#crystal frontier

Reposting the link below to my blog post/pdf about playing in the Crystal Frontier ala Into the Odd inspired after reading Tomb Robbers of the Crystal Frontier in order to share this blog post in which Gus L. fleshed out the rest of the setting with this fun rumor post. Check out the following amazing quote about RPG settings from said blog post: “What’s a Tomb Astronomer?” “Who is the Warlock…

Calexico - Crystal Frontier

CALEXICO - Crystal Frontier (Original Version)

Marco's shadow falls on the door To the 7 lost cities of gold Finds a raven's head and rattlersnake's tail Dead in his tracks, this godforsaken soul's Unwanted here and his soul lingers for years

Amalia's face hides behind the mask

Sweating on the tv factory line That smile on her face is starting to crack While welding back the pieces of shattered heart That's scattered out here, with the ghosts of her peers Searches for her lost child along the river of tearsAt the end of the working week

The Crystal Frontier by Carlos Fuentes is one of that books that moves your heart in many ways, through the stories you feel angry, sad and there are moments in which the happiness is reflected. I mean that what is narrated is so close to our context; every page has this description of the needy Mexico.

I think that one of the main topics along the novel is the disinformation, the illiteracy and the lack of education in general; we can find it in each separate short story. Clearly it is manifested when José Francisco appeared in the book. His intervention let us this interaction that make us thing about who are the ones that have the power to communicate and who are the ones of which silence is expected.

-¿Qué traes en tus morrales? -Escritos. -¿Políticos? -Todo escrito es político. -Subversivo, entonces. -Todo escrito es subversivo -¿Qué dices?

Mai-Thu Perret, The Crystal Frontier