Books: Africa, Dune, and Drew

[woodwardiocom]

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.

Comments

[minkrose]

Hey, if you enjoy Nancy Drew on any level, you should check out the Judy Bolton series by Margaret Sutton (useful link). She was my favourite - we own very old (if not original) editions of Nancy & Judy books that belonged to my grandmothers and I LOVED them. Different author, similar idea: female sleuth.
I always liked Judy better, though. She did things herself, she dated a lot of different and interesting men... I really should go back and read those again. Nancy always ALWAYS ends up locked in a closet. You'd think she would learn that she just shouldn't go near closets. But, more has been done to modernize Nancy Drew and I think it's really important to reinterpret a story for the current generation.


Also, they're making a Nancy Drew movie. The trailer DIDN'T make me totally cringe with horror, so I may rent it someday.

[woodwardiocom.livejournal.com]

Hey, if you enjoy Nancy Drew on any level, you should check out the Judy Bolton series

-Cool, I'm making a mental note. Thanks!