Steve Miller (11)
Author of The Odyssey of Gilthanas
For other authors named Steve Miller, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Steve Miller was born July 31, 1950 in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the grandson of poet and radio personality Dorothea Neale. Miller graduated from Reisterstown, Maryland's Franklin Senior High School in 1968 where he learned how to make chapbooks as editor of the school's literary magazine. He show more later attended University of Maryland, Baltimore County sporadically through the late 60s and 70s where he was news editor and managing editor of the campus newspaper. He is Founding Curator of the Albin O. Kuhn Library's science fiction research collection. Steve is an independent publisher with an extensive background in SF fandom. Since his first publication in 1968, Steve has accumulated credits in well over 100 newspapers, magazines, journals and short stories including his work in the Liaden universe. Steve is married and lives with his wife, Sharon Lee, in Maine. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by Steve Miller
Extreme Vengeance 2 copies
Librus Nocturnum 1 copy
Associated Works
Star Wars Adventure Journal — Volume 1, Number 15 (1997) — Author "Tasariq: The Crystal Planet" — 18 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Utah (degree|English)
- Occupations
- RPG designer
editor - Organizations
- TSR (staff writer)
Wizards of the Coast (staff writer) - Short biography
- Steve Miller lives, writes, and watches way too many movies in Washington State. He started his professional writing career doing feature articles and reviews, but soon detoured into writing roleplaying games. With a little luck, he'll be balancing criticism and more creative writing in the years to come.
- Nationality
- USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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Reviews
Nothing impressive. An adventure that feels like it goes out of its way to ensure the same ending regardless of player choices; ends up feeling like they're less participants in, and more the audience of the drama that unfolds.
I had low expectations for this one but it's a decent and serviceable little sourcebook. From the beginning a main staple of the Ravenloft setting were the lineages of the main characters. It’s a motif in gothic horror that some families harbor evil in their genes that revisits generation after generation, fell curses and all that wonderful stuff. This book allows you to put that theme into game mechanics, allowing you to make PCs and NPCs in the cannon family bloodlines or create them of show more your own design. It’s a bit rules heavy but the redeeming factor is the continuation of the Laurie and Gennifer Weathermay-Foxgrove metaplot. You never know just what mischief those sly vixens are going to get into next, and the short stories provide fine filler material. show less
Children of the Night: Ghosts (Children of the Night Series Accessory/Adventure Anthology) by Anne Brown
Okay, guys. You need to buy this one just for the wonderful artwork in here. Put the whole thing on a frame and stick it on the wall 'cause it's frelling gorgeous. The stories aren't half bad too. Great adventures with just the right gothic horror feel. Highly recommended, even for d20 DMs.
Domains of Dread (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Ravenloft, Campaign Setting/2174) by William W. Connors
Ah, the heady days of 2nd Edition. This is an update of the various "Boxed" editions of the Ravenloft Campaign Setting, with a lot of extras thrown in. There's all sorts of essays and articles on the setting and many updates of the metaplot so I guess it's worth getting. TSR loves to sell you the same thing many many times and this is a prime example. Some of the artwork is a little hokey, but hey it's a game book for crying out loud and there's enough Stephen Fabian stuff to keep you happy.
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