In message number 6042, [email removed] (Loren Wiseman) writes:
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> Marc admits to gaining inspiration from a wide variety of SF.
>He specifically mentions...the various Nicholas Van Rijn stories...
Oh, my, the nostalgia... ;-) I remember back when I got my first
boxed set of the Classic Traveller books. In Book 1, there's a
character generation example that comes complete with an illustration
of the character. The name used in the example is "Jamison," but the
picture was *precisely* what I always imagined Nick van Rijn looking
like. There were lots of points where the background influences ran
very close to the surface. ;-)
Of course, Jamison wasn't Nicholas van Rijn at all--he was a
Merchant *Captain*, not a Merchant *Prince*. ;-)
Thanks for mentioning this. It made me pull out the old boxed
set and leaf through some fun memories.
Geez, I sound like a senior citizen. Is this what gaming does?
;-)
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Brent Woods