Books: Africa, Dune, and Drew

Nyambe: African Adventures (RPG)

-This is a third-party Dungeons & Dragons supplement presenting a new setting and new rules for roleplaying in a non-cliched African style. Not knowing much about historical Africa, it seemed pretty good to me. It's very businesslike, though. It gets in, presents everything you need with a minimum of fuss, and gets out. I wholly approve.

Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert

-Second in the Dune series. Kinda dull. Lots of pretentious yapping. We begin the book 12 years after the end of Dune, with Paul as Emperor, and also the head of a religious jihad that has [checks book] killed 61 billion people, sterilized 90 worlds, completely demoralized 500 others, and wiped out 40 religions. We don't, however, get to see any of the jihad. Cuz, y'know, that might have been interesting. Mostly we get to see people standing around talking about destiny.

-Well, it was free.

Nancy Drew and the Bungalow Mystery by Carolyn Keene

"The tree was a small one and Nancy though that two men could move it quite easily. Unfortunately, the two men were not in evidence." [snicker] The original, unedited story, with classism intact. Still, entertaining, and Nancy makes a good role model.