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| Demonwise |
Posted - 01 Feb 2004 : 00:17:14
I have just read it. As quick as humanly possible I sent my eyes down over the pages, abosorbing every word and noting every action. With open mouth, and eyes wide open in expectation, I sensed every single feeling the character's felt.
Never have I enjoyed a book so much.
I must applause Thomas M. Reid, for that writing style of his, that I can so vividly connect with me.
Good thing I get my allowance the first; now I just need to know which books to buy. What novels have Thomas M. Reid written? And which are the best, in case he has written many.
Thanks for a splendid read.
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| Josh Davids |
Posted - 06 Feb 2004 : 00:28:39
Yeah that is the one thing that struck me about the 2002 GenCon. For the first two days I didn’t go up to the second level into the display room visited mostly the talks they had on the first floor and the art booths as well as just spend time with friends and taking it in. it was still amazing to me the amount of people and things to do. Then I finally weave my way through the crushing crowd, the stampedes of gamers and wow, from WoTC castle to well everything, just wow. I had to take a break from it because I came down with west nile while there, had around 103 fever for the better part of two days so most of it is a blur right now. But god I had fun and dragged my half dead self out of bed to see Ed Greenwood at spin a yarn. I have never laughed harder or longer in my life, it was worth the half a mile walk, stairs and the blergh feeling. Heck I felt a lot better afterwards in fact. I still can't believe he liked Jitters the blink weasel.
The one thing that I just found amazing was the guys who died everything yellow, I think worshippers of Pelor, hair, clothing skin, everything yellow. At first though it was a side effect of the brain surgery that my mind was making their skin color yellow, then thought maybe fever induced then realized someone actually died their skin yellow. I like games, a lot in fact but not enough to die my skin yellow.
Though I got to say going to GenCon was one of the reasons why I recovered so fast from my surgery, I had the final part to remove the tumor on June 4th 2002, out of the hospital after three days and to GenCon not too long afterwards. I was not missing my first and probably only GenCon for the life of me. I didn’t care how icky I was feeling from blood loss etc I was going no matter what. All of it was worth it though, never had more fun in my life. That first day, despite being up for three days straight, anemia, and feeling sick I could not stop smiling and going wow look at that, holy crap look at that! Oh my god Greenwood is going to be here I am not missing that! Salvatore, yes woohoo, god I did think that I died and gone to heaven for a moment. Then met Cunningham, Reynolds who liked the runes I came up with, it was all worth it, can I say that enough?*chuckles a bit* I just wish it was longer I missed part of it because I came down sick, maybe a week thing?*hopeful look*
Maybe this year I might be able to afford another trip there, that is a big maybe though, if not hopefully next year probably be my final year for a while plan on going into the Marines and making a career of it for some time. Then my writing career after 20 odd years in the Marines.
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| Thomas M. Reid |
Posted - 05 Feb 2004 : 14:35:22
quote:
Originally posted by Josh Davids
I wonder do you still remember a lot about your first trip to GenCon Mr.Reid?
I do. That was the first year TSR had a large castle built to house the company booth, and it was just so dominating throughout the entire exhibit hall. (These days, all the major booths have something, but that was a new concept then; there was no doubt that GEN CON was TSR's show.)
I also spent my work hours doing AD&D demos for the (then) newly released Al-Qadim setting with none other than Jeff Grubb, who is a master ad-lib storyteller. We procured a gong from the local high school, and every time we were close to beginning a new demo, we'd sound the gong and get a rush of people. Then he and I would just start spouting stories of genies, the dangers of the desert, and ancient legends, almost making it up as we went along. Every fan who tried the setting loved it.
I'd never seen anything like GEN CON in my life; I couldn't stop smiling the entire first day.
Thomas |
| Shadowlord |
Posted - 05 Feb 2004 : 02:02:22
No problem at all. Should you have more questions, check my profile for the link to my "etheral-mail". |
| ByMasksMask |
Posted - 05 Feb 2004 : 01:53:52
yes thank you very much. |
| Shadowlord |
Posted - 05 Feb 2004 : 01:48:27
Ah, yes. As I have mentioned "numerous" times before, I know all about drow (yup, pretty much everything). The weapons master is Andzrel Baenre, a minor cousin of Triel's.
I hope this is what you were looking for, ByMasksMask. |
| ByMasksMask |
Posted - 05 Feb 2004 : 01:27:46
hey could anyone help me out with the name of the weapons master of house baenre in insurrection and extinction? |
| Josh Davids |
Posted - 04 Feb 2004 : 21:48:11
You know I am going to have to track down that issue number 187 from either ebay or some other place and read it about the first experience of GenCon, mine was 2002 and to say it was memorable is an understatement. From one of my friends cyber stalker showing up there to try and get her to getting west nile, to having 3 hours of sleep in three days, god I had fun. Still can’t forget meeting all the authors there from the FR, specially Greenwood that made it all worth while. I wonder do you still remember a lot about your first trip to GenCon Mr.Reid? |
| Thomas M. Reid |
Posted - 02 Feb 2004 : 14:18:32
quote:
Originally posted by Demonwise
What dragon magazines have you written in?
Oh, boy, now I actually have to think! 
Let's see . . .
Issue #187 (Nov. '92), The Game Wizards--"Through The Eyes of a First-Timer" (about my very first GEN CON)
Issue #193 (May '93), The Game Wizards--"Oh, No! It's the 1993 TSR Collecter Cards!" (self-explanatory)
Issue #201 (Jan. '94)--"The Evolution of a Castle" (describes how a castle grows and changes over the centuries)
Issue #206 (June '94)--"Dragons: More Than Just Couch Potatoes" (ways to make a dragon a more dynamic and fearsome master villain)
Issue #212 (Dec. '94)--"Reruns: Adventures That Improve With Age" (how to use your favorite adventures more than once in new and interesting ways)
Hard to believe it's been a decade since I wrote anything for the magazine, but there you go.
Thomas |
| Demonwise |
Posted - 01 Feb 2004 : 12:09:05
:). Will do! Thanks for posting here, in person and so :).
What dragon magazines have you written in? |
| Thomas M. Reid |
Posted - 01 Feb 2004 : 04:27:29
Hey, Demonwise,
Glad you enjoyed Insurrection; it's always great to know that my writing had such a positive effect on you. As Shadowlord stated, the only other FR book I have out currently is The Sapphire Crescent, which is the first novel in The Scions of Arrabar trilogy.
If you are interested, you can check out my full bibliography at my website, accessible via the link below.
Thomas |
| Shadowlord |
Posted - 01 Feb 2004 : 01:21:11
Well, he has written the Sapphire Crescent and will continue to write the rest of that trilogy. Thomas has written a handful of Dragon Magazine articles and a pair of short stories that appear in Forgotten Realms anthologies. That's basically it for FR only.
Hope this helped. |
| Demonwise |
Posted - 01 Feb 2004 : 01:11:17
Just Forgotten Realms. :) |
| Shadowlord |
Posted - 01 Feb 2004 : 00:19:01
Do you mean what novels has he written for FR or do you mean the total of books period? |
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