: I wish I knew if Cook himself has heard of Myth... I
: think it is very likely, but that's just an
: assumption.
: However, I can tell you that at least a few of the
: folks at the Cook fanmail have heard of Myth, and that
: one of them called Myth either "crap" or
: "garbage", I can't remember offhand which
: one it was specifically, or perhaps if it was another
: word of similar meaning.
: Anyway, this poster called it that because he saw one of
: the web pages with a list of Black Company / Myth
: similarities (like the chart hosted here) and realized
: it was like the Lincoln-Kennedy "history
: lesson". He hadn't played the game at the time of
: his post, and so assumed that Myth was a total ripoff.
: A reply was sent from a fellow Myther (one of the
: elders here at m@borg.. I can't remember his name
: either, but that, like me, he was introduced to Cook
: via Myth, whereas the guy who insulted Myth had known
: Cook's work beforehand) who had recently joined the
: mailing list and naturally defended our favorite game,
: in a way.
: I read this all in one of the archives on the fanmail
: info page... you can try looking but unless you have
: luck on your side, it might take awhile to pinpoint
: which monthly archive has those posts in it.
: I also am curious about Cook's views about Myth. They
: probably aren't great ones (another assumption).
: I am not aware of other Cook-TBC forum or fanmail
: mentions of Myth. That doesn't include TBC web pages
: (like
: http://members.tripod.com/~blackco/myth-n-bc.html ).
: Figured I'd paste this excerpt from "Postmortem -
: Myth: The Fallen Lords" by Jason Regier,
: published in Game Developer Magazine, April 1998:
: "We were inspired by movies such as Braveheart,
: with its close-up portrayal of bloody melees between
: large forces, and books such as Glen Cook's The Black
: Company, in which gruesome tales of battle contrast
: with engaging and intriguing characters."
: -Welly
: PS: Good News! Cook has very recently announced 2 more
: Black Company novels in the works. One of the fanmail
: folks interviewed him and posted the goodies on the
: fanmail.
Yeah I was kinda wondering about copywrite issues and all. The thing of it is, had I never read the Black Company, I still could have figured out other possible sources for nearly every plot/character item in Myth. It would be a tough case to prosecute in court without confirmation like Regier's quote there. And in truth, there are a lot of disimilarities that make Myth unique. I'm curious simply because were I Cook, I'd be flattered and awed to see my world come to life, even if it was a really altered version of it. I wonder if Bungie ever considered actually talking to him and doing an actual BC game. :
--Stinger
P.S. More books = good. I'll buy 'em. :)
