Literary Inspiration in Designing TFT:ITL Underworld Adventures

~~Jim Kane~~ · 03-20-2018, 01:03 AM

Literary Inspiration in Designing TFT:ITL Underworld Adventures

Here is a short list of authors and their works which has served me so very well in writing TFT:ITL Underground Adventures - whilst "borrowing inspiration" on a wholesale level - and, have served me as "co-collaborators" to keep myself as writer/designer motivated, and my group entertained and engaged throughout the decades.

Keep in mind, sometimes the only thing required to turn another author's vision of the Underworld and the societies which dwelleth therein, into something new and fresh in YOUR OWN TFT Underworld Adventures, is a creative re-dress of the set, setting, and costuming of the characters.

After all, what is West-Side Story, but a modern re-telling of Romeo and Juliet?

What is 1966's STAR TREK: The Doomsday Machine, by Norman Spinrad, other than a re-dress of 1851's Moby Dick by Herman Melville? After all, isn't Commodore Decker of the U.S.S Constellation, just a redress of Captain Ahab of the Pequod, and presented in a new set, setting, and costume; and the robot Planet-Killer, just a redress of the infamous giant whale?

Without further adieu - doing my best impression of 1960s TV Host, Jim Lang - "And heeeerrrreeee they are..."

1. Holberg, Ludwig, Niels Klim's Underground Travels (1741).

2. Verne, Jules, Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864).

3. Wells, H.G., The Time Machine (1895).

3. Burroughs, Edgar Rice, At the Earth's Core (1914).

4. Lovecraft, H.P., The Mound (1940; Posthumous pub).

5. Coblentz, Stanton A., In Caverns Below (1957).

I hope by the soft crackle and flickering glow of your torch-light, you might also discover within these same dark, mysterious, and phantasmagorical environs of the Underworld, a previously untapped wealth of hidden caverns; containing strange pools of cool inspiration for you to creatively drink from - amongst the weird-and-wonderful stalagmites, stalactites, giant fungi, and staircase flow-stones - in writing/designing your own TFT Underworld Adventures.

And yes... I know... for once I am not talking about algebra, statistical analyisis, or, Robert E. Howard's Conan - amazing, isn't it?

JK

03-20-2018, 01:03 AM	#1
~~Jim Kane~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2018	Literary Inspiration in Designing TFT:ITL Underworld Adventures Literary Inspiration in Designing TFT:ITL Underworld Adventures Here is a short list of authors and their works which has served me so very well in writing TFT:ITL Underground Adventures - whilst "borrowing inspiration" on a wholesale level - and, have served me as "co-collaborators" to keep myself as writer/designer motivated, and my group entertained and engaged throughout the decades. Keep in mind, sometimes the only thing required to turn another author's vision of the Underworld and the societies which dwelleth therein, into something new and fresh in YOUR OWN TFT Underworld Adventures, is a creative re-dress of the set, setting, and costuming of the characters. After all, what is West-Side Story, but a modern re-telling of Romeo and Juliet? What is 1966's STAR TREK: The Doomsday Machine, by Norman Spinrad, other than a re-dress of 1851's Moby Dick by Herman Melville? After all, isn't Commodore Decker of the U.S.S Constellation, just a redress of Captain Ahab of the Pequod, and presented in a new set, setting, and costume; and the robot Planet-Killer, just a redress of the infamous giant whale? Without further adieu - doing my best impression of 1960s TV Host, Jim Lang - "And heeeerrrreeee they are..." 1. Holberg, Ludwig, Niels Klim's Underground Travels (1741). 2. Verne, Jules, Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864). 3. Wells, H.G., The Time Machine (1895). 3. Burroughs, Edgar Rice, At the Earth's Core (1914). 4. Lovecraft, H.P., The Mound (1940; Posthumous pub). 5. Coblentz, Stanton A., In Caverns Below (1957). I hope by the soft crackle and flickering glow of your torch-light, you might also discover within these same dark, mysterious, and phantasmagorical environs of the Underworld, a previously untapped wealth of hidden caverns; containing strange pools of cool inspiration for you to creatively drink from - amongst the weird-and-wonderful stalagmites, stalactites, giant fungi, and staircase flow-stones - in writing/designing your own TFT Underworld Adventures. And yes... I know... for once I am not talking about algebra, statistical analyisis, or, Robert E. Howard's Conan - amazing, isn't it? JK Last edited by Jim Kane; 03-20-2018 at 12:16 PM.