L. Sprague de Camp's "The Fallible Fiend"
From Appendix N Book Club by Jeff Goad, Ngo Vinh-Hoi, and special guests
May 26, 2025 · 55 min
About this episode
The episode discusses L. Sprague de Camp's 'The Fallible Fiend' and various aspects of fantasy literature and game mechanics.
Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss L. Sprague de Camp's "The Fallible Fiend", futtering spouses, the maps in front of fantasy novels, fleshed-out characters, missile weapons, Dave Arneson's rules, picking spells other than Fireball, flavorful book titles, historical fiction with magic, older styles of writing, fantasy novels as reflections of their time, and much more!
People in this episode
Hosts: Jeff Goad, Ngo Vinh-Hoi
Topics covered
- fantasy literature
- character development
- historical fiction
- game mechanics
- writing styles
- spell selection
Keywords
- L. Sprague de Camp
- The Fallible Fiend
- fantasy novels
- characterization
- game rules
- spell casting
- historical fiction
- writing styles
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Fallible Fiend
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