>Mikko, my objection is that the name "Kerofinela" means absolutely *nothing*
>to old-time RuneQuesters, who might nevertheless *love* to buy a proper
>"Atlas of Dragon Pass". If we don't call it that, would they know they want
>to buy it?
I have to say I feel the title "Kerofinela" is an example of the worst Gloranthan exclusiveness. It takes a single name out of some recent publications and uses that to define the book. Imagine the shelf in a games shop with a row of titles like that - Loskalm, Kerofinela, Kralorea, Carmenia - how is a potential gamer going to react? On the internet it's even worse, shops often just list titles in a random order.
I also believe the title should give an indication of the contents so if it's intended as an atlas it should say so. I hadn't realised that was what it was until tonight's messages and my initial reaction to the title was "what? where? who?...."
>I worry, too, in case anyone who'd have been looking out for a new
>"Gloranthan Bestiary," "Creatures of Glorantha," etc. had no idea what
>"Anaxial's Rooster" was all about and missed the boat (pun intended). Maybe
>I worry too much... like you suggest, old age and innate crankiness probably
>have something to do with it.
I think you're right here as well, "Anaxial's Roster" is a great title from a Gloranthan mythology point of view but without knowing the story it is meaningless.
-- Donald Oddy http://www.grove.demon.co.uk/
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