Posted by Takashimi on June 27, 2000 at 09:26:41:
In Reply to: Poll: Background reading for CF posted by Proud Blade(VIP) on June 26, 2000 at 21:27:21:
The Iliad, the Odyssey, The Aeneid, L'Morte D'Arthur, Lord of the Rings (if for no other reason that it is fantasy 'Literature'), August Derleth's take on the Cthulhu Mythos (great for evil mages...same for Lovecraft), Song of Roland, Beowulf, Epic of Gilgamesh, And Quiet Flows the Don (russian cossock life - those guys are badasses), the Art of War, Faust. Plus, for pure character inspiration, the existentialists are always a good choice: Dostoyevsky's Notes from the Underground > What background reading have people found useful for certain roles/cabals/etc? Not necessarily something you've read specifically to play a certain character, but maybe something you read for other reasons that sparked an idea? > Ingvar's philosophy was influenced by a number of past reads, but ideas in Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals more or less made the light turn on in my head. Beowulf was handy for his manner of speaking, and some of his attitude towards being a bard and eventually the Voice. There's probably others that I'm forgetting, but those two definitely were in the front of my mind. > How 'bout you?
Kafka's The Trial
Camus's The Stranger
and so on.
> (prompted by Arcane's suggestion of The Prince for budding Imperials on the Log Board...)