The World Without Us perspective. Chauncey Mabe of the "South Florida Sun-Sentinel" calls the book "one of the most satisfying environmental books of recent memory, one devoid of self-righteousness, alarmism or tiresome doomsaying". Tom Spears of the CanWest News Service concludes "it's more a portrait of ourselves, taken through an odd lens" and "[s]ometimes an obituary is the best biography". The book is categorized as non-fiction science but some commentators emphasize it may be better described as speculative fiction. "The World Without Us" is grounded in environmental and science journalism. Like other environmental books, it discusses the impact that the human race has had
Artesia: Adventures in the Known World Artesia: Adventures in the Known World Artesia: Adventures in the Known World (Artesia: AKW), is a role-playing game based on the comic book "Artesia" is written and illustrated by Mark Smylie and published by Archaia Studios Press (ASP). Archaia Studios Press published "Artesia" (2005) for use with the Fuzion system. Using a modified and easy-to-use Fuzion-based roleplaying system to plunge players into the strife-riven realms of the Known World, it includes scenarios from the warring Citadels of the Daradjan Highlands to the never-ending feud between the Sun Court of Illia and the Phoenix Court of the Empire of Thessid-Gola. The