[TML] Traveller pulp roots and related literature; was: The SRD is out for Traveller at the mongoose site.

[Jerry W Barrington]

On 7/6/08 3:46 PM, "Mark Urbin" <eclipse at urbin.net> wrote:

> Ross Winn wrote:
>> As I said in my column "The Spirit of Roleplaying" I think it is true that
>> all RPGs are pulp games,
>> especially Traveller. If you disagree, read Space Viking.
> 
> Oh very much so.  Traveller was originally released shortly after the
> first Star Wars Movie (now called Episode IV), and had that movie's pulp
> spirit at heart.
> 
> Traveller is a fine vehicle for Space Opera.
> 
> In addition to Space Viking, and Mr. Piper's other fine works, also try
> E.E. "Doc" Smith's Lensmen series.

You know, when I was about 12 (coincidentally, just when I started
gaming...) a neighbor had the whole set of Lensman books.  Up to that time
anyway, a few were written more in the early 80's.  Anyway, she let me
borrow them, one at a time, and I was working my way through when she moved
away.  Never have started collecting them for myself.