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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
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Posted - 16 Sep 2013 :  00:35:54  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Thank you, Renin. Very glad you're enjoying them.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 21 Sep 2013 :  13:06:22  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Today (Sat., 9/21) is my birthday, but you get the gift. THE IMPOSTOR #2: THE BLOOD MACHINE is free today only. http://www.amazon.com/The-Impostor-Blood-Machine-ebook/dp/B00EODEPBY/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1379696157&sr=1-1&keywords=the+impostor+2+the+blood+machine
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Dennis
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Posted - 21 Sep 2013 :  20:39:17  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

Happy birthday, Richard!
Every beginning has an end.
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xaeyruudh
Master of Realmslore

USA
1853 Posts
Posted - 22 Sep 2013 :  03:49:10  Show Profile  Visit xaeyruudh's Homepage Send xaeyruudh a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Happy birthday!
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 22 Sep 2013 :  04:10:47  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Thanks, guys!
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore

India
1591 Posts
Posted - 22 Sep 2013 :  13:16:41  Show Profile Send Thauranil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Happy birthday Richard!
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 22 Sep 2013 :  14:44:47  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Thank you, Thauranil!
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 24 Sep 2013 :  14:08:30  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
My new Airlock Alpha column discusses what partts of the Marvel Universe we might see as "Agents of SHIELD' unfolds: http://airlockalpha.com/node/9814/astrojive-a-shield-against-what-exactly.html
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 01 Oct 2013 :  16:51:43  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I paid a return visit to the PULPED! podcast with host and New Pulp guru Tommy Hancock#65279; and guest co-host Morgan Minor. You can check it out here:

http://pulped.libsyn.com/pulped-the-official-new-pulp-podcast-richard-lee-byers-gets-pulped
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 02 Oct 2013 :  06:06:06  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
The Accursed RPG is a new dark fantasy game being financed through Kickstarter A new novella by me is one of the Stretch Goals. I'd really like to write that story, so I hope you'll check out the campaign:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1231173913/accursed-rpg?ref=search
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore

India
1591 Posts
Posted - 02 Oct 2013 :  12:02:48  Show Profile Send Thauranil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I have not seen the Agents of shield show yet but will definitely catch it once it comes to India.
However I think that if they just fight crimes bosses and terrorists then it might get a bit dull down the line. So here's hoping that Hydra and C list villains like Stilt man make an appearance. Though didn't the Punisher blow him up with an RPG? Might make for a good episode
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 02 Oct 2013 :  13:56:50  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Since the Marvel Cinematic Universe has its own continuity, Stilt Man need not be dead in that reality. Mind you, I'm not saying that's a good thing.
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore

India
1591 Posts
Posted - 03 Oct 2013 :  13:52:26  Show Profile Send Thauranil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Good point. After all the most memorable thing about that guy was his death. Still I suppose there are other somewhat less ridiculous supervillians that could make an appearance.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 04 Oct 2013 :  14:12:50  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
As long as the Hypno Hustler shows up, I'll be happy.
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Thauranil
Master of Realmslore

India
1591 Posts
Posted - 04 Oct 2013 :  15:05:55  Show Profile Send Thauranil a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Ahh thats not a villain I am familiar. But he sounds interesting based on what little info I could find on the Internet. Spiderman does seem to have more than his fair share of ridiculous supervillians. Not that that is a bad thing.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 05 Oct 2013 :  14:00:39  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Spider-Man, I think, actually has the best rogues gallery of any superhero. But he's been around so long and starred in so many comics that he's inevitably run up against some loser villains as well. An embarrassing product of the disco era who basically did the Ringmaster's hypnotism shtick, the Hypno Hustler was one of the latter.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 16 Oct 2013 :  14:46:15  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Game designer Ross Watson interviewed me. You can find that here:

http://rosswatson.blogspot.com
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Entromancer
Senior Scribe

USA
388 Posts
Posted - 20 Oct 2013 :  13:58:13  Show Profile Send Entromancer a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Richard, do you recall the state of the science fiction community at the time that the New Wave stories were first published (their general response to the New Wave)? I only discovered the Cornelius novels last year, and wasn't around when they were first published.

I see you used to play Magic; what kind of deck did you use?
"...the will is everything. The will to act."--Ra's Al Ghul

"Suffering builds character."--Talia Al Ghul
Edited by - Entromancer on 20 Oct 2013 14:02:28
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 21 Oct 2013 :  14:07:02  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
There were people who were excited by the New Wave and people who thought it had no merit and that at least some of the books weren't really science fiction at all. In the US at least, this divided correlated to a degree with political differences. The way I dimly remember it, people who were against the Vietnam War tended to dig the New Wave and vice versa.

Obviously, with the above, I'm laying out the situation in terms of the extreme positions and oversimplifying, but still, that kind of gives you a feel for what was going on in the field.

When I played Magic, I tended to play either a black deck or a black and one other color deck. The other color varied, although it was rarely blue. I went with red, white, or green far more often.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 22 Oct 2013 :  00:51:27  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
A little news about me. And Ed Greenwood, for that matter.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?1324-Greenwood-and-Byers-join-Fall-of-Man-RPG
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 22 Oct 2013 :  13:16:33  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
"How to Win a Costume Contest" is my new column on Airlock Alpha:

http://airlockalpha.com/node/9829/how-to-win-a-costume-contest.html
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 23 Oct 2013 :  18:24:43  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
My early horror novel THE VAMPIRE'S APPRENTICE is currently on sale for a paltry $3,99. Check it out here:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-text&field-keywords=The+Vampire%27s+Apprentice
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 30 Oct 2013 :  12:39:00  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I was a guest on the "THAC0's Hammer" podcast (Splatbook 75 - The Eyes Have It.) Check it out here:

http://thacoshammer.info
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 01 Nov 2013 :  17:05:55  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Dave Gross interviewed me. You can read that here:

http://frabjousdave.com/creative-colleagues-richard-lee-byers/
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Dennis
Great Reader

9933 Posts
Posted - 01 Nov 2013 :  17:30:54  Show Profile Send Dennis a Private Message  Reply with Quote

Nice one, Richard. I didn't know you love the Moonsea are the most.
Every beginning has an end.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 01 Nov 2013 :  19:42:35  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Thanks, Dennis. I don't know that I love the Moonsea more than certain other Realms locations, but it is a very interesting region.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 04 Nov 2013 :  13:14:07  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I wrote about the ENDER'S GAME boycott in my new column for Airlock Alpha:

http://airlockalpha.com/node/9834/orson-scott-card-and-the-equality-struggle.html
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 12 Nov 2013 :  22:51:25  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I will be a guest at SwampCon rising at the University of Florida in Gainesville on January 18 and 19, 2014. You can find info on SwampCon Rising here:

http://swampcon.com
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 30 Nov 2013 :  03:57:00  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I was a guest on the Earth Station One podcast. Check it out here:

http://erthstationone.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/earth-station-one-episode-190/
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts
Posted - 02 Dec 2013 :  05:45:54  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I'm proud to announce the release of my eBook collection THE PLAGUE KNIGHT AND OTHER STORIES.

This is a collection of some of the best heroic fantasy stories I've written set outside the Forgotten Realms. Some relate the adventures of Martin Rivers, a young English knight seeking his fortune in an alternate world version of 14th Century Europe. Others concern Selden, a fencing master and occasional sword for hire in Balathex, City of Fountains, otherwise known as the Whispering City, a metropolis infamous for feuds, duels, and dark magic. Plus, there are a couple tales that belong to neither series.

If you enjoy my work in the Forgotten Realms, I'm pretty sure you'll like these stories as well.

For a limited time, the collection is only $3.99. If you're interested, you can check it out here:

http://www.amazon.com/The-Plague-Knight-Other-Stories-ebook/dp/B00H1EN9BU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385962765&sr=8-1&keywords=the+plague+knight+and+other+stories
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