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Flamesong
''Flamesong'' is a 1985 science-fantasy novel written by M. A. R. Barker and published by DAW Books. It is the second novel to take place on the fictional planet of Tékumel, also featured in Barker's role-playing game ''Empire of the Petal Throne'' (1974). The plot follows a group of far-future legionary, legionaries who discover an ancient "Rapid transit, tubeway car" by accident and inadvertently use it to explore various exotic locales. ''Flamesong'' is not a direct sequel to the first Tékumel novel ''The Man of Gold (novel), The Man of Gold'', as it features a different cast of characters.The Tékumel Novels ''Tékumel Collecting'', 22 April 2017. Accessed 11 March 2020. It also hints towards the beginning of a larger, more world-changing story arc.Jared [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tékumel
''Tékumel'' is a fantasy world created by American linguist and writer M. A. R. Barker over the course of several decades from around 1940. In this imaginary world, huge, tradition-bound empires with medieval levels of technology vie for control using magic, large standing armies, and ancient technological devices. In time, Barker created the tabletop role-playing game ''Empire of the Petal Throne'', set in the Tékumel universe, initially self publishing it in 1974. Later, Barker wrote a series of five novels set in Tékumel, beginning with ''The Man of Gold (novel), The Man of Gold'', first published by DAW Books in 1984. Sources Barker, like the better-known J. R. R. Tolkien, considered not just the creation of a fantasy world but also an in-depth development of the societies and languages of the world. In other words, the setting also provided a context for Barker's constructed languages which were developed in parallel from the mid-to-late 1940s, long before the mass-market ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |