Survivor Appendix N Authors- LEIBER WINS!

CleverNickName · Aug 29, 2018

Bradley Hindman said:
However, he's the biggest threat for a runaway, so he's getting downvotes until a bunch of the derivative pikers hit the trash heap.

See, I'm trying to send the derivative pikers to the trash heap first...

GreyLord · Aug 29, 2018

Bellairs, John 19
Brackett, Leigh 10
Brown, Frederic 14
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 23
Carter, Lin 18
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 20
Gardner, Fox 19
Howard, R.E. 5
Lanier, Sterling 18
Leiber, Fritz 24
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 19
Norton, Andre 23
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 18
St. Clair, Margaret 21
Tolkien, J. R. R. 19
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 24

WOW, can't believe how many people hate D&D...err...I mean R.E. Howard the guy who created and invented Conan and promoted the entire Sword and Sorcery Vibe from the 30s and 40s and was later used to bring it back by others....and inspired half the listed writers above to write what they wrote.

Crazy.

Well, we now know people prefer Epic D&D to S&S D&D. Of course, Tolkien style D&D (he was an influence, but I'd say early D&D was more S&S in playstyle) got bigger in the 80s and probably over half the people who play old school are from that era...sooo...

That should mean Dragonlance is HUGE with this crowd then.

With 3e it tried to bring back the S&S style...I suppose we see how that is liked now as we see what people vote towards Howard.

Invisible Stalker · Aug 29, 2018

Bellairs, John 19
Brackett, Leigh 10
Brown, Frederic 14
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 23
Carter, Lin 18
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 20
Fox, Gardner 19
Howard, R.E. 5
Lanier, Sterling 18
Leiber, Fritz 24
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 19
Norton, Andre 21
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 18
St. Clair, Margaret 21
Tolkien, J. R. R. 20
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 24

hastur_nz · Aug 29, 2018

Bellairs, John 19
Brackett, Leigh 10
Brown, Frederic 14
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 23
Carter, Lin 18
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 20
Fox, Gardner 19
Howard, R.E. 6
Lanier, Sterling 18
Leiber, Fritz 24
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 19
Norton, Andre 19
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 18
St. Clair, Margaret 21
Tolkien, J. R. R. 20
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 24

werecorpse · Aug 29, 2018

Bellairs, John 19
Brackett, Leigh 10
Brown, Frederic 14-2=12
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 23
Carter, Lin 18
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 20
Fox, Gardner 19
Howard, R.E. 6
Lanier, Sterling 18
Leiber, Fritz 24
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 19
Norton, Andre 19
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 18
St. Clair, Margaret 21
Tolkien, J. R. R. 20+1=21
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 24

StormbringerAUS · Aug 29, 2018

Bellairs, John 19
Brackett, Leigh 10
Brown, Frederic 12
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 23
Carter, Lin 18
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 20
Fox, Gardner 19
Howard, R.E. 6
Lanier, Sterling 18
Leiber, Fritz 24
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 19
Norton, Andre 19 - 2 = 17
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 18
St. Clair, Margaret 21
Tolkien, J. R. R. 21 + 1 = 22
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 24

Paul Farquhar · Aug 29, 2018

Bellairs, John 19
Brackett, Leigh 10
Brown, Frederic 12
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 23
Carter, Lin 18
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 20
Fox, Gardner 19
Howard, R.E. 6
Lanier, Sterling 18
Leiber, Fritz 24
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 19
Norton, Andre 15
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 18
St. Clair, Margaret 21
Tolkien, J. R. R. 23
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 24

It's amazing how things have changed. It used to be that the highbrow literati hated Tolkien. Now he is included in documentaries about the 1st World War poets, and his haters are - different.

Tallifer · Aug 29, 2018

Bellairs, John 19
Brackett, Leigh 10
Brown, Frederic 12
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 23
Carter, Lin 18
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 20
Fox, Gardner 19
Howard, R.E. 6
Lanier, Sterling 18
Leiber, Fritz 24
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 19
Norton, Andre 13
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 18
St. Clair, Margaret 21
Tolkien, J. R. R. 24
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 24

It's sad, but as early as the mid 80s I remember meeting university D&D players who had never read Tolkien, but had religiously devoured Dragonlance novels. (That does not mean I am not saddened to see Howard take such a beating, but I have to choose one.)

And then there were the times that roleplayers would vehemently tell me that Le Morte d'Arthur is "not fantasy, because it is not in the fantasy section of the book store."

tglassy · Aug 29, 2018

Bellairs, John 19
Brackett, Leigh 10
Brown, Frederic 12
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 23
Carter, Lin 18
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 20
Fox, Gardner 19
Howard, R.E. 6
Lanier, Sterling 18
Leiber, Fritz 24
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 19
Norton, Andre 13
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 18
St. Clair, Margaret 21
Tolkien, J. R. R. 25
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 23

Maxperson · Aug 29, 2018

Bellairs, John 19
Brackett, Leigh 8
Brown, Frederic 12
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 23
Carter, Lin 18
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 20
Fox, Gardner 19
Howard, R.E. 6
Lanier, Sterling 18
Leiber, Fritz 25
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 19
Norton, Andre 13
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 18
St. Clair, Margaret 21
Tolkien, J. R. R. 25
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 23