In the recent discussion of recommended authors there was one I felt
completely neglected: C.J.Cherryh.
The first book of hers I read was "Pride of Chanur". The first
thing I thought when reading it was 'this really *feels* like Traveller'.
In fact my delight with her books reawakened my interest in Traveller and
prompted me to run a full time campaign.
I have often thought about using the Traveller system to run a campaign
set in the Union/Aliance/Compact universe. The ships are sufficiently similar in
concept to just use the Traveller specs and change what it looks like on the
outside. Jump still takes a long time although time doesn't pass for those in
jump. There are two or three chapters in "Rimrunners" devoted to battle dress.
But putting technical items aside, her universe *feels* like Traveller.
Trade, commerce, planet-space relations, aliens and even war all seem just
like what I see in gaming sessions. Does anyone know if she has actually played
(or run) a Traveller campaign? I wouldn't be suprise. (Actually I have a
sneaking suspicion that C.J.Cherryh, Mercedes Lackey, & Leslie Fish all game
together and use it as inspiration for their stories although the latter two
are far beneath the quality of Cherry).
Jo Jaquinta
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