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Bili The Axe
''Bili the Axe'' is a 1983 novel written by Robert Adams. Plot summary ''Bili the Axe'' is a novel in which post-catastrophe North America is dominated by feudal states east of the Mississippi River, in which the nomadic barbarian Horseclans contend with the surviving scientists known as the Witches who aim to rebuild the United States under their control. Reception John T. Sapienza, Jr. reviewed ''Bili the Axe'' for ''Different Worlds ''Different Worlds'' was an American role-playing games magazine published from 1979 to 1987. Scope ''Different Worlds'' published support articles, scenarios, and variants for various role-playing games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Rune ...'' magazine and stated that "I find the horseclans books exciting adventure stories, but I sometimes wonder whether it is proper to call them novels. Adams handles characterization and pacing well, but he never seems to get around to finishing the story at the end of the book. ''Bili The Axe'' is reall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Adams (science Fiction Writer)
Franklin Robert Adams (August 31, 1933 – January 4, 1990), who published as Robert Adams, was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is known best for his '' Horseclans'' books. Writings Robert Adams is known primarily for his post-apocalyptic fiction. His first book, ''Coming of the Horseclans'', published in 1975, was the first of his post-apocalyptic works, and began his ''Horseclans'' series. The series is notable for having a detailed world and labyrinthine timeline (many of his ''Horseclans'' books are so cross-referenced that they make sense only when read in sequential order). The ''Horseclans'' series became his best-known works. While he never completed the series, he wrote 18 novels in the ''Horseclans'' series before his death. From 1979 to 1989, Adams published several books as part of the series ''Castaways in Time''. They used some elements of the "Horseclans" novels (phonetic accents and themes of civilization versus barbarism). While not as popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Different Worlds
''Different Worlds'' was an American role-playing games magazine published from 1979 to 1987. Scope ''Different Worlds'' published support articles, scenarios, and variants for various role-playing games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''RuneQuest'', '' Traveller'', '' Call of Cthulhu'', '' Journey to the Center of the Circle'', and others; play techniques and strategies for players and gamemasters of role-playing games; reviews of games and miniatures; and reviews of current books and movies of interest to role-playing gamers. Notably, ''Different Worlds'' also featured early works by artists Steve Oliff, Bill Willingham, and Steve Purcell; ″Sword of Hollywood″, a regular film review column by Larry DiTillio from issue seven onward; the irregular autobiographical/interview feature ″My Life and Roleplaying″; and the industry scuttlebutt column ″A Letter from Gigi″ by the pseudonymous Gigi D'Arn. Different Worlds also published books, including: * Tékumel Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |