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 (14 Aug 2017 00:20 UTC)
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Re: [TML] The Loren Wiseman Editorial Collection, Plus... Greg Nokes 14 Aug 2017 00:20 UTC
Backed. And I’ll get a copy of the one thing I got published in the Traveller universe as well.... 😂 Sent from my iPad > On Aug 13, 2017, at 5:10 PM, Jeff Zeitlin <xxxxxx@freelancetraveller.com> wrote: > > 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) > ----- > The Traveller Mailing List > Archives at http://archives.simplelists.com/tml > Report problems to xxxxxx@simplelists.com > To unsubscribe from this list please go to > http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=g8EYmpjfNu22Uwq2slNgbtlSYHMIUXYZ