Re: Slightly OT Book Recommendation from Paul May on 2004-09-22 (HeroQuest RPG)

From: Paul May <kax_at_...>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:12:38 +1000

At 04:58 AM 22/09/04, Oliver D. Bernuetz wrote:
>I just wanted to recommend the following fantasy titles: Sabriel,
>Lirael and Abhorsen by Garth Nix. They are very well written, tell a
>good story, have interesting characters and situations and the magic
>described in the books is extremely interesting. Just a wealth of
>good ideas to steal for campaigns.

Very very good stories, good ideas for heroquests, good enemies (read Chaos for Dead and it's really easy! ;) ) - And Garth is a cool guy and it's worth giving him money! :-D
The above is not motivated in any way by the fact I was at uni with him... ;) The books *are* that good. Get his other books as well, especially his juveniles if you have kids.

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