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The Book of Jack: The Book of Jack - the Novel
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The Book of Jack. People need stories more than bread itself. They tell us how to live, and why.". Jan 10, 2015. The Book of Jack - the Novel. So after all this time, I am back to this blog, but now for a different reason. I am starting a Jack novel - and hopefully one day finishing it! I plan to post my progress online, in the hope it acts as an extra spur to me. What is it about? Its the story of Jack, in many forms and guises. If you want to know more, you'll have to read it, lol. Here we go. My fathe...
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The Book of Jack: The Fairy Tale Path
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The Book of Jack. People need stories more than bread itself. They tell us how to live, and why.". Feb 7, 2008. The Fairy Tale Path. If Hansel and Gretel had not been dumped in the woods by their stepmother (or in some versions by both parents), they would not have encountered the witch's edible house and overcome her, thereby. Maturing and earning rewards. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Now it has turned into a place for me to write a novel about Jack. Jack appears in many fairy tales and folk tale...
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The Book of Jack: Chapter One
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The Book of Jack. People need stories more than bread itself. They tell us how to live, and why.". Jan 10, 2015. It began with five beans. Of course, it had to be five. Five is a magical number, or more to the point, it has various significances which are relevant to the subsequent events I shall relate, and to myself. In the fortune cards that old Mahr the wise-woman consults, the number five is associated with change, upheaval, an expanding of circumstances and horizons. But it is also i. And for that ...
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The Book of Jack: Fairy tale morality
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The Book of Jack. People need stories more than bread itself. They tell us how to live, and why.". Feb 3, 2008. Below is a comment from from SurLaLune Fairy Tales, its an annotation to Puss-In Boots. Puss is another version of the trickster character, like Jack, or the Brave Little Tailor. The quote highlights something I've noticed as I've been reading fairytales, and I've been trying to work out how to reconcile in terms of a roleplaying campaign - perhaps one can't? Beauty and the Beast. The Book of J...
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The Book of Jack: Want to Read Fairy Tales?
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The Book of Jack. People need stories more than bread itself. They tell us how to live, and why.". Jan 26, 2008. Want to Read Fairy Tales? Is a great, one-stop site if you want to read fairy tales. As well as a good selection of the popular tales, the site also has links to ebooks of Grimm, Jacobs, Perrault, Andersen, and many others. There are 210 tales in Grimm alone. If you read all the stories this site links to, you won't have time to game. Want more, here. Are stories arranged under broad themes.
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The Book of Jack: A Few Changes & Arabian Nights
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The Book of Jack. People need stories more than bread itself. They tell us how to live, and why.". Feb 14, 2008. A Few Changes and Arabian Nights. The other night I watched the 2000 Hallmark miniseries of Arabian Nights. Its a delightful production that stresses the importance of stories and storytelling:. People need stories more than bread itself. They tell us how to live and why.". Does this sound prententious? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). My fathers name was Jack,which maybe explains my preocc...
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The Book of Jack: Jack Once More - Shared or Collaborative Storytelling, Mythic, Once Upon a Time
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The Book of Jack. People need stories more than bread itself. They tell us how to live, and why.". Jan 28, 2009. Jack Once More - Shared or Collaborative Storytelling, Mythic, Once Upon a Time. Several big things in the last twelve months. The first is the discovery of something called the Mythic Game Master Emulator. My friend Andrew and I have played three 2-player games, one in a Wild West setting, a "Call of Cthulhu" 1920's gangster game, and a futuristic "Gamma World" style game. Each time we've...
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The Book of Jack: Fairy Tale Motifs
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The Book of Jack. People need stories more than bread itself. They tell us how to live, and why.". Jan 26, 2008. I've started a separate page of common motifs. I find as I'm reading fairy tales. There are already highly academic breakdowns and analyses of motifs available - I just want to put down a few that I observe myself, that seem relevant to the game. Some come from the rpg The Zorceror of Zo, and coincide with my own observations. Suggestions from players or strangers are welcome! My fathers name ...
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The Book of Jack: Introduction
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The Book of Jack. People need stories more than bread itself. They tell us how to live, and why.". Jan 21, 2008. You can find links on the left sidebar to rules I may use, fairy tale motifs and the game world. So why the Book of Jack? In America, there is a whole oral tradition of "Jack Tales", derived from earlier English stories, featuring Jack the "self-made man who uses trickery and quick thinking as his main tools". Jack and the bean stalk. Jack Horner, who sat in the corner. Jack of all trades.
