[UA] Cuddly Clive

[Liam Astley]

From: John Tynes <john at tynes.com>

> A couple years ago, Pagan Publishing pitched Barker on an IMAJICA
> roleplaying game. He turned it down owing to the gaming rights being tied
> up with the CCG project, and we've been busy since then on other things.

shame. that would have been deeply cool. as would a weaveworld game (though
i could see it being a bit shortlived; "okay, you've all made your seer
characters, we can start the game. archangel uriel turns up and eats you.
the end")

> I don't know what he'd make of UA. He has moved fairly aggressively into
> something resembling mainstream fiction over the last few years, and his
> publisher seems to be engaged in a kind of reputation rehabilitation
> project to move Barker from the horror ghetto and into modern fables or
> magical realism or what have you.

i doubt that means he's gone off weirdness, though. he did a series on
horror films on the tv recently


liam


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