Silence
2008-06-07, 10:25 AM
I just finished reading one of Neil Gaiman's books, Neverwhere, and it came to me that that would make a fantastic campaign setting.
For those of you who don't know about the book, I'll start with the author.
He's written many fanstasic books, such as Colraline, American Gods, and Anancy Boys. Two of his books, Mirrormask and Stardust have been made into movies.
He's a very unique and incredibly interesting author that mixes wit, satire, fantasy, adventure, and a little bit of a very un-cliche' love story.
I loved the way USA today described Neverwhere:
"Delightful... Inventively horrific... draws equally from George Lucas, [i]Monty Python, Docter Who, and John Milton... The chimerical stuff of nightmare and daydream.
If you haven't had a chance to read any of his books, I strongly reccomend picking one up. He is, without a glimpse of a shadow of a doubt, one of my favorite authors of all time.
Down to the book.
The book has Richard Mayhew living in London, when one night, he finds a woman, injured, laying on the street. She turns out to be a VIP in London Below, a land a "shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels" (and sometimes murdering angels and saint monsters, and almost always shadowy darkness). This leads into a big adventure in London Below.
If you haven't read any of his works, I say again, please do. My personal favorite was Anancy Boys (I know I spelled it wrong).
OK, so down to buisness.
So, what do you guys think about Neverwhere as a campaign setting? Any questions, comments?
For those of you who don't know about the book, I'll start with the author.
He's written many fanstasic books, such as Colraline, American Gods, and Anancy Boys. Two of his books, Mirrormask and Stardust have been made into movies.
He's a very unique and incredibly interesting author that mixes wit, satire, fantasy, adventure, and a little bit of a very un-cliche' love story.
I loved the way USA today described Neverwhere:
"Delightful... Inventively horrific... draws equally from George Lucas, [i]Monty Python, Docter Who, and John Milton... The chimerical stuff of nightmare and daydream.
If you haven't had a chance to read any of his books, I strongly reccomend picking one up. He is, without a glimpse of a shadow of a doubt, one of my favorite authors of all time.
Down to the book.
The book has Richard Mayhew living in London, when one night, he finds a woman, injured, laying on the street. She turns out to be a VIP in London Below, a land a "shadows and darkness, monsters and saints, murderers and angels" (and sometimes murdering angels and saint monsters, and almost always shadowy darkness). This leads into a big adventure in London Below.
If you haven't read any of his works, I say again, please do. My personal favorite was Anancy Boys (I know I spelled it wrong).
OK, so down to buisness.
So, what do you guys think about Neverwhere as a campaign setting? Any questions, comments?