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Post by Relenoir on May 8, 2005 22:05:52 GMT
All right then you show-off! I concede the point, but then I always get those two confused because I never use those powers! Incidentally, the word YOU wanted was "typos". A word should only have an apostrophe when it's a contraction (NOT an abbreviation) or when it's indicating a possessive relationship. NS, who's believing in karma right now. Yeah, you're right! Must've brain-cramped on that one. Of course, even Joe got Animal Control and Mastery confused a few times; I can remember reading a couple GM books that prompted for Animal Control! ;D Edit: Of course, typo's could be considered a contraction for "typo(graphical error)s".
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Post by North Star on May 9, 2005 14:49:22 GMT
It could certainly. Interestingly, earlier on, "typo's" was correct, as it indicated the plural of typo, rather than the nonsense word "typos" (tie-poss). Of course, English has evolved now, and it just looks uneducated and from the "Greengrocer's Apostrophe" school. But that's enough of my whinging Back on the LW topic, did anyone else notice that in the Red Fox edition of Book 18, under the Advanced Discipline section, someone got carried away and put "Grand Kai-surge". I never noticed until this morning and Book 18 is one of my favourites! NS.
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Post by Runeheart on Jun 18, 2005 14:46:46 GMT
My experience of Lone Wolf started at 12, the school library had book 1,3 and 4 ( it was years before I saw Book 2- with only the greatest weapon known to Magnamund-), and I must of borrowed them about a dozen times each during an 18 month period ( till I got my own copies). The best thing about Lone Wolf was the progress from book to book in skills and items (which Fighting Fantasy never had) the flavor was unique (giaks particularly) and you could see things going somewhere. Sorcery was good, in that they linked, but they were also a stand alone series. Book 4 is my favorite, the chase sequence to Ruanon, and Lone Wolf's first battle,he had fought plenty of enemies before but this was a battle leading men with inspiring defence and the decisive countercharge. It's also the first time we see Lone Wolf in command of troops.
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Post by darktalon on Jun 21, 2005 0:03:29 GMT
First read FFTD back in the mists of time when my mother spotted it in Waterstone's and thought I'd like it. (And since the topic of apostrophes has come up, I double-checked that I'd typed the name of said bookshop correctly. ) A few years later they were quite popular at my school, to the point that there was a waiting list for the library's copy of the FFTD/FOTW omnibus. Back in the day I managed to get 1-14, 16, 18 and 22 before they went out of print, then got lucky and came into possession of one each of the publisher's last remaining stock of 15 and 20. 17 and 19 I got more recently, when I rediscovered the greatness that is Lone Wolf. £60 for the pair but well worth it to finally complete my run of 1-20. Played through the whole lot for the first time ever a few months back. Also have the Mongoose RPG, though my copy of Magic of Magnamund is currently MIA. Still can't say what my favourite is, because they all have their good points and I don't think any of them are especially bad.
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Post by Runeheart on Jun 22, 2005 9:31:20 GMT
Agreed 100% with darktalon 'they all have their good points and I don't think any of them are especially bad.
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Post by Manxman on Jul 18, 2005 19:15:42 GMT
my first LW book flight from the dark, bought new in woolies, dunno why i bought it really, i thought LW looked like a wild eyed weirdo on the cover. but never regreted getting into the rest of the books. dead jammy getting a signed copy of skull of agarash on ebay for £16. got a box full of yank books too, freeway warrior and the berkley versions of LW, trying to get book 12 of the legends to complete that set aswell. good on you joe, you changed my childhood for the better, i'll allways enjoy your books. and get well soon.
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Post by elost on Jul 29, 2005 3:55:02 GMT
Not expecting anyone to be really interested, but this is my story... My first experience of gamebooks was Fighting Fantasy 6 – Deathtrap Dungeon which I bought six or seven years old, believing it to be an ordinary book. Then it took me a while to understand how to read (play) it, and I was certainly fascinated. From that, I bought another book of this kind of game, seven years old in a toy shop – that was LW 2, Fire on the Water, my introduction to Lone Wolf. In the beginning I didn´t understand there could be a different rule system – in some way I tried to use the FF rules for combat when playing LW 2. I didn´t understand the meaning of the combat results table, just a weird bunch of numbers to me… eight years old I went with my father on vacation in Spain, where I met a Swedish guy who could explain the rule system to me. From that, LW was my favourite series. I got book 5 as a birthday gift from a childhood friend, and after that I collected the whole Magnakai series from 6 to 10. I was to late though to get book 1, 3 and 4 from the toy shops – it took a few years to find 3 and 4 and even more time to find Flight from the Dark. I also had to reinvest in new books now and then when I found any, since I was wearing them out all the time, taking them with me where ever I went (dropping Castle Death into the water once...) During several years, about a decade, I never found LW 11 and 12, didn´t even know the name of LW 12... and I was totally convinced that LW 12 was the last book whatsoever, I just had to find these two... around 16 years old it then happened to me, I visited a fantasy shop in Stockholm (I was told by an older friend that they might have LW books) – and I saw them all standing there, from book 1 to 20, all in perfect shape. I will never forget that moment – the earth just tumbled around me... and now I have them, from 1-28, plus Grey Star of course.
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Post by North Star on Jul 29, 2005 9:52:03 GMT
Welcome to Project Aon, Elost! I'm glad you have all the books. I have the entire US series, but my UK collection is sadly far more limited, and I'm still missing books 25-27 NS.
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Post by nigthhunter on Jul 29, 2005 15:22:17 GMT
Well it's never too late to introduce elost For me, the first time I have been in the world of Lonewolf, I was about 7 or 8 years olds. My older brother have books 7,8 and 9 and gave it to me. I have read them so many times but in this age I never think to look for the other in the series. One day in high school, my best friend tell me that he have seen book 14 and 16 in school's library. I have never believe him, because I was thinking that the series have never been over the 12. When I realize that was true, here my quest for collecting all the books have began. I have collect all the grand master series and books 2, 3, 5, 11, 12, 21 and 22 (about these two, I didn't know how rare they were at the time, according that I'm from Québec and my books are all in french edition) during my teenage years. After this period, I have been too much busy with grown-up things and I have put Lonewolf and my quest in the closet. Last years, on the Net, I have search about Lonewolf and found many interesting sites. It have give me the idea to look the publisher's site to get the remaining book that I didn't have. What a surprise to know that book 1,4,6 and 10 was still available but over 21 didn't. So I have collected all the books 1-22 just last years. Now I'm here and I'm talking to some guys that I doesn't know. I have already done all the books available here in Project Aon (except Grey Star) and can't hardly wait for the next one. Oh yeah I was forgetting, has I said below, I'm from Québec, so I'm a f****** french and excuse me for some grammar mistake I can make. On that I wish you a good day
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Post by Dusk Fox on Jul 29, 2005 15:49:02 GMT
It could certainly. Interestingly, earlier on, "typo's" was correct, as it indicated the plural of typo, rather than the nonsense word "typos" (tie-poss). I'm sorry, but I have to respectfully disagree. Using an apostrophe to pluralize a word is never (and never has been) correct English (on either side of the pond), but the word "typo" wasn't even recognized as slang for a long time (it was just technical jargon used mostly by secretaries). The word "typos" just read wrong to many people because the word "typo" itself was fairly awkward, and for most English phonetics, adding the "s" does throw off the pronunciation considerably, so the poor knowledge of structure led to the use of the word "typo's," which was and always has been incorrect in the same way people type 50's when they mean '50s (referencing the decade) or "ATM's" when they mean "ATMs." Apostrophes are for contractions and possessives.
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Post by Black Cat on Jul 30, 2005 1:55:40 GMT
Oh yeah I was forgetting, has I said below, I'm from Québec, so I'm a f****** french and excuse me for some grammar mistake I can make. That's not a problem here, as long as we understand what you are saying! BTW, I just went to check the website of Librairie Renaud-Bray: you can still order books 28 and 24 (which is, in fact, book 23 in the original English edition. Gallimard switched the order of both books when they published them in French!)
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Post by nigthhunter on Jul 30, 2005 15:44:55 GMT
Hum... It's weird than Renaud-Bray can have it in special order and not Gallimard. I'll check this out in the coming day. Thanks for the tips Black Cat.
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Post by Al on Jul 30, 2005 16:46:09 GMT
My introduction to LW was pretty sad, really. I found them near the end fo their run in Canada and started with LW #2, Fire of the Water, which I still maintain is one of the best gamebooks ever, but that could be nostalgia talking. I managed to get a couple more before the bookstores stopped carrying them, and the local library only carried the fighting fantasy series, which was simply not as good (although Deathtrap Dungeon I feel is a close second to FOTW) I only recently got back into them when I was playing around on google and found this site, which has totally rekinkled my interest in all things LW... so congrats to the good people at Progect Aon for bringing me back into the LW fold. I have not read any of the higher level books beyond what is published online here but am enjoying giong through all that has been published, really enjoyable. But to be honest, I am enjoying the forum just as much. Anyways, that is how I got involved with LW Al
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Post by North Star on Aug 2, 2005 18:56:30 GMT
Thanks Dusk Fox I too am an apostrophe nut, but in the 19th Century or so, it was considered correct to insert an apostrophe if simply adding an 's' would change its pronounciation (hence my choice of 'typos'). I'm certainly *not* saying that it would be correct nowadays! NS.
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Post by Dusk Fox on Aug 3, 2005 15:29:37 GMT
Ah, fair enough. My knowledge of 19th-century grammar is admittedly slim.
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