[Sichr]

We would need a good Johnson to put that team together. Someone with connections in other dimensions. Maybe its time to call Skeeve and his team...

[CanRay]

"Oz?"  "No relation."

[Sichr]

Like this?
Besides...that "Emerald city" part gain my attention to this series

Or you meant classics

[RelentlessImp]

"Oz?"  "No relation."

Is it sad that I only found these books in the last year? They're so good.

[CanRay]

Is it sad that I only found these books in the last year? They're so good.

No, it's sad that the series left on a cliffhanger for nearly a decade, finally started up again after the IRS had issues with Robert Asprin, and then he died.

...

What the hell is it with Government and writers?  The Secret Service and SJ Games, the IRS and Robert Asprin...  What's next, the Ministry of Indian Affairs and me?

[The_Gun_Nut]

Zomg did he finally settle the cliffhanger?  WHERE IS THAT BOOK??

[Sichr]

"Oz?"  "No relation."

Ah...after those other post I see it is something that was "lost in translation"

[CanRay]

Zomg did he finally settle the cliffhanger?  WHERE IS THAT BOOK??

At the book store.

You'll end up crying at the end.

[RelentlessImp]

Is it sad that I only found these books in the last year? They're so good.

No, it's sad that the series left on a cliffhanger for nearly a decade, finally started up again after the IRS had issues with Robert Asprin, and then he died.

...

What the hell is it with Government and writers?  The Secret Service and SJ Games, the IRS and Robert Asprin...  What's next, the Ministry of Indian Affairs and me?

Either that or the Department of Foreign Relations and me.

[IKerensky]

Just read Renraku Archology and frankly it connect very much to Parlainth Sourcebook, except for the maze part that is very close to the Artificier in Horrors.

It really reinforce my believing than Deep Resonance is Horrors in the Matrix, that have turned into a magical pattern. Technomancer are just technical adepts limited to this one brand new netherworld.

[ArkangelWinter]

I think the Deep Resonance is more like a Passion, especially considering Harlequin wondering what "It" wants in an older book IIRC. The Dissonance might certainly be related to the Horrors, or be a Horror.

[IKerensky]

Oups, you are right, I mixed both terms, I was actually thinking about dissonance.

[Sengir]

Oups, you are right, I mixed both terms, I was actually thinking about dissonance.

Pax only turned to the Dissonance after breaking with Deus, and Deus was evil but not a Dissonant entity...

[Mirikon]

Well, if it helps muddy the waters any, I believe the original otaku were created by Mirage, the AI that grew out of the Echo Mirage program.

Also, Deus was what his creators forced him to be. I always saw him as a Magneto-style villain. The whole shutdown thing, and everything that happened later, was done for one simple reason: survival. Renraku did the equivalent of putting a kink bomb in his head, and what follows was Deus doing everything in its power to get rid of that kink bomb, and make sure that no one could ever do something like that to him again.

[Sichr]

Agree.
And since Deus was the first of his own, you can almost consider him Child. Since his response for the situation was violent...and childish a bit...from strategic POV. Even if you consider Crash2.0 his original agenda behind shutdown, more intricate/subtle approach would provide him with more oportunities and much larger "lebensraum" at least IMO