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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Apr 17, 2018 23:49:00 GMT -5
One of my favorite novels is Rogue Roman by Lance Horner. It is set during the reign of Emperor Nero and centers around a band of slaves who rise to become rebels. If you liked the Sparticus cable tv series you might like this book. It is definitely one of my primary inspiration for my Sword & Sorcery tinged campaigns, a long with Karl Edward Wagner's Kane stories, R.E. Howard's various tales and Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser tales. When I envision decadent city states or empires I always come back to Rogue Roman.
Has anyone else read it? If you haven't but desire to, be forewarned there is ample violence & sex in it. I've always have had a thing for Roman culture and films or other media set in the Roman Empire. Though I haven't read the novel in years I have read it a few times & enjoyed it each time I read it. I like how it details the lives of slaves as also shown in Sparticus, Rome & the Gladiator film. Rogue Roman paints a vibrant picture that helps plant seeds for my imagination to use in my setting creation. I plan to give it another read once I can get through my other reading material first.
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Post by Admin Pete on Apr 18, 2018 8:10:48 GMT -5
I haven't read it, thanks for letting us know about it. Just when you think you are well read, a lot more books are brought to your attention.
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Post by Hexenritter Verlag on Apr 18, 2018 21:11:21 GMT -5
I haven't read it, thanks for letting us know about it. Just when you think you are well read, a lot more books are brought to your attention. It was published in 1965, I bought it because of the Frank Frazetta cover & the topic matter. I ended up scoring a hit, as it was a gem I really enjoyed reading. I plan on checking out some of Lance Horner's other works as well. Here is a blog post discussing it.
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Post by randyb on Apr 19, 2018 8:50:34 GMT -5
I haven't read it, thanks for letting us know about it. Just when you think you are well read, a lot more books are brought to your attention. The hard part is understanding the difference between "well-read" and "ubiquitously-read". Unfortunately, there's just not enough time to achieve the latter.
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Post by Admin Pete on Apr 19, 2018 9:37:44 GMT -5
I haven't read it, thanks for letting us know about it. Just when you think you are well read, a lot more books are brought to your attention. The hard part is understanding the difference between "well-read" and "ubiquitously-read". Unfortunately, there's just not enough time to achieve the latter. That is one of the many sad things in life regarding more than just books.
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Post by randyb on Apr 19, 2018 17:58:16 GMT -5
The hard part is understanding the difference between "well-read" and "ubiquitously-read". Unfortunately, there's just not enough time to achieve the latter. That is one of the many sad things in life regarding more than just books. We live in a time where there is a superabundance of good things. The hardest exercise of self-discipline is to say "no" to a good thing because it would be one thing too many.
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Post by Admin Pete on Apr 19, 2018 18:58:46 GMT -5
That is one of the many sad things in life regarding more than just books. We live in a time where there is a superabundance of good things. The hardest exercise of self-discipline is to say "no" to a good thing because it would be one thing too many. The things I have to say "no" to is a very long list and that is not even counting the things that I cannot afford.
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