Book Notes - Mark Barrowcliffe ("The Elfish Gene") - largehearted boy

In his own words, here is Mark Barrowcliffe's Book Notes essay for his book, The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons and Growing Up Strange:

This is the list of the my musical tastes as they developed over the period of The Elfish Gene - my autobiography of my obsessive D&D playing years in the 1970s and early 80s.

The Smiths - How Soon Is Now?

If England didn’t exist, it would be worth inventing it just so we could have Morrissey. When I said HMHB are lyrically unsurpassed, Morrissey may actually surpass them. My love for The Smiths marked the end of my D&D years. The two things don’t go together. Music has never before, or since, been better than this.