Re: [HOE] favorite fiction & miniatures

[Dirk <darklord@dark-sky.net>]

matt ryan wrote:

> Morning gang,
>
> Thanks to everyone who posted back to my initial "favorite books" question.
> Now I've got a couple more for the assembled masses.
>
> Does anyone use miniatures in their Hell on Earth game? I don't see any HOE
> minis on Pinnacle's web site. Does anyone know of a source for appropriate
> figures?
>

There were some HOE minis for a short time, I'm not sure if they're still
available

>
> Secondly, what are some of the list's favorite in-theme fiction? Are there
> favorite authors who help capture a post-apocalyptic theme? One of my
> favorite's is Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz, especially the
> first and second parts, Fiat Lux and Fiat Homo (I might have the order wrong).
>

Just wait till you read more about the Librarians...

>
> And hell, since we're at it, what movies do you (plural) watch to get you
> into that Wasted West mood?
>

I always thought Escape from New York had a HOE feel to it. I just caught part of
it last night and I was strangely reminded of Denver. Teller, tell me, was Escape
from New York part of the inspiration for the beginning of the adventure in the
back of Denver?

Also, during Battlefield Earth, the HOE jokes we're flying when my friends went to
see it.

>
> thanks for all the many and varied responses.
>
> matt

--Dirk