| This is one of my
favorite of the Pandora's Treasures books. It was written a a magical
time in my life when D&D were "The Wizards of the North"
and Roy Lippman was CEO of The Armory in Baltimore. Lou Zocchi and
Gamescience in Biloxi encouraged me a lot.
Linda Tiernan Kepner's story, "Sri Karnuth, Bookseller" is brilliant. She adeptly captured my vision of The Little Shop Of Poisons and Potions" Brad Teare did the illos and Dallas Nillsen, an incredible game fan from Utah provided the love and inspiration to complete tha manuscript. My good friend Graham Heywood has passed away now. He and Peter Farnum did the physical printing and Linda's husband Terry, my friend in Science Fiction Fandom lent encouragement despite being very busy himself. There were only 2500 of these printed, of which in first edition, only 1500 or so were sold. If you have a copy of this book autographed by me, you have 1 in less than 500, making the book a rarity. Someday, I will return to this kind of publishing, an activity I greatly enjoyed in the days of my youth.
Bob Liddil |