Re: Sea scenarios

From: Paul Andrew King <paul_at_...>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 08:14:48 +0000


>John
>
>>Try The Argonautica by Apollonius Rhodius.
>
>The Argo has always been my model for a Gloranthan ship, since it
>communicates with the crew: "And a strange cry did the harbour of
>Pagasae utter, yea and Pelian Argo herself, urging them to set forth."
>--

On that point Robert Holdstock's Merlin Codex series (currently _Celtika_ and _The Iron Grail_) includes several scenes aboard the Argo. While I can't remember anything much in the way of nautical adventure there are definitely ideas that could be borrowed.

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immortality.  More emperors died of poisoning from ingesting minerals 
in the T'ang than in any other dynasty" - Eva Wong _The Shambhala 
Guide to Taoism_

Paul K.

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