Nor is it clear to me who would care, anyone who played D&D in their teens would think 'yeah, been there' (and he did, at least, get the description of the pilgrimage to Games Workshop right) 'but so what?', but why would someone who hadn't want to read it? I cannot imagine that the market for 40-something males nostalgic for their D&D playing youth (small boys, jumpers for 20-sided dice, isnt it?) is that great.
This is one of those books that raises the question 'is it easier to sell your second book having had your first published'? If it is, then there are clearly two opposing forces at work
1. Subsequent books potentially get better at the authors improve
2. But it is probably easier to get self-indulgent crap published as a subsequent book that wouldn't be tolerated as a first.
This strikes me as a 'book that probably would have been laughed out of court if found on the slush-pile'. PopCo is another. I shall have to stop mentioning it, along with T***hwood. Perhaps Russell T Davies and Scarlett Thomas should be forced to collaborate, I don't think they would enjoy it, but on some level they both deserve it.
I know, Scarlett Thomas and Russell T Davies should be forced to collaborate on the next series of Two Pints of Lager and a Pa...
[FX: The weasel is bagged one more, and not before time. Mmmph mmph mmph]
