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From: ss2704@dclipc2.cen.uiuc.edu (steven stelter)
Subject: Re: The Quendor World
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1993 17:50:05 GMT
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ian@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Xiphias Gladius) writes:

>I've always been impressed by the way that the Quendor - universe
>adventures fit together.  What follows is a first attempt at a
>cronology.  This is just the order in which I imagine that the
>adventures happen:

>Zork Zero, Zork/ Enchanter, Zork II, Zork III, Sorcerer, Beyond
>Zork/Spellbreaker, Lurking Horror, Planetfall, Stationfall.

>It seems like Zork and Enchanter happen at the same time, as do
>Sorcerer and Beyond Zork.

>For this, I have assumed that, for an adventure to take place in the
>Quendor Universe, it is sufficient for it to mention one of the
>following: GUE, brass lantern, grue.  Planetfall mentions both a brass
>lantern and grues, and Stationfall mentions grues.  Lurking Horror
>takes place at GUE Tech (mentioned in Beyond Zork).

Offhand, I wouldn't think that LURKING HORROR takes place in the Quendor
universe, despite the existence of a GUE Tech in both universes.  GUE,
in LURKING HORROR, stands for "George Underwood Edwards," the founder,
while it stands for "Great Underground Empire" in the Zork games, so
we're probably talking about two different universities here.  Just a
cross-dimensional coincidence, it would seem...or is it?


                                --Steve Stelter
                                  sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
