I was read to a lot by my parents, and my mother made sure that I took the vocabulary tests in each month's Reader's Digest by challenging me to beat her which I managed to do only in my mid-teens.
Merritt, Sterling.
CREEP, SHADOW, CREEP; MOON POOL <audiobook, from archive.org>; DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE; et al. <PF: The Ship of Ishtar>
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Merritt, A. CREEP,
SHADOW, CREEP; MOON POOL; DWELLERS
IN THE MIRAGE; et al.
<Moldvay:
Merritt, A.E. - The Moon Pool; Dwellers in the Mirage; The Ship of Ishtar,
et al.>
Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesM
This is what gaming is missing
nowadays: vocabulary higher than that of a fifth grader! When I was a boy,
D&D enriched my vocabulary like no other entertainment did. I can't
begin to tell you how indebted I am to you for the new words you introduced
to me through the game.
I was read to a lot by my
parents, and my mother made sure that I took the vocabulary tests in each
month's Reader's Digest by challenging me to beat her which I managed
to do only in my mid-teens.
Quote:
Originally Posted by JamesM
I regret to say that I've
read little to nothing of Merritt that I can recall, despite his being
an influence on the game.
Do you have any recommendations
of where one might start to get acquainted with his works?
Moon Pool
Dwellers in the Mirage
Creep Shadow, Creep
Face in the Abyss
Fox Woman
Return to the Moon Pool
Those are my faviorites
Quote:
Originally
Posted by JamesM
Gary,
Do you have any recollection of what Shadowland would have contained? I noticed that you produced quite a few Plane of Shadow-related monsters, spells, and items over a certain period back in the TSR days. Were these in any way related to or derived from the work you did on this unfinished/unreleased product?
Thanks.
An
agathocacological plane of insubstantial stuff has always fascinated me
since I began contemplating additional realms. So the shadows from A. Merritt's
Creep
Shadow, Creep novel were included in the AD&D game, and new and
similar monsters added to the projected plane betweem light and darkness.
Skip Williams was going to co-author a long adventure module and sourcebook
for the place, but he decided to remain a loyal employee of Lorraine Williams
instead. I have my notes, but his are amons=gst them, so doing such a worrk
now is pretty much unlikely.
Cheers,
Gary
<added
entry link at shadow after reading the novel>
Merritt, A. CREEP, SHADOW,
CREEP; MOON POOL; DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE;
et al.
<Moldvay:
Merritt, A.E. - The Moon Pool; Dwellers in the Mirage; The Ship of Ishtar,
et al.>
