Showing my work (I have intentionally not listed several things as I am holding those cards for the time being). The Hill Cantons cosmology inspiration mix Jack Vance novels (absurdist satire of religious mores) Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword and Three Hearts, Bachman's Dragon article (the Weird and its cosmic juxtaposition to human civilization, the waxing/waning of gods being tied to the amount of human worship and the reduction of “Faerie”) Leiber's Lankhmar stories (more satire, petty gods and apotheosis) Early Renaissance Catholicism, Mediterranean hero-cults, Hellenistic and Roman sun-cults, Theosophy, Jewish neoplatinism and mystical traditions, Piper's Lord Kalvan, Early Christian theological disputes (Sun Lord) Hussites, Mormon feminism, William Blake's poetic mythology around the Triple Goddess (Celestial Lady) Slavic pagan mythology (Pahr Old Gods and a number of godlings) Hindu and Native American creation myths (World Turtle) M.A.R Barker's Creat...
Absolutely, Mike, and I suspect the sentiment is shared between all of us. Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, gang. It's been a great pleasure gaming and talking with all of you, and I'm honored to have you all as my friends.
ReplyDeleteIndeed! Perhaps it's because you don't have to smell me, but I really do feel quite close to you all.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year. Most of my regrets from 2012 involve not being able to spend more time with you guys. Hopefully, I'll be able to get a better job soon, with a schedule more conducive to killing things and taking their stuff.
ReplyDeleteHappy Annual Circuit Around the Sun and it's funny that for a group of folks I've never met in person I do consider you all friends.
ReplyDeleteNow can I resume trying to kill you all one by one?
ReplyDeletesentiments wholheartedly shared Mike Davison
ReplyDeleteChris Kutalik aw don't be bashful, you're totally up for wholesale slaughter also
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