT COUNTER a ” tions of 10.0. Sane tobg f 8E rr cage | om | ee ean ee seca A Sree, | sR] Garter Lm | aie «cre srt FAT] croatope teSoi | Stun Removal Phase Fn Back ‘the game, Ona roll less than or equal to the unit's 21 cme |S egomarc come & ™ ‘Sunned ‘Marker ‘recovers fully from the effects of stun, Soa nc gi) me [Selle] & = | sutiaiscceastis 3a} seme | | sis Marker own | iaiked:"Al'sysems Down "Seta and 13 = - Pow Systems ome) members ae deed, the ships fully under control Hi ==] = -) Se[4.0] Attribute Generation ‘mon pds have erie a tibutes expressed es ‘umber Al ool atnbote we fed apd te Printed onthe Eaupmen Satis Dispsn ah 09 {har counters. Some pods hae ed asus ‘thi are printed on the Equipment Stats Bry anon ater Ate a {bus for specimens (meligeee,Aagresion, Impar Shel, Weights Port and Speed) an the Farting kvl th fv ahajr systems (Nay, eerie, ts recorded nthe Artbte Dhy PROCEDURE: ‘Allstutesare determine olingone or two dc, depending on the atrbute: The eve ot amber enerted for tat abe oa the A Irbute Generation Table All cfew member a tats demi the ening he ‘ecrd of thee abuts kept on the Atribute ‘pay sep for Stamina whch Ket rack of ‘There ofa sytem is determined whenever te es conning ta tem red rt a) Seve contain those pe (DeonComin and CompComm ares’, The Sip State Delay i teedto recone sarees of Mor Sens teed throughout she pame and aseparte record bfthove sbgter ie kept 90 the Auebate Desay cases [4.1] Crow members’ Stamina Levels land Major Systome Lovele are the only ‘Aetibute Lavels which can be raleed fbove the level those attributes were at When generated. ‘nether sributes may never be raises inet may be deceased as rel of combat ut fay never Be sed Syne may be rows op {o'Level 9 functoing a» rel of rep ot Fest and crew member rty have thee Stamina Incense tana el of rep [4.2] Specimen attbutes ‘dotermined by rolling two dice for each tterbute ae the attribute ie needed. Intligence and Agztession ate deen wihen'a ean ce eesy: Speed hen 2 Uni atempts to ent a space ocupied by at Stunned Exe ni pain Shel hen the species engages in combat: Weigh when ab Item is made To eaty the specimen between rand Pot when the rpcinen rece fo Pickup and ove ih a term The umber ot The spam cours te mie ade to he ‘remove am hve Pisyes Shaded dies te eaatve numbers. See 20 for he ore in which row member Repair and Weight Ratings. [6a Two dice are rolled in conjunction ‘with the Attibute Table to determine Impair Shield, Seamina, Port and ‘Speed Ratings of crow members. PANDORA RULES, PAGE [4.5] Attribute Generation Table {oor mpstec) 6) Crow Status Display (sce maostee) [4.8] Attribute Display (Gee charts aod ws) [5.0] Movement GENERAL RULE: Ui ae been ogo pes onthe ‘ope: pode ber and aos ea re moda (Ter aed ving tem Taber are the corre Thich connect the pods. Riss ae its roving Frys communication between decks Spee vom fo echo y ks ks) which ‘ormaly open sutomatieal athe appvoah of « ‘moving objec Laks do not orally htt ‘vee They oii dcovery and ene PROCEDURE: ‘Unite mone between contiguous spaces i leks athe ate of one space per turn ding tet hav) Contiguous spaces ae ened as spaces af {ny pas) comected by alk CASES: [5.1] A unit may move one space during ts Movement Phase. {5.2} A.unit may not normally move ‘more than one space during ts Movement Phase. [5.3] Crew members are never forca “They may remain in place and wse other op sions or thes tay do nothing Unused morement ‘aabiy my not Be watered accomlted, [s.4) All movement takes place berwoan contiguous spaces on the Ship Display. Sintetary move ieee spaces ony it lock: Suse diem dst nte ot comeced ‘Sexy ta shor. Alors arecomigunes ach [5.5] The presence of other units in a ‘space may affect the movernant of ‘nite out of but not into thet space. "Ait may leave a space occupied by an Enemy nt wich ent sted ony Spe ‘See 10.8 for bot speeds and 10.0 To he deiton ‘rEnemy wnt [5.6] All ocks adjacent toa broached ‘Space are inactive nactve less do ot open automaticaly an cree EVA Sr 120, [5.7] A crew member may scan a space Inatoad of entaring duting his Movement Phase. heat of sang aspac involves physi Iv tooting trough a iw prtn he loexconne 19 youn. A crew member who sama pace: (See7 band asithehadentre thespece The {ew member may not move (normaly oF ia Ha { Wevement daring the Phe ich Ne sens eastonton fen member tain the pact Sued a seins i acts apn [5.8] Only the EVA bot, unite in igs or the scapecraft “Epithemeus” may move outside the ship (eve 120), [5.91 Craw members may move faces per turn by using ‘Movement:” move that hes usm “Hasty Movement. Whenevera ection hk becomes nee) a8 yet of ston then by crew member tne ‘azaresion of the specimen for which the check is Ble ony fo reaction checks for "Hasty Move Inen." Dacor and reason gered y Hany Movement throughs tpace not osiped by he ‘heute uf he space ha been scanned ee 82 [6.0] Specimen Activity ‘spelen ae 08 eaten he ame manner Inge Reacion Phases mandate by the els Suxomaicly (ther han blithe cone ‘ofthe layer), he acy simplemente flning a hal breach oul be unable fo 0 20 ‘esate movement hog ek mosses co ing etc np, hes # deo ‘ernnssaonay and does nothing, Species may au, but may ever we eauinet. [7.0] Discovery (GENERAL RULE: AL he ezinning ofthe game the oation of Fsfocmtion by scanning oF physically eating {poces, Dring ths proves they may Be dette ‘ynandenng specie "When a crew member Dein the game in 2 Hist ume, te Payer eateig of Seaning the {pe mate a lacoery ohh On aera 4 oretihespacetempy Onsale! litreuph ‘Taumber of playing ples equal othe number fold are immediately dros trom the opagoe ‘mtd space” Ifthe spe a Pod the Pod Imarer inthe spaces ured face panda he ‘me Power Stas,» cases: 10.1] The discovery process is used. ‘only once par space. Tho materhow mary times apace inetd ‘neahsovery recess ane onl the it me iced or canes 17.2 Crow members immediately gin {ull knowledge of the contents ofall spaces when control of the shi i entablihed. foc each pace in any order chorea by the Payer howe turns curently n progiess, 17.3] All discoveries are revealed to ali players. [8.0] Reaction (GENERAL RULE: speciven(s), the wait may be detected by the Specimens. A specimen which eles another ‘il rnc Yo ta i neo te wa ‘hese resco hia befurthe mie depending pon wheter he mumbe esa the Reaction In bo fave type. Rescon checks ae vesaved fring the Reaction Phase. PROCEDURE: ‘Whenever there is possibility shat tenene Rang ofthat pec scrssindened ih Absresson Rating on te Reaction Tale ferseton, Each numbet feptesens = posble reaion (ice: more kh A pir of ice are folled The specimen reacie inthe manner ‘eprescoted ty the highest number ithe sees ‘rich iqua tor ethan the amber elo Thedice The res rapid ater any ote ox ton hecks have en ade, Example: A spcinen with an tnteigence Raing of Sand an Agpesion Ratag of 8 Scop deta tren err nie ae Pol “imelgence'S* and "Atari" onthe Rese Soe ables“: Two dear rolid athe Whe 4 fees than a wel the hchest umber wai sien hao equal Bando oi theres epee Wy 8 apt CASES: [8.1] Allroaction checks take place ‘ring the Rosction Phase of the Player-Turn in which they were triggered. No reaction checks take ace during any [8.2] All reactions are implemented ‘during the Reaction Phase of ‘the Playor-Turm In which they fre triggered, [8.3] Only Phasing units may tr reaction, ‘Nor-Phasig units (Le those conte by Presnc of the ni " PANDORA RULES, PAGES semen. Lagmrneacenn Ei 18.5] Reaction Table Results L2O xecuting a “Kil” or SMove- Kil” reaction, ‘ie. The spcinen medi fet he pas by Saale, te des fled or ach out and he Specimen ents vis the oek revenge {oh focaccia sheer fpecinen es normally except tht, sted oF fori hee pk pad eran of nother ai ihe fo ft) Move, The spsimen moves into the spast oe upied ty the lew member who tiger fe ‘etcton ate they do notated encupy te Same space Otberwite there sno eect the umber forth sent parent! In bald ‘ype, the specimen moves to the sane pod with Me tutand secur» “Kil rout Ge below) temps to ki oe other iti he space ihe umber representing ths el is pacetbeszed in Dota type, te secimen makes char aac: evi impute Hang i doled sr ts Shs ‘te Enemy uni ocupies space the di ali {dcermine who watacked Ona Ic res the ating. On a +r the specimen tacks the {sew member ih telower Shield Rtg eo ‘emoreunit are ed forlow tang use Seo ‘eakshete (ne 9.0, Combat) 18.6] Reaction Tabio {see maps [9.0] Combat All species and crew members and some tools haveanimpai(atat) Rang ich may Oe ‘Shield (defense) Rating whic fsb to protect gains damage. “The process of attempting 10 ‘age ane wt scaled combat sphich osu he same ace ring anEgupment Phase ors Reasion Pate: The Shed Rating of ‘he defender subrctd frm be pt Rg ‘fie sackrg) The ren aed te Combat umber fused to reoive the cma 1 he ‘umber epatne, no combat ect Sombet ‘Thich theunme se the Coma Diveremtalands Geieroled The die rol umber croseindxed heck fo dmape This done by eves the ok proses ubiraing the mtacker Shed {dh te oiial defender ws the take) ‘nen checking fo damage, 2 segtve Combat Diferenat i sented ahs eo fr pps thedefenicr Al damage check renal alfet only thermal atacker Ress ae appli in [2.1] Combat during the Equipment Phase is Inflated at the discretion of ‘the Phasing Player The Phasing Player may atack during an Equipment Phas, sing his own Ipaiating or the fpr Rating of anyone fol pose on, Say wen theting Tor dana he ‘Shin ating fay one olin pesto nt essary the tame ool ashe eed osc) i efi Paine Pye hig stating stems et) ore ay remain ce Hess never foreclose unless ena, [9.2] Attacking during the Reaction Phase’ During the Reston Phase all specimens Consequence of result the Reason Tab ‘man stomps to tack where oni Ta se thn, sere bot ue 1 Djs emp ach ‘Siftey neve reacting specimens Bow alaye at "ok wih her normal ithe never hae, [9.1 The choice of defenders in mandatory attacks is determined by ® ‘ie rll. ‘When specimen orberir bt require io Wie oul be atacked, he deende een {aby se rll Ons vol of | though te Serene he un wits te owen Shad Rang On nolo trough 6 the selene the re member with be lowest Shlain. naleaer theshledRatiogunedtogeermine the defender the rating ofthe wnt being ache nto any toot held or ies ora by that an 19.4) A unit can attack one and only ‘one Enemy unit per Phase. "al species apd bert bots are Rosle ‘omar each oer and foward ew members a toward oterstew members Non bere botare Nene voward the sme unt as crew memes bithey may taken acon une ender the con: "Enemies" onl Enemit may be atasked any ws ee seb Galy ae Epes Stonbombatfecteelspinensanctew memes (osteo there) for wesrag sgt SP Invwmscrae wed teny eed aint adacest Spuces ty being tho rough funcional ok [9.5] A unit may be attacked only once er Phase All Enemy oie (ote, specinens, oF cen rember) whch re atoking 9 partale unt iain combined for purpose of smbet eat ton They undergo daa hss Separate 19.6) Combat results on the impair ‘Table indicate thatthe defender (or the ‘Original attacker in damage checks) ‘must love the indicated number of ovale of functioning or readine Les in cow ee Forcing ae sabe Shi Rating: Lanes in bot functioning aes trated irom ne cure Readiness Level, Whespecimen is dead. Dead crew members and ‘Specimen are removed fom playanahave nf Rendnes Level reduced "vel eno anger Fancuom tremann onthe ma, bat may Bot ‘eed ul fepaed. Whee two or mare Unite ‘enge in combat during Phase, they remain ‘Stoned unt ether the defender oll a ‘aces ae tunel ov tle. Eneagd mits ay iy be involved combat withthe uni wih ‘then shy re engaged Tey may nc cage it Uy other activity exept to defend if anced by ‘nts wbichbeywereno previous cael ‘Unis mat atiak toe une with whi the ate ‘nessed daving their Reaction Phase Uf {pecmens) or Equipment Phase iferen member) ‘Pooch am tak poste [8.71 The offects of toole may be ‘gahanced by employing them in ‘Stun Modes, "Tool which hve an # peat to tel Iie Rain may be sed to stu tea damages Specimen in he cae of he stu Bom) acon ember out no's bo) The mpi Rating of 8 Tels tripied when he alr wedina Sun Mode (Only ests of 3 or onthe par Tale tess ‘ew member or specimen take nhs manne detender tat stated may nt move sack ot ‘Stott recovered. The stunned wt fp. De overt iasate tat stunned Recovery {Ske plac described in 3.9. [655 tis possible to combine normal [Btacks with attacks involving other Units using tools In Stun Mode, Tn tach ets, the dtender sues mal damage of 20r3evl of fuonng ost ent of the normal ack nado, he ‘damage reat ns 303 te defender stoned 191 Impair Table (eee mapshet [10.0] Acquiring and Using Equipment toss, Pod equipment const of he bal, om Dretble machinery an cones aed Lo enol {pena Pod equigenet fs wable ony by ‘touente whe pytaly y of eh ‘oolsarethe portable equipment ofthe Pandora and bos (obo) Tols ae sable sly bce embers whe arin psa posesiono (nthe ‘ay Equipment Phase oF during the Reaction Phase. Tooe maybe wed for abe purpose’ oly ‘When a olor pod counter i soquted, tr sie eT a ope ih Geo Fob {ooo pod sa areen, rer face o the ox rept ht tool pod on theEguipment tats Display the tems yellon ‘reds a martr placed he ox repreneting tha tel or od o he Egutmen Saws Darlay With be apron ator inthe upper Ral fhe tube ton or he fanctonl reso po if PANDORA RULES, PAGES pes the same space wt be tok or po count ‘Sng ht Acquitton Phase: When posession of No orp i taken, the camer representing that olor pos lcs under the cew member ‘whos aken possesion fo denote thi fact. The Tae of hat po during ay acer Eau. tment Phave” Tools may be caries by cit embers and peters within the li thee od quent sbulinto the bulbeads and may nu temoved.Acew member who wiser panes tein inthe ace {10.2} Only unctaimed tools may be acquired. sion’ of contol of another ciew member oy {pecimen may not be asad (10.3) The number of tools which may be carried batwoen spaces is ited by the crew member or epecimen's Port Capability. "all specimen and cew members and some toolshaves Port Capabi. The Po Caps bein he possesion of «unit rng a Reaction, ‘he uit maybe cried during 4 Movement ot Reaction Phase, Unis nbich move rng Phase ‘mas top a umber of fous suffice fo rng ‘hem in cmplnce withthe ral before morn {Grew mambers may wer any one send Sarria Worn rn do wot count again he ‘raters Port eupaiy, the capabilites of ‘yy bay when he ia ae wor Fi. and oer ct may beegage nog {10.4} One tool of exch type may used during a Pha designation on the buch of thelr coutes treapons ts, comm deve, andes, Oly {etoo! fech pe may Be wed ins Phase eoton: Any number af bts may e conic narod) In addon, the capes of he ps Srey oti my Bec Ue hy Ins Phases Imm bch they are toned in comb {10.5} One capability per toot or pod may be used once during a Phase. “Sometool ad pdshaveseveral capa. ‘Qny one suc capably may be wed pt Phase ‘he ay bing epi mayo he ed Sopied‘DeorPod sould sre the Doe Repaie Capito repir msl orcouid we treme hase For a detailed ist of pou and tol apabis se 103 [10.6) Specimens and bots may carry but not use tool Test of detetng and fein to Te neat a any vay. The same s reo berserk bots reacting specimens When acted 0 pce p fol Shclamed tools as possible (hove with the Stalls Welt Rating est). [10.71 Grow members use the ‘capabilities of tools in lou of their ‘own capabilities. "when rig the capabilities of too the toot rant) fence rather than augment he Capable of the ser Thus, 2 clew member ‘Suid not ie it owt Reale Rating od he Repair tng of fon inthe vane Phase The ‘oor tenet could ee bia orn Reyer Rtas Sd, sy the Port Rating of toon the Same [10.8] Equipment Capabilities Chart (see charts and bi) [11.0] Repairing Equipment (GENERAL RULE: Some po equipment and al ols ey bein ‘ne teens eve green, yellow ed. Equipe in ondton ren functional ‘Sati Equipment in condition yellow fare ‘ning nn impaired manner andi abet fo Cerradation, Eqaipment rondo tel on. ‘Enciont Poss omc are not shows On the Enna sats Day are away premade PROCEDURE: “Once pe Equipment Phase a crew meer inayat ars parte fea Rating ofthe crew member o of sn one tol be. lng uedin he repair atempscroseindexed with ‘herent of ie rol nd ol i found The the Equipment Status Dipsy are moved fo i ‘cate equipments new Sats CASES: [11.1] Equipmont in condition groon ‘may be used normally. {11.2} Equipment in condition yellow is, subject to equipment degradation. 27 2c he tem i dewrade t cndtion ted. ipo te Tool Sans marker representing (11.3) Certain types of equipment in condition red are removed from the Ship Diplay. Pal neapes, comm devises, and as which say be awe ain, Bos it ahd Po eal tem remain nace in songinn rT my [11.4] Bots in condition yellow may be berserk. to beim condo yaw or oad 0 cond ttn yehow, or hen that Bo eters coodon the goumer over 0 indicate the fais [9 and an Asetesion Rain 09 Bose ots2 40012 or depaatin Ike other equipment in coaton yelow: Beret bot may Sead soe teeth ony i reduced Yo codon re ed then ‘epaed to condition prem. Bere bore which Eesha ony 0 condon elon conta 0 11.5] Resuts on the Repair Table are given in torms of levels of readiness or functioning regained or addtional levels lost "Aum ress qual othe ees of fame signing or readibntrepsne. Inthe at of ce nemesis te amber of poi adde othe Stamina Rating Acrow member may weer haves Samine Rating grestr than 9. Specimen may ever tava Shee Rating pr fsa ht with ‘ich hey began the ame. Inthe asf eau tment the umber ingests the sume Sf Readies Lees epsne. AI would tae te Piece of eqipmeat i conto red to conn felon Aor} would rset to condom sien ‘Retorfaetioning or readies 101.6) The Repaie Ratings or equipment ‘may be used only to repair certain, ‘Sublist ot iabot ion themap,insondion ttle by another ren meibe n? sel 1128] A crew member may sane scanner to scan one adjacent space ‘ring his Equipment Phase, same manne acting daring the Movement Phe: Scaning tay be conducted in both 112.4} Crow mombers in rigs ‘specimens in the seapecta a EVAbot may employ Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA. {eotion at movement betwoen dak does ot ihe eo as. nde sip mst top of "Deck. Wile in EVA Mode, cise moniter, specimeis, and teas may move One Breould move wo pod Ad or Chor slong the oc Symbol to ube Be. Whi in EVA, ine crew ‘member isconsidered obeasjacen to alo se [12.5] Crow mombers, specimens and {tools may exit the ship vin exterior locks oF through hull breaches Eu, Landy an Sapte a contin x se ink enone Movenen Pate oat Equipment Phase yan sew member dein 0 pen rah wig te Furl css oe Re-enty may eaceompehd al eas pen exer leks ata crt font Mavenest Fate the Sapa ay nt emer ore te [12.6 Al hull breaches and locks emaln open until repaired or closed {rom inside the ship. (On the EVAbot Ge the Turolaer iy repeit'a tat breach, The EVADOL Goes 30 Prayer desing the trench epic the EVAbot {ee ec a an Sne y fosenon ofthe Tubolser asap te se od as the beac during hie Equpment Phase Enrica belt pen lsd by ace ftom iid the skips MEPINSOMY 112.71 Craw members not protected by tige or by the Scapecraft and ‘Specimens not in the Scapecratt may ‘not employ EVA. are immedatey bls they occpy a space con {Bsn an open eto fc or al tech (12.8) The locks between spaces do not permit interior movement into or out of ‘paces containing bronches or open ‘xtoror locks. [12.9] Units in EVA do net internet with Unite inside the ship. ‘Untein EVAareconideed ote in different {uote spaces fr purpose cmt, [13.0] Specimen Handling (GENERAL RULE: Specimens are hose ovat ecw members, tors and each oer Being of fw ingen a ‘ih ferocity forthe mont pat they fen 0 eat tothe presence of fee Enemies by uareatonne Might ‘or violent attack, Specimens may be reir none of three may: by sling, ‘pede Stunned specimens may wean con ‘Stouness and be as dangerous av ever King sccomplsied y fedcing a apecine’s Shed ace. Restraining te specimen ako removes the Spine rom he ae, ut oe nt eee Vie PROCEDURE: ' stunned specimen may be retained ring any Equipment Phsein whch he specimen bd Phasing unt crew oF bot) eccupy the same estan Pod or the Speeunal Pod. The ce tember may ean he specimen by Wine te ‘tan captiiy ofthe pow the crew member Specimen automaticaly rraicdandrenoned ftom the pam. Than further ny 03.1] The restraint capability of @ pod may only be used to restrain Stunned specimens. ceva tesime ch oo ann may tt 113.2] Any number of stunned ‘specimens may be restrained in pod in the same Phase. “Theres capability of a pods wed once occupy te po dune hat Phe (13.3) All stunned specimens ‘occupying the same ped need not be restrained ‘Rete meiber ned not rexrainany or allot te specimens ins pod. He could ean S06 snd lene other fee, 113.4) Stunned specimens may | carried like tools between spaces[14.0] Gaining Control of the Ship “Conrolof the hpi conden of corse eck ofthe Pandora Once confl sabi tithe contentvof alspacesareknownoall ces ‘embers Control etabinhe onty by restarting (tot repairing) te sips mae sitens. These {pnemt are vem umber Com, Nan, Power, om aed avis ‘Ace member who occupies the Con. comp, or Nav sce ot who ing the Comp Space lirough thet of he Comporam aya tee to rest ships sstens I al ve mar ‘Old aad te ver adened ith the cent ISeoceachysemontheResar ible hese ‘ecnary to retrt every sso, al ste ate melt restate. Tey ae raed v0 Level 3 ‘tabled: the die ot goes not al tin he rove span for any ofthe five sytem, the tempt fas and al ive sens are reuced ero Tech. New: A sstom which “Sip Sytem Downiay be repaired. Resart may ony be Ierpled ce pet Pease dung Phen rch Signs ate at Level tor higher: Se 3, cases: [04.1] One ig added to the die rll ‘whenever a "restart"is attempted vie [14.2] Two is added to the die roll whenever “restart is attempted from the Nav Pod. 1143] Restart Table ‘Gee mapshee) [15.0] Cold Shutdown (GENERAL RULE: Tie Ponor is dese 1 shutéonn co. Phiyers may become invled i ace to fps ajo ate ang gain como the sp Bore {hid sidown ake pace PROCEDURE: ‘When the satus of the major systems Se duconeted he ucveing Payer find oa tee ten to nhc he coll shutdown precedute fas [mopar Power or Envious found abe Wee or ese, cold show iin progres. {eee ofthe nyse (Powe of Eno) wich Tower ndeaterncecent tome he procedures ‘wo stems by 5, and pce the Cold Shutdown Iarker inthe box cotespondng to tat murat {the Col Shstdown Duy. Attheend of each ‘Game Turnthuent, he Cod Shutdown marker ‘achrtheengof he Track teshipscompltly ‘Shutdown and may be teste When only esate evel eter Power or avi) knows, {Sigshidonn may bepreumed ibe prowess ‘Fiat ste a Level or lover I the oer ‘peels laer found to bea omer ha the fete, the Cold Sheldon markers moves {Sacco nthe level of the oad ye PANDORA RULES, PAGE? ‘CASES! 15.1] The movement of the Cold ‘Shutdown marker slong the Cold ‘Shutdown Display is only hated at the fend of the Phase In which all syetome’ teotarted and at Tull functioning, 115.2} Cold Shutdown Dieplay ‘Gee mapshee) [16.0] How to Win GENERAL RULE: ‘Only crew members can wn Wie ofthe ben contol atthe end oF fall Gare Turn and "he flowing ooaions mast be me 1 Allbul beches mut besenedandalleteroe laste dosed. sisimposibeto wnthe ami he Pandors reaches cold shutdown, The ge iret) nar wben the ship reaches ol shutdown aed all ‘rox members and specimens are dead “Once the eae ee in any manger ence ssh the death ‘fa lew members he Plyes Tout up pois for sues engaging name vite The Payer who has arama the fhow Points ine fe sliie ame, Powis re ‘ot awarded Teta he Payer wise Aine abe cada be game cases: (16.1) The Playsr who successt restarts the ship's major systems Fecelves 25 Victory Points, {16.2} The Player who restrains or kill 1 specimen receives a fandom number of Victory Points for doing At fle fr each specinen and a {hav apesine, If he aesinen wae Med by the Player stead of bene resid te PIE! ‘arded ony balf ale Gounded down {16.3} The total value of all of each ‘crew momber' attbutes le subtracted ‘from his Vietory Point tot Toe spose fo win the game with regal Veiory Pont ta {16.4} A crew member who dies during ‘2 mult Player game can win It his Victory Point total is highor than each (of the other Players He reeves porthumous cation fo baney ana performance far above and befor ie calf Sen ‘The Pandora and Hor Crew ‘The Pandora was lid dows i 27% tal sign nas theby thenstadardbinay ERC (Lone Range Crug), The ship was completly ited fut by Bsr and nas towed by the CTT (Came feel Towing Tub Siyphs to asieold Si thon, where was ached ons tne the “Tau Cet pnt tn 386 the Pandora nas ade faible as 4 BSM CBcogkal Suey Mision) 2 Among the servie ods aboard he ship are: ‘The Powerspace whch conta al the om tel dove forte FL and (TL propulsion "he Nav (Navigation) space consis the Sito hut onbie he rnd ep tn {celestial postion and to pot the rece ‘movgneategued for FTL casing. "Fre Envo Emvirowmena) space contig the contol equipment forthe cones cor trlaymem of thei, bth forthe crew a0 for Pie con heh nda Serve contol and montored here “The Comp (Compster) Mace contains the {he ship. is operating system Is programmed to Dropsae action fo usrante te safely of the igh tained naval, most sf whom have ‘en throug Deep Space Fe service tava {GSC GalrteSurrey Common serie. "Fhe commanding offer of the Pundoe i Neema Sirf nh wat born on sonal planet thd inl worked on afi inteigence ‘evar. She anterred tothe BSM cision art ‘andoa ts boenthe commanding ce Scece offer LJ. Gepius 2 mative of {0 fs Aan ores As sence fer he tren the commending oer tn planning the “oynec andi rexponuiblforthe decile planing tthow te colton odsaredeplayedonthesut {evot en alienplane 1 home-lane family wih long hitory of Aina work anda stone feeling Tor wanes Blt Skala, the Ground Survey Offer, also the plane Geran, which hi ob {erst in ths proces led Rim nt the eraorming ‘von of meese. ‘nal Amaves Cete Hie main jb boar hp Tanding and analysing the lop! specimens ‘efor and afer hey ae taken fa plat He's ‘pone for sling anaral ot ict to ‘ene semen’ and dealing ith them precy Design Credits ‘Game Design: James F- Dunnigan Physic Sten a Grapes Redmond A. Simonsen Came Dessopment David James Ritchie Roles Eating Brad € Hoss ‘Jantn Leto, Philp Marchal. Tim Robbins ‘ave Rondo, Noll Rosenberg. Jim Simon, Steinmotar Max Weissman Productos Dove Engle, Rosalind Fruchiman, ‘Fedellar Manfred File, MMicnoal Moora Bob iver P- J Snydera PANDORA RULES, PAGER [10.8] Equipment Capabilities Equip Exterior Lock Pods Coma & | Euwioetsce Doubles Repair Rating of ren thi | memes stemming vo eras Exterior Lock, Contains Major Sytem May rence ass ] Stpecrat pidomar(Capaci Sone Compo FH | Pte enter to Speke, } Speed =3.Ipairactem: 09 41 Specimen oc oe eames, MPesanaesrinset | sd @& | exertion toc. t Fs] soees 4 Repair ha reach si] See Powibee ane a — une FY) sestmseatlih] | a reins Repair bo Mouse i. 3]}| | Controts Specibor, ens - 3 |smres. ies Typhoo _ Tesi Pos asa = Mary - Faber E> | Restrains specimens, ‘The Golem - 3 EF Phayrsshould make photocopiesf the Atribute pay for repeated. 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Ifyoucan'tgetintoany New York, NY. 10016% Allion Life Forms joninnfonyars ‘ened to the atmosphere of those planets ‘noe the formation. [Porsly te sequence Gf reactons leading tothe formation of fe may sill be under way.) Venus has comm Petey cxdlzea etmosphove, the chores! Eonblastion of earbon compounds with oF \oonhas gone far aitecango earth has Dattay oeczed atmesohere with free ox {Yoon presentand would not, ofcourse, need [eboferatormed "To un ether ofthe fst two varieties of mosphere ino. breathable oxigen, vast fmounts of energy would be requied 0 folease oxygen from water vapor in the former cas, or form carbon desde nthe later caee’ Unies practical appropeate ‘organs could be adapted to these hostile fnvironments to faciata these reactions, 3 completely ass fond ge 8 new at fmosphor fam scratch, Since an orginally Bess planet or stele got that way by eaking” nto Space any atmosphere t may hav had when formed, an arafical at Mosphore would eve to be replenished However, ths “eskage” s sosiow by human ‘standards of tune thatthe replenishment of the stmaepore would become 8 routine smointonance ask. Dosigns for Lite “The process ol wratorming plantsis 2 long-range goal. The fat snosutar win Io torma on other plats wi probly be lessomattofconquestor conta tans Fiecisoven “The aan enies of scence ction have run 198 great biological ety ower ts bat 0 yore Inthe say Sava, ty ware frorsvols nsw, partcuany fhe intentons wore untendy. The oe pulps ‘Sewmed nth gigantic nsets, font fectepods,"imbeting.tepion’mansros fee and huge, nary spes ~ most whom fas 'anunbiied lst for humon Jaman (Corousy, despte th org sence rom heme, the human males who went no Space never soome To lust ater female oe Spt gin go the Gee ofthe Hemet’ Poepe tate, ‘more reasonabis diene cane’ no vogue "C Speaue Ge Camp's panet Kesh. the scone of severe ‘vente store, = poopiod by 8 ace 89 ery hun thst humans can go ang themin daguse thoy mere pu oints on thor or, aennae on tes ened, and ‘goon dye tr er hain-and i ty oe met net to expose ther navel snca Krshans ahem eggs. Pl Anderson his so expended much Pent inesignngalen bomgs which ar bot ‘hoon and con ‘The “phys! appearance of any ‘xganism to might encounter siost Bose to pee: he any ing we con Brodit that tom woul be ational for SS “cevronmarn. Farmar scence ieton {ganas cra notreona or hover irenment oe anomaies tse gant men, Insets, and sar ormntura men, 5 Imari, ete. Al such sele anal a0 ‘Cady debunked by the "square cube ow Smthameta’ expression wn staves ht Surace area funn oto square of inaar ie, while volumes 9 funevon of te cube of linear size. Thus, if @ man were Sometiow doubled in Sze (proportionally in a drectone), he would ncfesse four foldin Surface area and eightfold in vole (and ‘us in mass! The cross-sectional surtoce aoa of hsteg bones would then have to Sup port tice the lesd per unit res, and would Be" on the verge of breaking "Trping or ‘qudrurling his size would maka t mpess. Bio for'ns stelton to bear the load The ‘gant man wouls have an adtionl prob oe peathing,Thesurtace area ct Ns double Sized ungs, which determines the amount of fxygen he can extract rom the atmosphere, has only been quactupleg while his weights ‘setup. Thus, he ean only prowde halt at rch oxigen, his body ‘requiee The Scaled-up' man would be uly 2 "ith habpess’ glant.""The monstrous seats which “benefit by being scaled un fom 20, {0 TOD fold would bo ley impestbi, Not nly do they have the some problems 28 the ‘lant man, but they have the agdona ‘sedventage of having aohings. Because of ther presart small 2 Insects use gaboous ‘usin rather than movement of masses of ‘to. supaly thei oxygan requiemments Stalee-up insects would apy tie of sphyiation ‘Sealing down has the reverse problems but the "consequences, ate narethaass lethal: Thesaled-down man wouls hove too ‘much surface sre for his mass. He wold Tose heat tom Tis Body for too rap on would aie” of 20d," since he norma ‘metabolism could pot keep up with the pro: portional greatr supp of food required, ‘They Think, Therefore They Aro IT ie is tkely to. be abundant in the ‘universe inteligent ile may not oe. Earth fas suport fe for at last 3 800,000,000 oars. Tunes reasonably dascbable 96 fhoman have. existed for less than one ‘thousandth the peted. The techsoiogicl Fevoluton is barely 400 years ld, and ale tvomepnetc communiston has existed for ‘Thore are, of course, many older stars tan the sun, and lt may be presumed thet Ite'on them has advanced further Clomant has recently speculated on the possibilty ‘meng the plonets of the long ve, coo ed Star. Such acvsinton would regard a hot ‘Yolow star ike the sun as too notte support Pianets ity ite and might not even Son ‘Seer inepocting is planstry system for on intligent species. Ih fac, the Earth may oven be rxarded fon a cosmic scale. Some vast bologa featasvapne took. piace “hero about 15,000,00 years ago. Whole orders of fe forms wore uttery wiped cut Including the dines, the. pierosaus, sheled. oc {opods, all of the great sea roptles except {utes, an many vaietos of phytoplenkton {tthe bottom of the food chin. The nature ff the catastrophe « stil ot understood, ‘butt took mins of yrs for mamas 6 fi te vacant sealogieal ches Among the Sinozaure that ced out was'a group Caled the dromacosauts maniac, wat Blooded, welzcoordinated, speedy ca- fvores, with binocular sion ard good Brains. They might have Been the wo to Seveloping into ntligert beings when the catastrophe struck. if wo get nto interstol ‘communicaion, we may discover that Oe fsauian types are the Pot, and that we ‘rormmals represent planet withan aberant Fistor But Are We on Speaking Terms? Whether they are common o rar, n= teligent species ean be proaumad to ext 6 the univeraeas a naturel consequence of the [aws of physics and chomstry, which ae the sare everywhere. Physical ‘vavet in the Universes going to need ether new soures ‘of vast amounts of energy oF row arinepies (of spacotme that are presently unsuspected ‘Te tava of eas might be consersby tation Tho tchnology Naw eests on EST {or the taremission end detection of in terstalar messages. A ong 9 0 years 290, the racio telescope at roontank, West Virginie, was set to listen for radio signals fram posse pets of to nearby sar, Epsilon Erdant and Tau Cet (These were rather poor choos, since both ate smahier nd farter then the sun, and. would {herefere Reve smaller bospheres. Further ‘more, they ae further out om the cantor of the. gala thon the. sun fe, and, would therefore bo less lhaly tobe In contact with ther cvilzatons. But the nearer suntike Single stars do not rise above te horizon at Grooroank’s attuce)” Stl, od 96. the Universe i ii conceivable that an I tester Broaocastng Network dvs exist {acting to exchenge the only item of com motes thet can = information. Humanity fought to consider serieusiy Now we can make our prosance now to ths network, nd get ourselves plugged nto “Thore is sore cya! speculation thet Eanngs might be wise not to let tei ox 'sance be known to other far more advanc- 0. culzatons. Part of ths peculation Seems tative out of gult over thaway Euro. ‘ean. civksation has weated the tess Technological societies wlth which it come Into contact during the age of exporation. A Selection effect may operate whch puts ony Benign cultures ina postion to organ in Torte travel species that has enugh ommend of ts environment 10 travel Be ‘won tho sarsis.2 species that commands energies sufficient to wipe so of Is home Planet by warfre. Only speces which have Srrcome hia prebem waluve 0 engaoe A Sober Infinity of Possibilities Readers of sciancetiction should be prepare to use stepticsm, The gore docs fot Inor should) provide a carte bance to propose bloga or physic siustions inion inst te intellgnnee of the reader Whie many things are possibie in this vast Universo, there are also many things which Bre exterely ‘Improbable. (Ono. should Understand ths to\mean, or practic! pur poses, "mpossble") Since the laws. of hams and physics do not soar to vary frougnout te universe, we can make in taligent peculation about theconditons we vil find om other planets. about te Botgy Of thie inhabitants, and about the usefl ontacts which humaty might mako with them. Uso of cautious skepticism by the rooder should make ft posse To determine {heploustlty o the proposed systems: IMNON-FICTION Pa Conan Illusion and Reality by L. Sprague de Camp Forty-five years ago, Robert Ervin Howard was making a fair but not fancy liv- Jing a8 a mass-production pulp writer. No one ‘would be more surprised than he to learn his ‘books are saling in the millions today and have been translated into six or more foreign languages. In the field of fantasy, only JLRR. Tolkien has outsold Howard. His most popular character, Conan the Cim- merian, appears in many paperbacks, in ‘comic books, and in a syndicated newspaper ‘comic strip. He is to be the hero of at least ‘one motion picture. The publication of the ‘Conan paperbacks touched off the Howard boom, and although as a consequence of this boom most of Howard's other writings have also been reprinted, the Conan stories have far outdistanced the rest of his tales in Popularity, notwithstanding the fact that they comprise less than ten per cont of his total output, During the dozen years of his literary lite, Howard was very productive. He had ‘over 160 stories published in his lifetime, and heleft eighty to a hundred more unpublished ‘a8 well as many fragments. But he was more than simply a voluminous writer. In the field ‘of popular adventure fiction, his work has shown 8 staying power and a capacity for ‘arousing enthusiasm far beyond that of any ‘of his contemporary colleagues, save Edgar Fice Burroughs. “To assay a writer’s work, we must con sider his background, the times he lived in, and the market he wiote for. Howard flou ished at the height of the pulp era, be- ‘ween the two World Wars. Then there were hundreds of magazines printed on cheap wood-pulp paper: Western stories, adven- ture stories, war stories, sea stories, fying stories, detective stories, horror stories, and s00n, “The pulp-paper magazines had certain requirements. Save for the love-story and confessions magazines, they catered to a heavily male readership. They featured fast action; simple, two-dimensional characters; and a plain, straightforward narrative style. Above al, they were meant to entertain, not to express the writer's soul, to show off his cleverness, to educate, convert, of uplift the reader, oF to expose shameful conditions in (say) the alarm-clock industry. ‘Some critics have deplored the violence cof Howard's stories and the emotional im- maturity of his characters. But violent and immature heroes were normal _pulp- ‘magazine fare, to which nobody objected at the time. Although drenched in gore, the ‘magazines were extremely wary of profanity, letalone obscenity. Adventure Magazine, an aristocrat of the pulps, even printed “My God!” as"My___ "As for sex, the pulps were 95 prissy 68 anything @ maiden great- ‘aunt could desire. One could read them for Years without suspecting that babies were Not, afterall, delivered by the stork Cover an for Conan: The Sword of Solos ‘courtesy of Bantam Books. Bob Larkin, artist Howard's markets were exceedingly formula-ridden. For instance, most maga- Zine stoves of that time were what we should ow call “racist.” Writers used ethnic stereotypes as their stock in trade. They and ‘their readers assumed that Scots were thrt- ty, Irishmen funny, Germans arrogant, Jows avaricious, Negross childish, Latins lecher- ‘ous, and Orientals sinister. The white man’s burden and the incompetence of so-called "natives" to run their own affairs were taken for granted, ‘One may ask: To the extent that Howard followed these formulas, was he consciously ‘adapting his fiction to the demands of his ‘market, or was he simply doing what came naturally, so that his stories just happened to fit that market's requirements? | know of no ‘way to answer that question; perhaps both factors entered into the result. Howard did get many idess from the adventure pulps of his time, notably Adven- ture Magezine ‘tse. There he was influ: enced by such regulars as Harold Lamb, Talbot Mundy, Arthur D. Howden Smith, and H. Bedford-Jones. His library held books by and his work shows the influence of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Rudyard Kipling, and Jack, London. ‘While Howard tried many times to break Into the high-class pulps, such as Adventure, ‘Short Stories, and Blue Book, his only suc- ‘cess was with Argosy . to which he sold half 2 dozen stories. In these magazines he was competing with such finished writers as Lamb and Mundy. Lacking their experience ‘and polish, his work was not up to their stan- dards, Had he lived longer and matured fur- ther, both as @ writer and as a human being, Howard might well have achieved his aim. Howard early acquired certain asting in- terests, which appear and reappear in his fic- tion and verse. One, for instance, was rein- ‘carnation. This he probably got from his father, who despite his Protestant Funda- mentalist background also dabbled in orien- tal religious philosophy. Howard also believed in romantic primitivism: the doctrine that primitives are oble savages, whereas civilized men are decadent or degenerate. As one of Howard's characters put it: "Barbarism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is @ whim of circumstance. And barbarism must always ultimately triumph.” Note, however, that although Howard's heroes Kull and Conan are barbarians, of the ‘approximately thirty stories about them that Howard completed, all but avery few arelaid within oon the borders of some civilized land. Civilization, you see, provides so many more threads to be woven into an interesting story than the monotonous, limited life of a true unspoiled primitive, Being of party lish ancestry (although less so than he liked to vaunt), Howard evoioped an intense interest in the Celts, ‘and also a general fascination with the races ‘of man. The theories on which he based his racial speculations, | need hardly say, are no longer considered valid. Sill another thread in Howard's skein of thought was that of the Little People— the belie that the Picts were dark, dwarfish2B borigines ting in Bit before the Cots ‘rived. Tis ies, ne longer akon seriousy Inthe anthropological sciences, aase orn 8 ‘medieval history of Norway, which decenb {2 the Picts as small fok iwagin holes nthe ‘round, much ike Tokion's Hobbit, ‘Met of Howard's heroes te notably sles King Kul we are tld soweral times, was not interested in women. Some of th ‘atutude may be raced te conventions of the period, but there maybe more to the Story then that. Vround” 1935, Howard's charactors bagan to show a moro ral t= restin th other Sex. tay not beacoine {dance tat inthe next yer he began egulr- Hy datng 3 young aay "Anotharrecuing theme isa charactor ‘motivated by pure hated ~~ not Conan so ‘muchas some of Howard's sterner ike ‘Tuogh O'Brien ond. Cormae Fageot ey. ‘Thay hate most overybaay. Howard him sat was obsersed by hated of people who fad once offended him, such 88 employers ‘ih had ied him ‘Along with the theme of implacable hated goes that of universal! destucton Many stories end withthe entire cast sve ‘near two, dead. In one of his st storieshe fis off absolutely everybody, leaving none to tall the ta. A psychologist could pleu- ‘tbyy ‘gue thet such plots foreshadow Howard's own end From Boxing to Conan Robert E Howard's writing fas into ‘thee periods: his boxing pood, his Tontasy potled, and his Westen period. Stones of these kinds formed most his output Curing these periods, athough he wrote in all these ‘Genes throughout hseareer He also wrote Setostve stores and aie of historical and ‘tent! saventura, Howard's boxing period occured in the late rwentos, his fantasy period inthe eatly ‘hires, ond hs Westen prod inthe mda ‘iris, “though these. periods broadly overlapped. IFrom. 1934 "to his “death, Howard's production of Westerns rose ‘epi, unt hey Bocome his main product. ‘AS with his bong stores, his Wrst fal into two classe, serious andhumorous, The serous ones aie merely competent hack work ~ undstingushed stands pulp fre But nis buriesqve Wistar, tke hs bur lesaue boxing stories, showed that Howard hada Ively sense of humor of broad, slapstick ‘kind. During. is last months, Howard spoke of “giving “up Yortasy ‘together i favor of Westen He hoped, he said to wie “serious” Westerns, pre ‘Sura tke those that ater brought success 0 AB, Guthoa, author of The Sig Shy. | His famasy output including 2 coup of 2 tempt a soance fet, formed he gest Single pat of his writings: Hewrate about a= many imaginative tals as ha ad Westerns ‘nd boing stoves combines. ‘Although he sold fantasies every year from 1825 on, is biggest production inthis els began in 151 and whan ha Bosng ores tapered aff At his Smo, most athe Soloman Kane and King Kull stories were bonna hi, ‘While Howard sol ony thee ofthe en Kul stories he completed, they reveal the Grection his imaghation was taking. The Kull stories showod the possibile of @ ‘Cometaly maginay. ies, which the Serter can make. 96 aromatic a3 he ies swthout having to wosry about the correct hess of geography, climate, fauna, fea, ‘costume, custom, and technology. In hs Tistorea stores he was always tipping over ‘such setae, for Instance by Squpping 8 hhorsaman of the Roman Empie with str ‘ups. These errs can be blamed on the {Wome inteietual oiaton in whch he ived, ‘without wide Wave, professional contacts, ‘or aooess Yo big-oty and university Hoar, in 1902, Howard rewrote an uneoi Kl story, "By this xe | Ruel” For background, rethought auta deta psoude-ge0gr6Dhy Sand psaudo-history ofan imagined ora, the Hyborian Age, between the sinking of Alan {i and tho stat of recorded nestor. For Mis herohe chose famiiorGatc name, Conan, ‘which hehadused befow He assed super: Fatual element. wich the orginal story locked. The rest was "The Phoenix on the Sword,” and Howard was off othe acs, ‘Cover et fr Conan: The Leroy courery of Berton Baste Bob Latin, ata. Conan is a development of Kul, but CCongns 8 more completely realized charac ter” Actually Howard had more in common vith Kul who s gven to mystea broodngs ‘Sn tha meaning of fal, Than with Conon, ‘nals portrayed as epureextrovet Howard {ei that Conan was acombination of poorle head known, and that Conan stale 10 his mind and took over Ns career, ‘Conan. an abviousgeazation of what Howsrd tought he would have ito tobe: a wandering, responsible, halaisng adver” turer, dvoted to wine, women, and strife For all his mighty ths, Howard os rothing ike thet hima ‘Save for a hot tempor and a chivareus atitude towards women, Howard and Conan were as di Toront 3s Bleck and white. Noward was Upnighes marl, conselontous, courts, ‘ompassionao, shy sonstve, invoverted and" though he daviadit~ intact {8.0 aurbute many ofthese quate to Howard, the Writer “The main reasons fr the wide appeal of Howard's ction ar, | thnk, his vi sonse of pace and action and the strong fewing of personal invokement in his pots. AS Foveerate said, ho put hime into all his stones. He also dovloned 2 highly india sive, tough his ery stony ere writen into, swaghttoward prose tat was ‘Senngushabe om the sty ocores otha Sontenporores, round 1908 he bapan to Seveiop a cadenend ease. He had been Composing voro fer yor, and now he Sogan to tse some of he eras of wena instore Those nuded yt, ers ttn, and heute ot many clor words, asin fhe Somes ‘roves smd inthe sur, andthe gorgeous Burp and gold and ‘imson rows of bes and ces rfeted ene golden ight or ajetves of calor, Howsra often uses the name of some jr, sue 08 UD Ssmechys or eek eed to include 6 ge gon in hs sigtes| On the whol {hough ha wan sparing of adjectives. The ‘ess of his arate Sopens ee oh Serorpive moses than on petsonin fon: hot weatng inanimate Pings ord impersonal forces as thoy ware ng es ingen when he wel "he sh beat Itopod end Stggerd,"or "betwen the ors when te.Geeens rank Adan and {he gearing Stee “sora of lst oving action per haps the greatest talon soso the fon Srvuier Howard acleved me quay by the Use of very sete res and by str Inga sory of rin bang, n sceoranoe wet te pulp mam "Snook the sen n thetic paragraph Thus ne begins one Sry" Heals cummed conn he ste hat slopustotnewnare he fok tha yeod ard caer had ony fet gioee of 2 traled Sgue on a blac son,» wide ‘Rate Sask noaing out inthe wind" By 1862 0F 108, ward had uy developed tnesive tet makes mc of later or sohypnotealy ws Aeon ogre hat Rober Homard hada eat neta tant for wring con and [Sverre stores, uke th ret of um aloo had maton, Mi tones carn many ros of fst eating, rom made teearch; inconsstencet caused by hat “nconunang akmesphere, dus to wring ‘Soout acashetad never Goon, weatnons ‘Sngusges, knowing no meer non-Eogieh tongue beyond 9 tw words of Spann od uso of dae epetion of eartinpot Sioments ~ ‘ke the bate vath he et Sake over and over, and overuse of ain Sigence, Ne waa at ha best won he flow a rial dae at nthe Conan sions nd at ne worst wien ne concousty W {ted other weer, such 9 Sox omer In Stunrface "Burroughs" and Loncon ‘Amare soo Loves n "the Gen ot tren Sil. consideing hs ius, is achievement ie amazing. ‘He formost ‘bptacle wes his extreme folavon, He was ten move ofp recuse and bookworm hanLovecraft. This was partly a result of where be lived and partly his own unsocial neture, which, aside from sporting events, urged him to flee any crowd of more than three or four people, Howard also worked under severe — in fect fatal — psychological handicaps, which stemmed from his family situation. Lastly, ‘we must remernber his youth. He died at an ‘age when many writers are normally just get- ting into ther stride. Yet, there is sil the problem of why Howard's work has enjoyed such a stunning revival, when the tales of meny of his con- temporaries — some of them more skilful writers and more traveled and experienced ‘men than Howard — stil molder forgotten in the crumbling files of old magazines. What magic button in his readers. did’ Howard push Conan, the Noble Savage? First, let's face the fact that Howard's popularity stems from just one set of stories: the Conan stories. Their publication started the Howard revival; their sales have far ex- ceeded those ofall the other Howerd collec- tions put together. We can be sure that Howard's non-Conan stories would never hhave been reprinted had not the Conan flores touched off the Howard boom nthe first place. ‘The popularity of the Conan stories is ‘elated in part to the times we live in. During the Second World War, it looked for a while as f fantasy had become a casualty of the machine age. The revival of fantasy began in the 1960's and 60's with the publication of Tolkien's Lord ofthe Rings. By then, much of the reading public hed grown tired of anti heroes, of sociological tracts thinly disguised 48 fiction, and of experimental narrative forms that leave the reader wondering who ‘dd what with what to whom “The Conan stories not oniy rose on the forward slope of the wave of revival of fan- tay, they were also fantasy of a particular kind. For one thing, they 100k the place of the old lost-city story, which had’ been a staple of adventure fiction for half a century Most ofthe Tarzan novels, for example, have the hero discover a lost city inhabited by an- cient Romans, or Atlanteans, or ape-menieft ‘over trom the Pleistocene’ The aifplane, has ruined the lost-city story, since practicaly every square kilometer of the earth's surface has been, if not explored on ‘oot, at least overfiown and photographed; ‘there is no place left where such a lost city ‘could hide. So, to recapture the glamor of Such 2 gitering fictive metropolis, we have to put itin the prehistoric past. Then, too, Howard exploited his roman- ticprimitivis to the hit, by making his hero a stalwart barbarian who strides through the Gvilzed world, knocking the decadent- cultured weaklings over like bowing pins. Here is another puzzie. When someone wants to disparage something — say. capital punishment or bad table manners — he calls It"barbarous.” Even Howard used the word in this pejorative sonse, as when he spoke of the "barbarous accent” with which Conan uttered Nemedian or Zamarian. If barbarism is bad, why should we make heroes of bar- berians? ‘Some of the barbarophilia. comes from the “noble savage” concept of the Romantic Era, which ran approximately from 1790 to 1840. In 1669, John Dryden coined the term “noble savage.” In the following century, that weepy Swiss philosopher, Jean Jacques Rousseau, popularized the con: ‘cept, although he had never known any savages, noble or otherwise, ‘Cover art for Conan: The Swordsman courtesy of Bantam Books. Darel Greene, artist In 1781, 9 disciple of Rousseau, the French novelist Francois de Chateaubriand, came as a youth to America to see the noble savage in his native haunts, In the Mohawk Valley of upstate New York, he was en- chanted by the forest primeval until he heard ‘music coming from a shed. Inside, he found ‘score of Iroquois men and women solemnly dancing a fashionable French dance to the tune of @ violin in the hands of a smal, powder-wigged Frenchman. This Monsieur Violet had come to America as a soldier with Rochambeau's army in the Revolutionary Wor, stayed on after his discharge, and set himself up as a dancing master to the Ametinds. Chateaubriand’ disillusionment did not stop him from later wiiting 2 noble. savage novel, Al, which became a classic (of romantic primitvism, Tn the hineteanth century, the windy German philosopher Friedrich’ Nietzsche, played a similar tune with his talk of the Superman, the “great blond beast” who ‘would appear to smash the Judaeo-Christian "slave morality” and impose proper disc pline on Europe. Nietzsche was vague as to how this hero was to be created, save for the Interesting suggestion that the mating of German army officers with Jewish women ‘might produce him. ‘Writers lke Rudyard Kipling, Jack Lon- don, and Edgar Rice Burroughs embellished ‘the theme with such noble barbarians as Mowgli and Tarzan. Robert E, Howard, who ‘greatly admired these writers, absorbed their romantic primitivism, Its not dead even yet, 2 2s witness the commune movements of the ‘so-called Counterculture of the 1960's. ‘The Barbarian State The dictionary defines barbarism as a state between savagery — that is, hunting, fishing, and food-gathering for a living ‘and civilization, with ts cities and metals and writing. "Barbarism” denotes a culture in ‘Which men have learned farming and stock- raising but do not yet practice them efficent- ly enough to produce a surplus of food to ‘Support the growth of cities. Such societies ‘areusvallyiliterate, although they may have metal. This meaning has nothing to do with such virtues as honesty, kindness, or politeness. In these matters, civiized ren appear on the whole to be neither better nor worse than barbarians and savages. The distinction of civilized mon is that they know ‘more than the barbarians and savages, and therefore have the power that knowledge confers. So “barbarian” nas two quite dit- ferent ‘meanings. One refers to the technology of a culture; the other is used merely to show the speaker's disapproval of ‘Some person or act Tin general, real barbarian society was ‘much more conventional and tabu-ridden than civilization. Barbarian cultures varied widely. Some were sexually permissive and promiscuous; others, lke the Zulus, punished adultery with the death of both culprit. Some were peaceful, others, ike the Com- anches, were so obsessed with war that they ‘thought it the only decent, manly occupa- tion. ‘One reason for the ferocity of Howard's ‘fictional barbarians is that the real barbarians he knew most about, the Comanche Indians ‘of Texas, were one of the most warlike peoples on earth, Having ust been promoted from savagery to barbarism by getting horses, they were not about to sit down and learn the techniques of dry farming when murder and robbery were so much more rewarding. In general, however, most barbarian societies were very rigid, conformist, and resistant to change. The individuals were not at all lke the adaptable, uninhibited adven- turers of fiction, The reason for barbarians! Conventionality is that they did not have our elaborate apparatus of laws, police, and ‘courts to keap evildoers in order. Therefore, the force of custom had to be stronger to ‘make any type of communal ife possible. For the rea-ife prototypes ofthe fictional adven- turers beloved of the pulp magazines, we ‘must seek among civilized men like Eudoxos ‘of Kyzikos, Marco Polo, Miguel de Cer ‘antes, Francis Drake, and Richard Francis Burton, Occasionally, barbarians do cast off their wibal inhibitions and actin a more Con- anic fashion, as when they ive near a cviliza- tion weakened by civil war, plague, or other disorder. Then population pressure or bad weather may impel the barbarians to seek their fortunes elsewhere. If their military techniques, usually developed as a result of contact with civilization, have become the ‘equal of their more advanced neighbors, the barbarians may conquer the civilization and ‘set thamsalves over it asthe ruling cass.x» ‘There have. been many such over: throws, os when the Aryns overton ras and India abut 1500 B.C. or the Germanic and ther barbarians overthrew the West Roman Empiein the fifth contury.or the Turks soa fed conta ofthe Galphato in the eleventh entury, oF the Mongolon nomads con ‘uored large port of Chine an iia ‘veal coctsons "We know the fll of the West Roman Empire best becouse Wis the most fully documented, It gave nso not only to risto al acrounts but seo to lige legendary Strate, sin the tales of Arthur, Sigurd tnd Charlemagne. From. tesa ‘stores, modern eroie fantasy: descones through Witiar Moras and na medeval romances that Mors unitate “Tho heroes those eps ifr from ‘eal barbarian leaders, Ever when the legen Gary eroes are based "upon Mistricl figures, they have been romanticized cut ot BI recognition. They. strike noble, sa Sacriing_atttudes, gon long soltary {quest one converse with supernatural be figs none ef which ther reat pro totypes Sid. But ik the rst arbaran leade's, they usually come to vicent end Belerophon is bucked off Pegasus in ight Slog stabbed in eback and Arthur's skulls pit by Nis Bestar Son \When Robert E. Howard wished he had been bor a barbaron ora lroniesman, he ed in mind this anarene miley, which Is Teflected in his stron In thinking this sate Of altars to be types otal barbarians, he Suffered the suson of eomanti prt ‘Reval, this anarchic disorder aries only tary, In times of conquest and transition, ‘When the batbarians are cestroying oF bong ‘Sestroyed by other societies At such times tha normal ules of conduct are suspended, ‘nde, in Hobbes phrase, bosoms “poor, nasty, brutish, and short” Long Live the Barbarian! ‘What then i the atvacon of barbarian heroes? The dstncive wait the conquoret (of anther culties his lost of inhstions ‘The barbarian conqueror has. eft the tolsome, monotonous, dear, tabu-idden round ef norma barbarian ile. He. has ‘icaped the prison of his mizeu but has not {coped the mores ofthe conquered, whom fe dospsegbocause he has boston them He foals ho can got away with anything, Tho 9 umptious adolescent fread. from. his Datents contol But not yet ited into the ‘ald of edu ite "Wo a carry the memories of our emo: tions ae wa were at avery stage of fe ‘through which we passed. This nudes the ‘ime of adolesoant emancipation. NoIonous Iyrawe than fond to quar th ou families ahd try aut deads ot daring ad sal assertion Te see hat we can getaway with. Soitisno Coinednce thet many hetoes of sword-and Socey "heton behave ike. overgrown verte dotinguents. Long after we have left Sdclescence, we stil arker Tor that time ‘then for once we eioveda sense! bers tion trom rules and restnetions, ‘That fooling as, of course, most ily ‘on, We soon learned that the word around 1S” theibws of nature, ou fellow men, and ‘ur own lemtatons would impose Upon us as strict a set of rules as anything cur parents applied “his lusion was especialy seductive to Robert . Howard, wha in some ways newor {id grow up. One reason he became 2s. ‘employed writer wos that he could never hold for long. He tied many jobs, bat ho so feral ecard any sort of sciptine. ‘omrcton, or coerion that whenever the toss gave him ane order too many or scode (23 him Tor some Tout, Rober Slow Up, Trreatenod to beat up the boss, and either uit or was feed Stil, smong Howard's readers, the memory ofthe emotions aoused byte fee Ing of emancipation lingers. Hens, mins ‘enor, only wearousty, the uninhibited te ff the conguerr, pecially the barbarian onauoror ofthe Swegtied type. So Conan Sha is clloagues are key tocontrue thet popularty for lang time to come Robert E. Howard wae botn in the tiny hariet of Peaster, Texas on January 2211006. During his childhood, hi famiy ‘moved to nearby Cross Plains, where he pent thereet of he shor Ife. As an only hid with precocious intact, young Robert wns misfit mn an i: boom town filed with ita more than cowboy, a field laborers and afters. Hesoon turned {0 reading as an escape from his dismal tnvirons. He espectally enjoyed reading Historie, though his mater ietiled in him a love of poetry and musi. Howard began wrt when he was sil very young, making his fst profes" Blonal "ate. "to "the “venerable pulp Imogasine, "Weird Tabs, while stl an ‘Adolescent. He soon became 3 regular ontibutor to Werd Tales, 26 well a6 breaking ino other markets. Though he wrote Westerns, historia tales, sports land boxing stoi, and roams of veroe, hls best remembered for hs creation of {he “sword end sores” gave of fantasy. “Todoy Howards mos wisely known for his grates craton, Conan of Cin ‘mera. Conan a mighty: thewed barban {rom tho dawn of tne, is butte ast 8 tong tne of sir characters whieh In clude Bran Mak Morn, Solomon Kane, and King Kul of Ata Howard, sways moody and into: spective, suffered from bouts of sloop Walking and bleak depressions. Mis father Was a col, uremotional man, and there ies ‘ile love lost between him nd Young Robert. Howard's mothor was an overprotective, overbearing woman 10 ‘whom Robert wae nonetheless devoted Howard often talked of susie, endwhon his mother wasting in a terminal come, he walked ut ofa car, took the gun he had been carrying against imaginary “enemies” and shot Nisa inthe hea, He was 20 years ol. A small ine of verso was found on his bat-uptypowriter ater fis death. ‘Al fe, done, ‘ow ite me on the pyre. The feasts over and the lamps expie More Alon Cerasn fd Faith of Tarot, Piers Anthony Berkey Books, $195 each Catacomb Yosrs, Michoe! Shop Besley Books, 22.25 ‘The infinitive of Go, John Brunner Det Rey Books, 31.26 [A’Shadow of All Night Feling, len Cook Bereoloy Books $1.5 ‘The Ennead, Jar Wak Pocket Becks, $225 ‘Moonerowr nck Messe Borkoly Beaks, $1.96 ‘The Dovil Wives of Li Fong. Erottman Price, Del Rey B60ks, $1.95 ‘The Probability Broach, Noi Seath Der Roy. 31.36 Eyes of Amber and Other Stores, ‘Jean B. Vinge, Signet 31.95 ‘Wheels Within Wheels, F Pou! 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Isaac, ono of tho main Characters, avoids deportation ony by sor ing his adopted brothor, who has stlon Ns bight. When he brother imports 2 headstrong and uncompremsing scuptot from Euterpe to do a ite decoration ofthe Yi, the state society is overly date, The remainder ofthe now deals th the terplay of the society, is oppressive Customs, and those who are oppressed by thor. The Ennead snot 2 nice nove dont toad it to the hes Tt However cleanly ‘wetter, ity, and profoundly movin Micha! Bishoo’s Cotacomb Yeas, 100, deals with an oppressive society and those whe must ive nn form tf cllecton Gt short stores ted tgethe! te form anova. ‘hare ore dangers in attempting such 3 Sthucture, but Bishop hes pulled I orator ray ‘ine stoves ate almost universally wel writen, Thelanguage share andl the Characters wl ounded the themes stike 3responsive chord. Each stands on its own 2s, perfect-catted gem. The tye on the ‘overisalmostjustiieg and yet "And vot the plot ang mtying theme of the took realy rather simpli. The con 17 premise's mat, somstimein relate 20th Cantry, te majr eves ofthe United States began io cover thomsetves with domes, frontal “becomung independent ty States, thet have tt orn eantact ith ie feetof the wart. The retonaie fr ths n= fis sm indeed, apparent, the cites ‘wore domad aver simply because it became posse to do so. in short, Shop isan exoatont wrt: but not an exoelont ceinoe fcnan wir though each story ls well win, the premise and extapalabon of tha series is foxy uneonvinang 1. Ernot Tir Jt. tho salt procairad wee of responsibe conservatism, recerty IabelegItertaranem "anarcno-soance fe thon.” Whether the els aot oF not, there foes soem to bean explicty Hertaran {gv of scenes etn Unser development {his 10 be expected, since Henin and Andon have aware brought a Voartaran Nel Smith's The Probably Brosch eas with an alternate unworeanwheh ‘Abert Galatn rather than preventing the ferecution of Washington, took a hand init Band led the Whiskey Rebalion to over ‘vow the Constitution ane re-establish [tiles of Confederation. The rest wae 8 North American Confederavon which grad By evolved. Ievo the. poroct anarcho- apaist utopa The promse i, prhaps, 8 bitubious, but the nowelis.aousing aden {ure story the kind daddy Henin used to vt. The wating sess than sparing, but Sevicasbe. The Pretty Brovch ener faring veading, but ot recommended for feoalsts or others of ‘delcate. alta! Sensbittes. Paul Wison’s Wheels Within Wheels takes place in the La Nague Federation, 8 Trnmslctintrstelar society. The pracy Kuo edaressed by the moval concoms Geormnaton and whather the ‘goal ot Ieration of oppressed minorities 1s best ‘saved by facmarket copa or govern mental acon. (Since the author Is @ Nbet- {aran, his answer should be obvious F's toa quad story. In Wheels Winin Whoa, nthe The Probably Broach, the author's bales do not dominate the novel non- erarans an satel read it without anger te their mental equim Robert Anton Wilson sone ofthe wit tist and mast intresting wrtars ave. His bevousywarks, lumiatus! ad Cosme Tg. fer, not receive much attention, but {hote’s any justin nthe word rch thee isnt, be wil one of these days, be "2009 hited a6 @ major writer Whore Kurt Van fegst “fais in hes wing, “boing. only Tepetve, smarmy and aver, Wison suc {ene In Schroanger's Cat. Schrogingor's Garis one of tee ionic! novel, Bub Ish in the cferent eterna universes (ans thus making aac now! diferent Scfrodingo’s Cat, pubishad in New York By Pocket Books; The Universe Next Door publshed in Boston oy Rocket Books, 698 The Tek Tap Hat, published in Prlsiphis by Locket Books It deals with uncetany, Sibsnucear physics, Orents) pslosophy Violonee, sx.nd nuclear war. this dsr tion seems confusing to” you, you wil be Imote confused after faaing the now. Pur hase it you wil either ove io despise ‘Why sit hat so many excellent modern twtr ae feral? It used to be aomatc {that the gonrawas a man’s td, and wamnan ‘eters were foreed to Ute expedonts such 3 witing “under pseudonym. or hiding Behind ints Things have since changed forthe batter, thought seems thatthe stu thon snow reversed ~ wrth Ursula ls Gun, Tanith Leo, C.J Chery, Marion Zinmat Brady, and. Racoana’ Sheldon at work, there hardly seers to Be any room for mals Belore reading Joan D. Vinge's cole tion of short stones, Eyes af Amber had {stumred she was rately obscure write. Her novo Outoosts ofthe Neaven Bot had ‘ruck mo os madigew a best and het Freshio novelas had been unnstowerthy But some writers are very much mote at Fome.in-one form than engther, and the ‘hort story soems to be Ving's forte, VVinge's stones are malocious, haunt: ing, and gad with sadness. At th Dost they unty ai the elements tho make US food scence fcton. thoughtful premises, Sood potting, spare but Seseptve prose, Sch chaactraaton, ard omotoral canton inasorge, Jana Brunnee’s The nintve of Go's Brunner anewer to Nven's ithe IMyricd Ways, Niven postulates that te we 'stence "of infite. alternate universes ‘lminates the possibly of Fee wll. ni fabvont of @ multiverse mght 22 eK himsel, since, after al, some alternate Universe he doing s0. Brunner grants this possibilty, but also he Sees reason for hope Inte cieray ofthe malterse, The sts ‘wallwrten, sone hascome to expect om John Brunsor, and his plots engaging. Let ius hope that Brunnr's ennounood rote mont from scenae tion's at an end Ih the pubicaton af Go. The oneal rexder might nove trouble understanding ranctnte numbers, the theory of which pisys Bn In Bottant role inthe novel Fantasy Hofman Price, according to_ the biography inthe tack ot The Dav! Wives oF Uf Fong, is 82, iving in San Francisco's CChinatonn under te hora name of Tao Fa, and bolves that ke sik, gunpowder, ‘and the magnetic compass, beaut women were invented in China ~ and wlng fo ‘moet doubters at down, on horse or aac, wih sword or piste. | have no reason 13 bolave that the biography 's fieion: De ‘ves s worth buying fr that eason alone. "Also 1s 3 very pleasant fantasy novel sah an sinosualsoting.~ tha pre contact China of myth an legend. LI Fang's two ‘ns ao Indead devil (sepent Semone, be precise but are cetany not the hots man'aating monster the loca founspecple ‘oem to balewe The three must hight fo sur ‘ive athe face of common superstition and ‘he eel machinstlons a the Taoist Chang Lu ‘risa sited craftoman. Evan tho \snt tha next Dostoyevsky, hs Dov! Worse Stil much better thon ninety percent ofthe Greck that's beng marketed as fantasy these Part of that abovementioned crock is Jack" Masse's Mfoonorow Moonerow, the 3 protagonist, is 8 bie adent of schoo! of agers ivingia the farnarth, Against the prosopts and advo a is order, hewentures frto the word to tha south and. qulcly bhocomesinvalved inthe tugs agaist ty en, alkconauering Moldom Empire. He Shouldn't have bothered the fw etectve Sequeneas vn the Book scour Invtha mag ‘Sane etadel Sohedesttoys the Empire and ‘ets the it. Ho hum alla gays work am fey of te opinion that fesging fantasy wrtrs should not stamps to te ftand wos, atleast not as ther st ork Mast stem tomake such an attemptor ty to write ‘ord-ond-sorcery” without ther Howard's graphic. imagery or. Lebers talonted style. Trove ae exceptions to every ‘ule, nowovar Glen Cook's & Shadow ofA! ight Fating Ivone sien special ease (Cook has managed to avoid most ofthe leap into wiseh fantasy writers ond 1 3 His longuage, whe striking, fnot awkward Iyarehaie. he communicates some of the awesomoress that is the provines ot ple fantasy without seeming sily © mundane; Ns mais Bawaba and not wile al ‘manages to erate sympathetic characters 3 Sica task in opi fantasy — and hs 086s Gea: and wel-exeeuted. A Sagoo FAI Rigor Fafing is by no tears 3 less, Butit shows great proms, Piers Anthony started ou sles than impressive writer 9 lance through he rocentycsved Mason should confirm this fpinion However, ie outaut over the lst few years nas booh prodigious, and wih ex Borenca has come expanding tant His ‘Seedy improvement hae boon capped wth the Tor sores, his best work to Bate, doa wit the experiences of Siding Poulaf tne Haly Order a Vision onthe planet Tarot On. Toro! there erste 2 peculiar ‘moniestaton ales Animation: somaone Caught in Animation subjected to Palldcnatory experinces that cannot be fu Ieantaled. Tre series dels with Paul sex erences on Tarot, ase explores the ques {fon of whether the Arimation phenomenon tan provide communication with God and Sto es he explores the nature of the Taro, ‘ath when ee obsessed Ta best st {guances occurin the middle novel, Vision of Tarot, wien Poul r-exporionces part of Ns past and hs future ‘The ene thlogy 8 @ prequel to the Cust sitogy and ts in aula nicely, Sithough its not necessary to have read Custer to understand Tarot. “Anthony stl has Some problems with his prose, the only choracter the reader ‘Comes to compro ful is the ara. Pur thermore, “Anthony fails to. achieve the Universal insight about reaity for whic hes apparently stiving. Nonetheless, Tarot Is feadobie and plaasant, no mean fot for 8 Bretty much disconnected series of Episodes "Anthony has not yet hope feached sul patent, but Tarotis peas ‘ant way-staion'n hos path of development Greg Castnyan Note for An Exozoological Survey ‘The Savtr end Xlophage ave anal sctsty ‘and gn earths The Sener t's urate or s0g ‘Butoh Avanos ater We har ptanethasrangeness of ear baeaite fore‘mG Television Serruys an Gar roacton Bag: Pte benem Fei Por amburer Black Holes have aeady inspired several books and countless magazine st fcls, both the most scholar and the most eretonal Kinds The Unwersa is water fable. Not oven 9 hopeful ray of light can ‘scape 9 Block Hole is theultimate engine of destruction: mndiss, menacing, Inox rable, Taken cerously,thistsa tone ofc ‘ersation wich can kil laughs ata Party. ‘he morbid appeal of tis panernanoh 28 compen to the imagination ass gro tote gant suns which ara drawn nto tevocabe deveness.And yet, wnen the folks atthe Disney Studio set about fo make afm nth weighty subject, hey applied to tthe ‘Same formela thay used making The Son Of Fuser. The Black Hat's fit cto, Shiaisn"dgressons and. precious touches which would make Jiminy Cricket blush It has been noted that Walt Disney convinced the weld tht mice, beedy-ayed scavenging rodents, are realy loveable, fury rostres ‘he Disney Studio has emasculated Black Holes in much the same way ond hes pro ‘duces owt i must be noted that ints Disney ino nation” Black Hote vs nat bck. Its ‘Stead a bright colored pinwheel of aft iMekey's idea As the fim open, wa fing 8 ‘small dpece probe named. the. Palomino hovering nearby. Tho ship's robot, VINCENT. {ntfeminete mactine with Orphan Annie's ‘yes, deseribes this Block Hoke asthe largest he's ever seen, implying that ths smal raver has seen plenty. Harry Booth, 8 Iewspeperman slong on the miasion for parent reason, notes that "Tooks ks Something aut of Dane's Interna.” Charie Piao omarks that every time he encounters 2 Black Hole, ho expects to fin somoors "rossodin red, wituhorr and. tenor.” These images ao significant. They form the ‘phosophial base of the im, revealed in its Spocalypic conclusion. The Black Hoo sa ‘metaphor for Hel Mickey and Pato ted to ‘eto ths concept but thay wore ovoruld, I ‘Was fet thatthe serious science Hton fan ‘Would be placed by its nclusion | VINCENT acovere second vessel which ha densies a8 the US'S. Cygnus, lost rwenty years eater Dr. Macraa, whose {ater ws 8 member ot the eer expe Palomino, "to discover habitable en outer Space.” We wince, ssuma she meant to say ‘abtoble planet, and push on undeterred Ator a brie, damaging encounter with the Block Hoo, the Palomino reat to the largor sip for ropa. Here wea introduc ta the Cygnus commender, Or Reinhart He 's wearing red and Nis oornari ight-hand ‘robot MAX 's entrely ed, reflecting tho pe ‘once of Chavle’ Piss remark notad above. The Cygnus is "manned by rbot, Rrnnart expan, Locals his human erew abandoned ship years ago. He stayed behind fo continoe hs investigation of the Black Hole and has developed a new ghysics t0 hatnose ts awesome power, thereby ending ‘heonergy esis back home. Only Or Durant isimpressed by Remnar'sachevornts. He ‘even warts to be on hand when the doctoe verifies is theory by fving the Cygnus into the Block Hole, MEMLDX Wa Day Poston. Meanahie VINCENT. meets 9 robot ‘armac|8OB. BOB speaks with Sim Pickens \olce because he" was. progfammed. in Houston. 808 "explans tat” Aenhsrt ‘murdered soveral member of hss cow and {urnad the rest Info zombies (MicKoy, Baahost, ‘covers hs eves, with his fur fingered hand. I's agreed thatthe zombie {aces wil be masked | VINCENT pases the news tothe Palomo crew ard they fy t0 scape. Final, Mey ar sl, good gus, bad ‘guys ang zombies ake, drawn ino the Swit Ing Black Hots In a peinfl caricature ofthe ope last sequence of 20), thie descent is 2 ‘apid montage of grimacing Taces end tr {ured landscapes ‘br. Reinhart and) MAX Imerge ond oe vonstoxmed inte Seton. The Pioming crew is trarstormed nto reson ‘dent gossamer angele make ts escape The Zombies, fogetaby. remain zombes 3nd ‘doomed 0 spend eternity Hstenng to the roiontesny whining walne which are the {47a represanaton of he Black Hole. Produce” Ron Mir managed to sneak 2 budget of twonty mition dolar past Scrooge MeDuek, making this the most ex fpeneve project in the Studio's sustious Ristory. Nery good lms hove been made ftom liege smbivous themes, with es ‘alonted casts and wit fr ess money. The ‘Black Hol, however, 2 sae of missed ‘opportunities Dr. Reinhart, « Coptin Nemo in specs, tight have boon a powerful charactor. The Black Holo, described accurately throughout the fim a "the most destructive force the Unweree,” deserves serous attention, ae do murder, zombies, Heaven and Mel. The ‘Screenplay by Rosebrock and Day is replte ‘wah daik theres which are constantly Undermined "by" wooden dalogue and Fookstness: roboss with sly eves, which ‘babble nsitferbiy and then have extended Wwosternsyla marksmanship contacts (one ‘verisemont Tor the fm describes VIN- CENT as "the shoothist laser gun Kd Hom ‘cuter space") Cesiy, no one involved with ‘the preducton had tha naceseary2ang fow {o-make the horn fm the mates re (uid. Every i of tera n the subject Mas ‘Been contravened by patronizing kidstu Director Gary Nelson must boat respon. ‘by forth fins consistent Iles pr formances. Mauimsiian Sehol ings some energy to hi ole asthe mod Scents, Dut ike the lm, he Seems neommsteg to el ‘Anthony Pestine seme angry at something, perhaps te qualtyof the sep, ond delivers ferribe lines" with conspicuous reverence. Werte Mimieux doesn't have much #0. do tesides being yanked through endless chaes Sequences and Eest Borgnine Is simply frescest 8 9 man of the future. Robert Forstr and Joseph Bottoms fae bottr than ‘he restin their rl 8 the ight crew ofthe Palomino. “The specs tfects of The Blok Hole sre natablen atleast one wy thoy wore not rected by" the sear wnnng. teary af Dykstra and “Turnbull who have held 2 monopoly through ther work on Star Was, Giese Encounters Star Tek, ete. Some of the Disney effcts work adoauataly, hers font work ta the Best of them ick the {dynanve technical rianea ofthe Dyksta ‘Tunbulcaiaboraton. At ony rate they ean not carry lim swhch is compromised in 80 many other ways Vote theme and execution the fim i charactenzed by feteanee, 2 valuctance to ‘Somat wholeheartedly toa project snd pro. ‘ed with abandon. On techincal level, the Disney statf splayed an admatle but it Sovised incinaton fo do things ter own way in agonre which was completly new to thom in the final anal, The Blak Motes Siraar tots natural namesace. Nothing an scape fom it etna. Not 2 gimmer ot Sginston or nspration. Perhaps Putoand Mickey hadn't boon rvatved Vincent Msi ‘SATURN Stone lo Sey = Specaeac Cotes Seri nop Judging by some recenty released st fms; t would stem movernakers boteve the{eience fiction audience lacks inttigonce fc wil accept any Him, however shert of Dot, serpng, actng or technical proiien- Witness Sow 3. 0 standoxd B-movie ‘which, save forthe robot ini. should be Ibbleg “str” (soxove-aree!- The pot, oh as itis, concerns two, hydropens ‘engineers, Adam tke Dougias) and’ Alex (Farah Fawoett), ving an ide ie out ‘among Saturn's moons, Theit parse Is troubles by the evel ofthe aug. popping, Borchotc Captain James, who immedatay Govelope tha nots for Alex vou have Beauitul boy" may | use 7") Un. dsc0uraQed by her refusa, he bulds a super fobot. Hector to aocompien his ev por poses. “Unforunatly, while erogtam= fring the "robot, he’ imposes ‘Hs own Bayehotts tendencies into. as well a6 is Seething emotions. The robot kils Jaros Sand spends the rest of the movie chasing Ser Adam and Alex Wil the rbot succeed ‘re frustrate? he's Bound tobe usta frentually because even though Hector IS ‘wa mado, he's not well bait) The ending SS ory herd to prose. La Fawcett has legged ita long way ssnoe Logan's Fun (a naw haut), but he ‘continues to avoid giving any evidence of Setng abilly Since all she does 8 ugh, ‘Sper, tak Ina sugar seoot voice apa uh trough ineumerable chase “scenes Kite ‘Douglas, as Adam, turns nan adequate er= fermance, but he sil has trouble with Nis tre ling. Harvey Ketel has sve proved be can sot, 9 why he was confined in is performance te manatane siatorents (er ‘onable when be “bocoras” a TODD Is 8 poze. “Aithough it dogs parvculsly follow the events of tho tim, the soundtrack by mor Bernstein has some intresting syn these eflecte, and Wt cecasanaly Grows loud enough to sav us romfearng some of the datogue ‘Satu 3 isa sloppy, shoddy produc tion, of the sor that somaone Out there tanks et fan just eat up. One hopes the pro ‘duces andl drectors working the goare wt ‘ooize ths pusience demands more than 8 Togay blond being chasea by a robot. They may nave such hmted visane, but the au ‘lance dover PS. Shyer TELEVISION Science fiction and fantasy a last, stuck teawslon with a. vengeance. Since the begioning of the year there has boon (and wil continue to bel a gut of sit locos ‘09 the ai most of them ranging ‘tom tele to modiaere The lemtations of the medurn donot reed alow for the vastness of scope and. vision inherent In ‘Seence ction ana tanta; furhermare, the “forma” writing. of” most. weplays vulgazes the dangerous ideas of theoriginal lwitors. In the process of not dang to of {ond anybody, the television artsisSomulate nobody, “Take, for example, The Alene Are Com ing. aQuinn Marin prodsction broadcast by NBC in February. Nat only "dd tho. plot Topetuty to gone furtnes rehash th of \aders stries except tha slons Now had lowing eye instead of pnkis that reluse to Bend but alga it kept the same red old xenophobe tttude towards the unknown. Beyond Visctworiscontnues the Westword ree Luddite paranoia, this Uma wih the bots going out tensive te word NBC's ‘caotaton of Aldous Honey's Brave Now Wort, onthe other Nand, totaly missed the Systopin vison ofthe nave The aching wat Uniformly awful the sets unconvincing, and the plot plodding. The show bore 9 gteoter resemblance to situation comedy than 10.4 ‘mejor sromatzaton of © caste sence li ‘ton nove Gotactics 80 brought Adama and tis ragtag flest beck to the publ. instead of worrying about Cylons, the Colonials now Worry about a renegade Stentst who tie {ips through Ears past maybe he'l moot the chaps fom Time Tunnel st some tar poral intersection! "A mare notable fare was NBC's min sera based on Ray Bradbury's The Mortan Chronicles. Stil sufteing trom tedious pas. ing, the series came closest to capturing the authors orginal Visor, but. Bradbury's Fomanie porrat ot Mais and humanty’s \wolaton oft does ot old up 8 wel n an ‘rainvwhich even small tots know that Mare ISreaty acs “Thar sa ay of Rope inthe near future. ABC wil sir leru of he King, an anaes ‘worhour special based on atke's urd novel in his ing trilogy. While the arimaion Iprot first rato the characters have 2 typical Saturaay-morningsiness when they move for talk) andthe musca! underscore Is Uiirous, tne fim doos capture much ofthe tomer and wonder of Token’s work Pethaps.a cartoon formats best forthe s/t ‘pores, snes t would seam Dat te majority St "ive" renditons offer ite more than ‘areatres after a ‘Michael Moore Medig ‘Thrae sian ftion/fantagy filme were mong the Top tan box fice succosses In {hs country during 1978, Superman calmed humer one postin, grossing $81 milion; ‘Ato ook fourth place with $40 milion; and Star Tre The Motion Actre rocketed to umber six pling in $35 milion ina few Short weeks uring December corainly fencouregng ‘igures for the moves’ pro fiucars With tne canal iumpn of Star Wis" all ume high of $175 lon and Close Encounters" 477 rion grosses, seems Iealy “that projected. scence fiction and {tute fanaey fms wn gornarszeable budgets as mare studios and producers soak {o cash in on the phenomanon Of course, ‘ere 0 bea hast of smal budget fms ting ode he some wave of popu. Though many mere disapooited whh the fm version of Star Tek, the box ofice figures do not rflet this foaing, sce the rmowe s quickly approgching the 860 millon ‘mark and may fin the ranks of thea ti, Fighest grosaing fms, The Black Hole wa abo. doomed a. success. bythe. Disney Stusio’s standards, caring $18 min 0 ‘te, ond the gon ight has bose gwen for ‘move fimsin te gone to be produces ‘Opening. in several: month sna Countdown. sroctod by Potor Dougias and featuring his lathe Krkasthe commander Of Iysterous mit off Peal Harbor in 1800 ane Tesppears on December 7. 184K wl pit Wii weapons against cantemaocery rms. The cast also includes" Martin” Sheen, Kathrine Ross and Chares Ouming (alaxna, expected to be rolonaed this suraner, porrays the 28th cantury a {hades a so foot aus loading lady as a most Stractwe andro trom. another” word, Wiliam Sache drecta this $10 milton Crown Intemabonal picture. Vis, 2 -lapaneso. CCenattan co-production, forays Henry Siva (car Kane of theta Buck Rogers frovil, Glenn Ford Gaorge Kenedy. Bo ‘Svenson and Chuck Cormors as the ast su. ‘wots on earth. Kinj Fukusaku directs the $6 lion projec. ‘Other projects in the taking, planning and pre-production ‘ages ate” Starhunt ‘apted om Davia Garros nove, estar Gay's Chia: Sitad on Mars, fetuing {ha msgte of Ray Harryhausen Scanners vith Patrick McGoohan, coneaming “ont Sentory. powers” used ao weapons of Geattuction, ana Knights of Eden, prosoning ‘tn sontury earth (on a 812 mln budge) Stanley Kubek ig working hata to compete The Shining. Pod Chayelsky hos teamed With rector Ken Russel fo fim is story of fxponments on tevesa. evolution. that Seedieon ne curour seat he rat interosting news reports George Lucss bro {ueing and Stoven Spielberg dracting a $40 ‘millon secret project for Paromount ent ied Fldere of the Lost 7k ‘An uinssal approach is being taken in acting Rogor Zelazny Lord of Light as 3 ‘owe A 1000 ace emusement sik to be Known as Science Fiction and is plonned an offshoot of the move st, BarschThis June, ‘SPI will release @ major new fantasy role-playing title — the leading edge product of a totally organized and designed state-of-the-art fantasy world generation system and role-playDesigner/ Developer: Richard Hamblon (Graphics: chord Hamblen, eta Mat ordor and rot ales The Avalon Fill Co, $18.00 15 wargame company whose market shares ar Ding ered by some rey po ns parf the tt has not yet covered prs in a manner Simla 0" yea feud! kar bang ravaged by for Some boast The Kingdom sands orth ts Sompors to Gepateh te monster, wile {he wargame company charger a designer stn the tak of severing game To mest Yo change, Some otletwse” erent inid coagners can scum. 10 The Stones ef producing fags rele, ot kid ndwaual ean 2 game worthy Stamano n te moreso, Cast year's monster for Avon Hl he Aestpalargen roars comoony, wos on try boardgomngOtrercompantes, had ‘toad hastens fo respond to Grog Sta feeds Wint Baar and Ra! Moon, ong ftom il mci bute un ego faa Good Si Richard Hamblen became thelist champion ofthat compar, ven i te gone ofthe Mage at ch lye becomes one of sixteen an ‘asy protagonist, varping ough a tat temas ofa once mighty kingdom. A vst feet hes obscured th ste of past gives, ter tere tt exit long forgotten ices wich have sured the dopredations ot Mie, The forest snow batty populated by"humans, though monsters foam. the Countyade’ Nester ay the monsters not tke wa fo the warion of avs ‘wes and wil those they may. The. topography. of Magi Resin is ‘ctbes by tet) age hexagonal tsa feces idntiog by agen corospon ‘go mow safe fenre, ranging fom ‘Mainnocaovs Maple Woods sn Serdang {Dine Gad and Avil Vaioys ebwousiy not ‘mcommandd by loca tour ues) 0 the Not Moods every society restnts ts man {ny unninged so an sbseure corer of the iand,'A'ls contains onwoon two and =x lang, which are connaciad Oy vans patte, Th pana rn ot he wig ofa fic, a0thet tonet may oe etectabetwesn Csi en sparse es The scheme ot fathevatin a lave from te enchanted Sie tts green face ‘he counters represent, among oer hinge al ho genase Ream Ech monster ‘and cates has awh faunvor with na more then three pce ot ilomstion ons poes. An lustaton a te monster nave ennances the oo ot te Count ace Oter tan sew teers 1 Sanders wargame tormnoony Fern Sores rave leaders Goded. "HO" Teaciuonrtl —"tnae Conponens sre Chat tence foro fancy gure sete feo apn cf toes tmageal toppings Dwelings sete gest Sd counter There thes sepa Ss of counter, to donot ether te tes ‘oc of the counter or the sav of te rmonsterit represents. Agroup of “Warning” Counters decorbe aural, lfatery and vil ‘Shenomena e.g, Stink Smoke, et which Slt enaracters tothe prosance of monsters Sind/or treasure ovations. These are often Used in conunetion with locaton counters tovg Carne, Lost Gy, ete). The est ofthe Couriers are devoted tote cnaracters The positon ofa character on the map tess marked by his "Attenton” counter, which ‘enlaye that characters symbol. Inwaval laces of amor worn bya charavier alsorate Separate counters. Finally. the actions 9 hrocter wl perform in sem are pent ‘on several counters aso marked with Rica ‘oapending symbol. ‘No fantasy game is completo without magic spas. Each spell © described on 3 (ard and elaborated upon within the cles Magie ems, those handy too! of tha way fare, ae deste on cards, which ae held by the owng character's player The manning few cards name the best weasure Toeatons, when may include. grsly sur praes, sich a the Remaine of That ora Mouidy Skeieton The haraboled players ‘wil probably be more word about the s ‘ompsnying curse than the reason forthe Sinortunate’s deme. Allo these cards and the monsters are keyed t0 the Warring an Useaton counters by. swelloraanied ‘Treasure Set Up Cara. Regretabl, thscare 'sthe ony readly understandable at of the ame, ‘Since a player contol only ane chase tor when the game stats, muon of the Sup ort matte gosred to he acvans ot hat Shoraeter and his acguistions, Character ards, thove hoary standbys of fantasy Boardgames, instuse,fl-alor petures of the characters. The number of aists mmployed nthe renderings of he characters ‘ensures a varity of tyes and competences Ifthe subjects ofthe portraits were not he tional some mous sve or defamation of choraeter white others, unwaing to take Sen east stp, would grpe about the Droterential treatment gon frat pots. The Backs othe cars data! the maaning oft harecter Synol, the spac “advemages for ‘thst character (hough somo are Giabives) th lowes of deweopment ‘houghuich te character pcogrestes 3d the characters standing wis a us the habitants ofthe Mage Realm. Every payer in ult player opm stars wth he depressing thought that Per character has andy rade “Tne character cards describ the char scter's sctomplshrnants before the payer Secures his role, while the Personal History Pad acorns a. wrten rocord. of the Characters performance during play of the fame. Mapie Rain sa simultaneous rove. fment gam: Le. payers must racord he ae {ihibes thay wish thor characters to under take, and thon exeoute the atts a the Samo ime. Thismeshanichampors ley na BUT the simplest of wargamos (eg, Dlo- ‘macy, wile product at hand sassurely ‘Somplex. The choles of wmutaneous move: iment ie doubly unfortunate toca was ot recessary. the gamma could Pave usod 3 ‘Sequential exdcuton of phases, with gach player in tum, postorming the acy of one Be for he choracter. The Personal "story Padis ato esd to record al goals achived 6 by the charector, his vetary conditions and his spel, and serves 38 o combat display on the reverse side. ‘The late 1h and early 201m contutos wore the Age Inventonin America, Rapid rides forward in the te and somos coated 9 wholly new techooiogy and in troduced many divorse st forms. No socoty ould endure such upheaval it s02 dynam ies and vamain stable, ond s0 in fescton ‘ama the Age of Istaion” he saleable pro dict ne longer necessary belonged to the ‘tiginal inventor, But rather tothe person oF firm "at retined. the product propery. Chare's Angal, tor exampe, was Ot te {ist setion-combined th sex objects show tw appear on television, but aid my the ‘oemulatonavean especialy wide appeal. The design of Magic Rim vies to boall ‘ings fall peopl, ana fale by bang far too ambrious. smacks of tha Age of Invention in that there are mary orginal concepts er bodiedin the mecharios of the game, but also belonga to the Ageo! station tha Scks to improve upon fantasy bow'Ggames Sand, at the same time, the popular fantasy {ole plying game, Duigeors and Dragons I? dengn hod been given @atrove: focus, the game coula have achieved sue. cass vnthin a particular category. AS iis how, the gare fas apart ween attempts to integrate innovation, fantasy board S2ming and role laying. ‘A guided. tout of the components, which promises a arest aome, reveals much ‘ot ths aw. The choracter cards devote @ onaierabls amount of space to the vtlous levels of the characte, An optonal rule ‘ows a player to reduce his charactors ove from fourth best and. thus cause & or feeponiing reduction of the goals required tocheve verry. This concept works well in fantasy role-playing, but in lessening 3 Characters soity to perform acini, i Saproporvorately woakens that charectr's hance of survival auring play. The Search ‘ables, which must be. consulted 0 find ther characters and treaeute, ave used In Ganuneven. with a. dievoll But weghted fomards hgh numbers The problem hat Several results may occur on these tees, bot there sno guava thatthe result wl hve rsevancy fo the characters actty Character could, fornstanes, be provered trom essgovering ancther character Ivng In ‘wait by "good" cies. The gerne system ‘ons ty to correct the perversity of es0%ng ‘hese particular activites by leting players ‘oe one of several search tables, wich ‘leviates the snag somewhat. Whovass, © ‘charter i contrated by nis player in the father game actives, the seareh procedure iS competly random method for having the ‘Ghoractr act The proferaton af such ean ‘Sttences mars the sald design concept, “The (ules writing aso indicates that something s amiss wth Magic Realm. The {les ate expiined in 3 rambling styl, make ing. comprohenson "extremey dieu ‘Amst every cardinal sin of rues wt ommitted within ay given four poge spon ‘Thate ate dvect comadetionsin svesoeding cases, loopholes through which 2. Mack tuck can be driven, nd vague phrasing where precsion is requred. Oscovering 3 Partculor rule's often an adventure tet {he absence ofan indoxor the bui f 8 =