RE: Does Dungeons and Dragons make technical writers?

[Syed Ahmed <SAhmed -at- DKSYSTEMS -dot- com>]

>Who let the nerds out? Woof woof. :-) 

I've never played D&D, but I think my first encounter with technical writing
came in the form of sci-fi novels.  Like everyone on this list, I began
enjoying and appreciating reading from a very early age, but sci-fi was my
first experience with the straight-forward and science-heavy language
(granted that most sci-fi writers make up their own science!).  I admit I'm
still a fan of good sci-fi novels.  

Unsolicitated plug: I just read a great novel this year ("Galatea 2.2" -
Richard Powers) where the main character, who once thought he would be a
technical writer some day, ends up teaching a computer to analyze the
English language by entering (verbally and manually) all the "classics" of
English Literature.  Great read that raises some interesting questions.

Syed
"Not D&D Nerdy; just Sci-Fi Nerdy"

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