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True20 RPG system character sheets for the Beta Clones
Listener Gary Philips created this brilliant list of Beta Clones character data for the True20 RPG gaming system. It’s tremendous fun if you’re into RPGs. You listened to the clones’ story — now you can be a clone in your own RPG tale! Exceptional! Download the PDF here.
‘The Soul of the 7th Son’ essay series
Meet Michael Spence, a brilliant fiction writer and essayist — and a hard-core 7th Son fan. He’s written several essays about the concepts explored in the 7th Son novels, and how they relate to religion, the soul and technology. Please check out “The Soul of the 7th Son” part one (Aleph), part two (Beth), part three (Gimel) and the fascinating sidebar, The Soul of the Palimpsest.”
‘Alpha vs. Delta’ fan fiction by Les Orchard
It’s the coolest Hutchins/Sigler crossover yet … and neither J.C. nor Scott are writing it! Check out Les Orchard’s brilliant series about 7th Son’s villainous John Alpha … and his face-off against the “triangles” from Infection! Find the series here.
‘Dead Minus One’ fan fiction by Thomas Martin
In 7th Son, Book One: Descent, listeners learned that Klaus Bregner was captured by American soldiers during World War II. It was his research that begat the 7th Son cloning project. But what if America wasn’t the only nation that benefitted from Bregner’s WWII research? Writer Thomas Martin explores a different kind of arms race in this 7S-inspired tale. Download it in PDF form here.
Part two of the ‘Dead Minus One’ series is available here. Part three is here. Part four is here. Part five is here. Part six is here. Part seven is here. Part eight is here. Part nine is here. Part ten is here. All are in PDF format.