Christian Read ([info]the_christian) wrote,
@ 2007-08-02 15:10:00
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Normal EarthPeople Can Skip This.
Hey, I just got word in that my first book, Mythos Magic, a project for Chaosium, has -just- been released.

I'm really proud of this one, actually. I think if I was still signifigantly involved in RPGs, I'd dig on this product.

It was a lot of work but, hell man, spending fifty thousand words reporting back from the front line of years of occult research and relating back to H.P Lovecraft's bizarre and cruel world? That ain't exactly unfun. If you want to know how Nagual, Pow Wow, Yog Sothoth, the 93 and Chaos Current and the incredible Alexis-Vincent-Charles Berbiguier de Terre-Neuve du Thym all work together, and how you can play and use these ideas, you'll dig it.

I'm particularly proud of the chapter dealing with various ways to look at Mythos Magic - as superscience, dark powers, what have you.

Edit: Thanks to Michelle.



Tonia Walden cover! Sweeet.

http://www.yog-sothoth.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=390

Anyway. That's the best news I've had in a while.

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[info]starr_kitty
2007-08-02 05:37 am UTC (link)
Lookee!

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[info]the_christian
2007-08-02 05:48 am UTC (link)
good catch. Thanks, darlin'

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[info]starr_kitty
2007-08-02 05:52 am UTC (link)
God bless the innarnet :)

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[info]dr_nic
2007-08-02 05:48 am UTC (link)
That's well cool. And solid timing on some good news.

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[info]hawk_eye
2007-08-02 06:08 am UTC (link)
That is an awesome bit of work. Nicely done.

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[info]the_christian
2007-08-02 07:14 am UTC (link)
Thankee sai

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[info]ashamel
2007-08-02 06:08 am UTC (link)
Fabulous.

Any idea if it will will be available through people like MilSims?

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[info]the_christian
2007-08-02 06:19 am UTC (link)
No idea but when I get contributor copies I'll do the humiliating trudge into stores saying 'Do you want to buy this?' and let you know how I'm going.

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[info]ashamel
2007-08-02 06:25 am UTC (link)
I've sent MilSims an email to express my interest.

(I am amused by the note of uncertainty on the official site. "Here is, hopefully, a useful breakdown of what magic is...")

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[info]the_christian
2007-08-02 07:13 am UTC (link)
Thankee. And... umn... i know... umn...

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[info]stealthflower
2007-08-02 06:12 am UTC (link)
Hey, did you get a chance to grab my negs?

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[info]the_christian
2007-08-02 06:18 am UTC (link)
You're asking me that, here...?

Yes I did. I'll bring them over tomorrow.

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[info]stealthflower
2007-08-02 06:25 am UTC (link)
You reminded me, and I'm editing atm - I get a bit single-minded, sorry. And congrats!

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[info]random_llama
2007-08-02 06:22 am UTC (link)
You have a published reference text on mythos magic.....this means you're officially the coolest person I know.
Sexy cover too!

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[info]the_christian
2007-08-02 07:13 am UTC (link)
Yeah. Nothing says cool like "A warning: many assume that Nodens title, Lord of the Great Abyss is actually that of Da’at, or Daath, a complex cabbalistic notion meaning ‘Reason’. This would indicate that Nodens is in fact devoted to snaring more than monsters. However, modern magicians, noting that Daath sits upon a Great Abyss, a rift on the Tree of Life, believe Nodens may be more sinister than noted. Daath is guarded by the great demon Choronzon, who destroys the ego of those magicians unready for enlightenment. It may be that Nodens is only a face of some great evil, joyfully presenting an easy mask to dissuade magicians from drawing on the full power of the Dweller in the Abyss."

Ladies, can you resist the Christian now?

But thanks kindly.

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[info]random_llama
2007-08-02 08:12 am UTC (link)
I'm a nerd.
Anyone who writes a reference text = hell cool in my eyes.
If I ever meet any of the men who wrote my physics text books I will squeal like a fangirl and mob them for an autograph.

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[info]morganjaffit
2007-08-02 09:55 am UTC (link)
I take issue with your Hebrew translation, sir.

However, top stuff. I have no idea who these Alexis-Vincent-Charles Berbiguier de Terre-Neuve du Thym sorts are, but plan to find out.

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[info]the_christian
2007-08-02 01:41 pm UTC (link)
No mine - Crowley's.


He's fucking rad. Frenchie mate of mine tipped me off.

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[info]morganjaffit
2007-08-02 02:37 pm UTC (link)
Pish-tosh, if I've heard that "It wasn't me guv, it was Crowley," excuse once, I've heard it a million times.

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[info]the_frase
2007-08-02 07:27 am UTC (link)
Nice one!

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[info]teacher_dave
2007-08-02 07:39 am UTC (link)
Well done...

Tentacle claps, son. Tentacle claps.

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[info]patchworkkid
2007-08-02 07:55 am UTC (link)
I dont play Cthulhu anymore, not since the Eighties probably, but I reckon I'll grab this.

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[info]lokicarbis
2007-08-02 09:19 am UTC (link)
I can't figure out whether this fits perfectly or clashes horribly with your current life plans. Or possibly both at once.

Regardless, my hat's off to you, and I'll definitely be getting a copy come payday :)

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[info]paracelsus
2007-08-02 09:26 am UTC (link)
I was just complaining to a friend recently that not enough people write monographs anymore, as it is a hardcore genre that should be revived. Congrats, dude!

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[info]toniaw
2007-08-02 01:44 pm UTC (link)
Excellent news - you should post a link to the Chaosium site too where people can buy the book
Mythos Magic

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[info]douglasbot
2007-08-02 03:23 pm UTC (link)
Excellent! Congrats!
Is this the one that i did an illustration for? Do you know if it is contained within?
Also don't you game every weekend?

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[info]the_christian
2007-08-02 10:41 pm UTC (link)
Once a month. But I meant more in the nature of writing for cons, freeform groups, like that.

And yes it is.

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[info]douglasbot
2007-08-04 03:58 pm UTC (link)
Cool! Credited? Who else made the cut, gamer? (You know...for interests sake and resumes etc. There were quite a few yes?)

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[info]the_christian
2007-08-04 04:23 pm UTC (link)
When I know, you'll know as I'm a shower everyone with lurve.

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[info]the_christian
2007-08-02 10:41 pm UTC (link)
Thanks to you all, gentle folk. Thank you all.

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