[UA] (OT) Quotes

[Royal Minister of Stuff]

--- Gaston Phillips <gaston at math.sunysb.edu> wrote:
> 
> > What I DISLIKE is self-quotation, or making up a
> quote
> > from an imaginary source and then using it to
> preface
> > a chapter relating to the same imaginary world
> where
> > the source exists.  I'm sure there's a simpler way
> to
> > say that, but I think Stolze and Tynes saved
> > themselves by putting RL quotes next to their
> invented
> > ones.  But only just barely.
> > 
> 
> Huh.  I'd advise you to avoid Borges, then, since
> his writing style would
> probably drive you up a wall.
> 
> Which is really too bad, since he's not only one of
> my favorite authors, but
> also one of the authors whose work I most want to
> incorporate into the OU.

Well, I don't read Spanish that well and I only have a
few of his books translated into English.  The ones I
have don't seem to use that many... oh, wait, there's
one.  There's another.

I still like the books, though.  Borges, I feel I can
safely say, is UA-able all by himself. I used to use
passages from his Book of Imaginary Beings to make
people think about what meeting monsters MEANT in D&D.
 That was probably some kind of blasphemy.

I also was hit upon by the fact that he choose to
describe Cancer and Hydra as "friends."  It gave me a
whole new perspective on Macho-Ass Heroes.  (Well,
okay, it just reinforced my distaste for machismo and
my romanticized view of "the little guy.")

=====
-- Rp Bowman, Royal Minister of Stuff
The Electronic Nation of Yokeltania:
http://www.geocities.com/yokeltania/

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