UA World-book (was Re: [UA] Re: London (was American attitudes and things))

[Simon RJB]

There's a wealth of stuff to be found online - just
typing in the right words reveals sites like this:

http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/
http://www.britannia.com/history/h100.html
http://www.britainexpress.com/Myths/myths-index.htm
http://www.anglik.net/legends_britain.htm

It all revolves around ancient heroes,
justice-cheating bandits, fairies and ghosts. White
Wolf had a guide out last year which was penned, I
believe, by a native, though I haven't read it (and
it's probably vampire/werewolf/mage-centric).

When I think of magic and Britain in recent literary
history, I think of Hellblazer and the recent gigantic
novel Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell. I try to ignore
Harry Potter, though I'm sure it's got its share of
good ideas. 

For British TV programmes of the last decade or so,
Neverwhere, Urban Gothic, afterlife and Doctor Who all
touch on both the fantastic and horrifc (though
sometimes the plain stupid too).

If no-one else feels like poking at these ideas and
seeing if anything comes to life I can add it to my
list of Things To Do, but I might not really look at
it properly for a while...

 






--- "Mr. Zero" <mrzero at twilite.org> wrote:

> You know, 
> I bet if we wanted to we could put together a very
> nice 'weird world of 
> UA' sort of guidebook for various countires. 
> Nothing authoritative 
> ("Here is te setting, rar."), but rather just the
> sort of thing we saw in 
> the Americanism thread with ideas and common themes,
> maybe favourite 
> myths/folklore? I know I've always wanted to use the
> New Forest in the UK 
> And Blackwood in Germany but don't really know
> enough about the 
> surrounding areas, or other 'primitive reclamation'
> areas around the 
> world...
> 
> ..or has this already been done?
> 
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007, Simon RJB wrote:
> 
> } 
> } --- Mike Lake <mdlake at well.com> wrote:
> } 
> } 
> } >     We took a 9-day London trip a few years ago,
> and
> } > felt no culture shock 
> } > at all.  The strongest impression I came away
> with
> } > was a reminder that 
> } > London is a living city, and not so dependent on
> } > tourism that it's pickled 
> } > itself into a huge museum.
> } 
> } 
> } I've always thought of London as a living city.
> } British cities always look more organic than the
> grid
> } systems of most American cities, and if you ever
> see
> } sped up footage of traffic moving through London,
> the
> } flow stopping and starting, it's like valves
> opening
> } and closing, vehicles being pumped around is
> heart.
> } It's the sort of city Urbanmancers could really
> relate
> } to.
> } 
> } That's sort of reawakened my interest in doing a
> } UK-based campaign. One of the things that has
> struck
> } me about the recent American Theme mailings is
> that
> } there's always been an obvious underlying theme
> } throughout the Unknown Armies products, sometimes
> } subtle, sometimes not very subtle at all, but the
> } character and personality of America is very
> present.
> } That's in no way a bad thing - in many ways its
> } allowed me a look into American culture in ways
> I've
> } never really had the opportunity to before. But it
> } would be interesting to see how such themes might
> } translate into another setting.
> } 
> } Perhaps London is too cosmolitan in itself to
> offer a
> } completely different perspective, but an UA take
> on
> } the UK would be fun to do.
> } 
> } 
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