“Dungeons & Dragons” — The Hypnotic Side
When Dave Arneson showed Gary Gygax the new game he and his friends were playing, it probably didn’t occurr to either that they were on the brink of creating not only a new game but an entirely new type of game, resulting in a revolutionary new gaming industry.
Dave Arneson took the traditional miniature game, where miniatures represented groups of individuals and started using them to represent individuals. He also added the elements of character classes and experience levels, allowing for character specialization and growith. This was a revolution, in that players could project themselves into the character, developing them over time and play. Since both he and Gary Gygax were avid minature ship game players, he shjowed Gary his game and together they created Dungeons & Dragons.
The “Lensman” Series by ‘Doc’ E E Smith
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Description: The “Lensman” series by ‘Doc’ E E Smith is one of the classics of the pulp era of science fiction. A battle between Impossible opposites, with whole civilizations as pawns and counters in the game. There are battles in space between fleets so large they dwarf whole solar systems, weapons so immense as to stagger the imagination, and criminal conspiracies that covered galaxies.
Yet at the center of the series was the battle between the supportive mental giants of the planet Arisia and the conquering Eddorians from another universe. The Arisians find the Eddorians too tough to take on themselves, but find their relentless philosophy of conquest unpalatible, and resolve to oppose them. To that end, the Arisians began a slow, millions of years long project to produce the mental power needed to finally eliminate the Eddorians.That tale, told in various stages, makes up the story line.
“The Hypnotist” by Jack Kahler (1966)
John Meredith Swift was only 14 years old and he was quite impressed by the hypnotist he’d seen. It wasn’t surprising that he tried to imitate the man, but, as he discovered with young Nancy next door, he had to give his voice time to mature a little.
He never lost his fascination for the art, however, and much later … in his last year at college, he had the opportunity for an interesting experiment. One which caused a young virgin to turn up pregnant, almost costing her life and sanity … and John’s as well …
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The Authors Behind the Author of “The Hypnotist”
‘No Award’ by Roger Zelazny
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Practically everyone in this show has some kind of mental hangup, and that’s the focus of the series.
For the three main characters, they all have full-grown psychological disorders that conflict and cooperate at the same time. The male lead Tarou is a masochist, but only when women do the damage; Mio is a sadist and, in classic anime style, is self-conscious about her flat breasts; and Arashiko of the abundant breasts cannot stand being touched or even being around men and will even attack them if they get too close. Therefore, Tarou is in ecstasy when Mio or Arashiko hit him, and they do, a lot, as Mio gets inordinate pleasure from doing so whereas Arashiko does so when flustered or by accident and is immediately sorry.
Its also the running joke, that Mio is always trying to find ways to ‘cure’ Tarou’s masochism (including an candle-lit exorcism) that always wind up reinforcing his masochism instead of curing it. Of course, one of those ways involves hypnosis.
The rest of the cast all have their hangups as well: Tarou’s mother and teen-aged sister are extremely overly affectionate toward him (both want to marry him) and even compete with each other (and his girlfriends) for his affections; Tarou’s friend Tatsukichi is a cross-dresser (and quite good at it) and seems to have an alternate personality emerge when dressing as a woman; Noa, a senior, although her appearance is still that of a younger girl, is a genius who never had a childhood as she had to study all the time, and who always refers to herself in third-person; Noa’s assistant YukinojÅ is a major lolicon (fan of prepubescent girls) and joined the Inventor’s Club to be closer to Noa; and school nurse Michiru knows all about everyone’s hangups, possesses an apparently unlimited supply of cosplay costumes and loves to take pictures of the students in them.
Needless to say, the entire series is NSFW.
“Emily and the Werewolf” by Herbie Brennan
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Is Emily’s neighbor Farmer Osboro really a werewolf?
Well, Emily certainly thinks he is, the way his face turns hairy and his teeth turn into fangs and his hands become claws and his eyes get red, but no one else does, and she’s certain that he knows that she knows his secret. So what is a young girl supposed to do to defend herself?

