Survivor Appendix N Authors- LEIBER WINS!

lowkey13 · Aug 21, 2018

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Dausuul · Aug 21, 2018

Anderson, Poul 18
Bellairs, John 20
Brackett, Leigh 20
Brown, Frederic 20
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 20
Carter, Lin 20
de Camp, L. Sprague 20
de Camp & Pratt 20
Derleth, August 20
Dunsany, Lord 20
Farmer, P. J. 20
Fox, Gardner 20
Howard, R. E. 20
Lanier, Sterling 20
Leiber, Fritz 21
Lovecraft, H. P. 18
Merritt, A. 20
Moorcock, Michael 20
Norton, Andre 20
Offutt, Andrew J. 20
Pratt, Fletcher 20
Saberhagen, Fred 20
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J. R. R. 20
Vance, Jack 20
Weinbaum, Stanley 20
Wellman, Manley Wade 20
Williamson, Jack 20
Zelazny, Roger 21

Ralif Redhammer · Aug 21, 2018

Lovecraft was an easy downvote for me. These days, I think his inventiveness is overstated and his personal opinions (which spill all over into his texts) repugnant.

The upvote was tougher than I thought. I love R.E. Howard's yarns, but he's problematic, like Lovecraft. Jack Vance's influence on the game is undeniable. Burroughs is just plain fun. Lord Dunsany’s tales read like rediscovered fairytales. Moorcock’s trippy and grim psychedelia-fused sword and sorcery speak perfectly to the time Appendix N was written and D&D was created.

But in the end, I had to go with Tolkien. For all Gygax’s downplaying of the Professor’s influence, the shadow of the Lord of the Rings cannot be discounted on D&D and fantasy literature. Plus, I’ve probably re-read his books more than any other on the list.

Dausuul said:
Anderson, Poul 18
Bellairs, John 20
Brackett, Leigh 20
Brown, Frederic 20
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 20
Carter, Lin 20
de Camp, L. Sprague 20
de Camp & Pratt 20
Derleth, August 20
Dunsany, Lord 20
Farmer, P. J. 20
Fox, Gardner 20
Howard, R. E. 20
Lanier, Sterling 20
Leiber, Fritz 21
Lovecraft, H. P. 16
Merritt, A. 20
Moorcock, Michael 20
Norton, Andre 20
Offutt, Andrew J. 20
Pratt, Fletcher 20
Saberhagen, Fred 20
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J. R. R. 21
Vance, Jack 20
Weinbaum, Stanley 20
Wellman, Manley Wade 20
Williamson, Jack 20
Zelazny, Roger 21

lowkey13 · Aug 21, 2018

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Ralif Redhammer · Aug 21, 2018

I almost didn't vote for him, being the obvious choice and all. But since I have a Lord of the Rings tattoo, I kinda felt obligated to do so.

lowkey13 said:
I am genuinely curious to see if Tolkien wins this, as the presumptive favorite, or gets cut down as too popular (the Drizzt/FR effect in survivor threads).

Sacrosanct · Aug 21, 2018

How in the world do you not have Lloyd Alexander on that list. He's much more famous than half of them, had a huge influence on the game as much as anyone else, and is one of the most iconic fantasy authors of the time. He was so famous Disney even made a movie based on one of his books.

I can't vote in this thread based on protest lol.

*Edit* Oh, I see you used the DMG appendix. Should have used the Basic Appendix N as it has a much better selection (like C. S. Lewis as well). On a side note, weird how Terry Brooks isn't mentioned. He's only sold more books, even by 1979, than most people on that list, love him or hate him.

Prakriti · Aug 21, 2018

The Face in the Frost is a highly underrated book.

Anderson, Poul 18
Bellairs, John 21
Brackett, Leigh 20
Brown, Frederic 20
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 20
Carter, Lin 20
de Camp, L. Sprague 20
de Camp & Pratt 20
Derleth, August 20
Dunsany, Lord 20
Farmer, P. J. 20
Fox, Gardner 20
Howard, R. E. 20
Lanier, Sterling 20
Leiber, Fritz 21
Lovecraft, H. P. 16
Merritt, A. 20
Moorcock, Michael 20
Norton, Andre 20
Offutt, Andrew J. 20
Pratt, Fletcher 20
Saberhagen, Fred 20
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J. R. R. 21
Vance, Jack 20
Weinbaum, Stanley 18
Wellman, Manley Wade 20
Williamson, Jack 20
Zelazny, Roger 21

Gradine · Aug 21, 2018

Yeah, Brooks or Alexander would have been easy upvotes for me. But alas and alack, Gygax gonna Gygax. Downvote is, of course easy; if only it were similarly so easy to scrub virulent racism from the rest of the internet.

Anderson, Poul 18
Bellairs, John 21
Brackett, Leigh 20
Brown, Frederic 20
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 20
Carter, Lin 20
de Camp, L. Sprague 20
de Camp & Pratt 20
Derleth, August 20
Dunsany, Lord 20
Farmer, P. J. 20
Fox, Gardner 20
Howard, R. E. 20
Lanier, Sterling 20
Leiber, Fritz 21
Lovecraft, H. P. 14
Merritt, A. 20
Moorcock, Michael 20
Norton, Andre 20
Offutt, Andrew J. 20
Pratt, Fletcher 20
Saberhagen, Fred 20
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J. R. R. 21
Vance, Jack 21
Weinbaum, Stanley 18
Wellman, Manley Wade 20
Williamson, Jack 20
Zelazny, Roger 21

Paul Farquhar · Aug 21, 2018

Terry Pratchett is missing from the list as well. His writing probably has more direct influence on our games than anyone else (with the possible exception of Monty Python).