Is that a connection you’re hoping to play upon with Planet Stories?
Absolutely. Gaming is all about adventure, and adventure is the one concept that ties together all of the books we’re publishing in the Planet Stories line. It’s what binds Jirel of Joiry to Eric John Stark to Elak of Atlantis to Setne Inhetep. A fierce swordswoman in Dark Ages France. A planetary outlaw raised feral on Mercury. The last prince of doomed Atlantis. Philosopher-wizard to Pharaoh. As a reader I can thrill to all four of those stories without worrying about which is fantasy and which is science fiction. In this sense I think traditional genre distinctions fail us, because the stories I listed fundamentally appeal to the same reader. They are part of the same meta-genre that might be called fantastic adventure. Planet Stories is a book line dedicated to fantastic adventure. Gamers enjoy rollicking adventure and imaginative worlds. They’re going to love Planet Stories. Why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got involved with Paizo and came to head up P
