Forgotten Futures XI is now on line

http://www.forgottenfutures.com/game/ff11/index.htm

I sent Forgotten Futures XI to registered users a month ago. By this time tomorrow it will be on line generally.

I just noticed a bloody typo in the main file...

http://gizmodo.com/5704158

Another triumph for Stanley G. Weinbaum, who had arsenical life on Titan in 1935!http://www.google.

FF11 is now on line for registered users, and I hope that everyone who asked to download it has been notified with the password etc. It'll be on line for everyone else in a month ( Read more... )

Finished converting the game to HTML tonight ( Read more... )

133 / 178 pages now converted to HTML, and I have a headache. Time to do something else...

Unbelievably tired, but half-way mark in converting the latest Forgotten Futures to HTML.I've got the introduction, the guide to the solar system, and the spaceship operation & construction sections done - tomorrow I start on weapons, then romance, both of which should be an easy conversion, with the adventures to do last. Hopefully I'll get it ( Read more... )

As of about an hour ago I've finished writing Forgotten Futures XI!

I now have to do all the boring stuff like convert it to PDF and HTML, put together all the other contents of the distribution disk, get it mailed out, etc. etc.

The bit I really hate doing is the last bit of writing for the main book - the back cover blurb.

Since ( Read more... )

Am I being unduly cynical in listing brass knuckles, a jack knife and a .38 automatic with explosive bullets on the character sheet for a romantic heroine?

Ought to finish the last adventure tonight and the end notes etc. tomorrow! YAY!!

Weinbaum's version of Titan is mostly covered in moving mountains of ice, basically very high dunes of ice crystals, not frozen together because it's too cold and dry, driven by 100-MPH winds. However, one real rock mountain is mentioned. I would like to describe it in terms of its height, but since there is no fixed surface equivalent to "sea ( Read more... )