The Loren Wiseman Editorial Collection, Plus... Jeff Zeitlin (14 Aug 2017 00:10 UTC)
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Re: [TML] The Loren Wiseman Editorial Collection, Plus...
Greg Nokes
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The Loren Wiseman Editorial Collection, Plus... Jeff Zeitlin 14 Aug 2017 00:10 UTC
Marc is starting another Kickstarter for Traveller fans... http://kck.st/2uAViRl About this project Loren Wiseman was editor of the Journal of the Traveller' Aid Society (but if you think that the JTAS covers stories of helping distressed immigrants, you are in the wrong place) from 1979 to 2015. In that time, he wrote more than 400 editorials about games, game design, science-fiction, and a lot more. The writings range from the mundane (as in product announcements) to the sublime (with insights into the game design process, or memories of his days at GDW). At an average of 500 words each, the texts come to more than 250,000 words. Alas, Loren left us in February of this year and we think his thoughts and insights are worth reviewing and preserving. We have put together three examples just for an early peek: His introductory editorial when JTAS Online started in February, 2000. (http://www.traveller5.net/2000JanEditorial.pdf) An editorial from 2002 talking about how he would have done Traveller differently. (http://www.traveller5.net/2002JanEditorial.pdf) His thoughts on his 40th anniversary as a game designer. (http://www.traveller5.net/2013FebEditorial.pdf) The manuscript runs more than 250,000 words. For technophobes and bibliophiles, the printed book is about 500 pages with a full index. The book is divided into chapters by year (2000 through 2015), with about a hundred editorials per chapter. The Table of Contents shows chapters by year and individual dated editorials within. Steve Jackson has agreed to write a Foreword, and Marc Miller will write an Afterword. And There's More: Loren edited the Journal of the Traveller's Aid Society for GDW Game Designers' Workshop from 1979 to 1988, Challenge Magazine until 1996, and then JTAS Online for Steve Jackson Games from 2000 to 2015. We have collected all of the magazines Loren edited (the GDW JTAS and GDW Challenge Magazine are scanned PDFs; the SJG JTAS is HTML with an interface) on a USB Drive (it totals just under one GB). http://kck.st/2uAViRl Also... We've mentioned before that Marc will be at TravellerCON/USA this years. We now can reveal that he will be running character generation workshopping throughout the con (you must sign up in advance - see the TravellerCON/USA website), _plus_ he will be giving a lecture (subject not yet revealed) _and_ there will be a Q&A/Sign-My-Stuff session (again, you must sign up in advance, and if you have a question you'd like to see answered in the Q&A, you must submit it at the time you register for the session; questions will be pre-screened - see the TravellerCON/USA site) TravellerCON/USA: http://www.travellercon-usa.com/ Con Registration: http://www.travellercon-usa.com/registration.html The Lectures: http://www.travellercon-usa.com/game-1---lecture.html The Workshops: http://www.travellercon-usa.com/game-20---strapovich.html ®Traveller is a registered trademark of Far Future Enterprises, 1977-2017. Use of the trademark in this notice and in the referenced materials is not intended to infringe or devalue the trademark. -- Jeff Zeitlin, Editor Freelance Traveller The Electronic Fan-Supported Traveller® Resource xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com http://www.freelancetraveller.com Freelance Traveller extends its thanks to the following enterprises for hosting services: onCloud/CyberWeb Enterprises (http://www.oncloud.io) The Traveller Downport (http://www.downport.com)