This clue book is the perfect companion to the Pool of Radiance computer adventure game. It isn't just sketchy maps and vague references; it's a computer players guide with exact maps of every location in the game and with all major encounters located and described. It also includes specific tactics to defeat especially powerful encounters including: the ogres and trolls in the Slums, the hobgoblin assault in Sokal Keep, and the wave attacks in Kobold Caves. All the passwords, mazes, and illusions are described so that nothing will slow you down on your quest.
George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.
Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence."
Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald.
MacDonald grew up influenced by his Congregational Church, with an atmosphere of Calvinism. But MacDonald never felt comfortable with some aspects of Calvinist doctrine; indeed, legend has it that when the doctrine of predestination was first explained to him, he burst into tears (although assured that he was one of the elect). Later novels, such as Robert Falconer and Lilith, show a distaste for the idea that God's electing love is limited to some and denied to others.
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