1e inspiration list, how much have you read?

[Voadam]

Plucked from another thread, here is Gygax's inspiration list from the back of the 1e DMG.

How many have you read?

Anderson, Poul. THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS; THE HIGH CRUSADE; THE BROKEN SWORD
Bellairs, John. THE FACE IN THE FROST
Brackett, Leigh.
Brown, Fredric.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, "Pellucidar" Series; Mars Series; Venus Series
Carter, Lin. "World's End" Series
de Camp, L. Sprague. LEST DARKNESS FALL; FALLIBLE FIEND; et al.
de Camp & Pratt. "Harold Shea" Series; CARNELIAN CUBE
Derleth, August.
Dunsany, Lord.
Farmer, P. J. "The World of the Tiers" Series; et al.
Fox, Gardner. "Kothar" Series; "Kyrik" Series; et al.
Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series
Lanier, Sterling. HIERO'S JOURNEY
Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al.
Lovecraft, H. P.
Merritt, A. CREEP, SHADOW, CREEP; MOON POOL; DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE; et al.
Moorcock, Michael. STORMBRINGER; STEALER OF SOULS; "Hawkmoon" Series (esp. the first three books)
Norton, Andre.
Offutt, Andrew J., editor SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS III.
Pratt, Fletcher, BLUE STAR; et al.
St. Clair, Margaret. THE SHADOW PEOPLE; SIGN OF THE LABRYS
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy"
Vance, Jack. THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al.
Weinbaum, Stanley.
Wellman, Manly Wade.
Williamson, Jack.
Zelazny, Roger. JACK OF SHADOWS; "Amber" Series; et al.

 

[Rodrigo Istalindir]

About 3/4s give or take.

Three Hearts and Three Lions is the only one that's on the list that I really want to read and haven't.

Anderson, Poul. THE HIGH CRUSADE; THE BROKEN SWORD
Brackett, Leigh.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, "Pellucidar" Series; Mars Series; Venus Series
Carter, Lin. "World's End" Series
de Camp, L. Sprague. LEST DARKNESS FALL; FALLIBLE FIEND; et al.
Farmer, P. J. "The World of the Tiers" Series; et al.
Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series
Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al.
Lovecraft, H. P.
Moorcock, Michael. STORMBRINGER; STEALER OF SOULS; "Hawkmoon" Series (esp. the first three books)
Norton, Andre.
Offutt, Andrew J., editor SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS III.
Pratt, Fletcher, BLUE STAR; et al.
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy"
Vance, Jack. THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al.
Williamson, Jack.
Zelazny, Roger. JACK OF SHADOWS; "Amber" Series; et al.

I was fortunate as a teenager; my best friend's dad had an extraordinary collection of 40s-70s sci-fi and fantasy, and he was very generous in letting a snot-nosed kid have the run of the place.

 

[Voadam]

For me:

de Camp, L. Sprague. et al. (just some of his conan knock offs)
Derleth, August.
Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series
Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al.
Lovecraft, H. P.
Moorcock, Michael. (some of the Elric series)
Norton, Andre.
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy"
Vance, Jack. (just the demon prince series)
Zelazny, Roger. "Amber" Series; et al.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

Anderson, Poul. THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS; THE HIGH CRUSADE; THE BROKEN SWORD

Yes, no, no.

Bellairs, John. THE FACE IN THE FROST

No.

Brackett, Leigh.

No.

Brown, Fredric.

No.

Burroughs, Edgar Rice, "Pellucidar" Series; Mars Series; Venus Series

No, Yes, No.

Carter, Lin. "World's End" Series

No.

de Camp, L. Sprague. LEST DARKNESS FALL; FALLIBLE FIEND; et al.

No, No, Yes

de Camp & Pratt. "Harold Shea" Series; CARNELIAN CUBE

No, No

Derleth, August.

Yes.

Dunsany, Lord.

Yes.

Farmer, P. J. "The World of the Tiers" Series; et al.

No, Yes.

Fox, Gardner. "Kothar" Series; "Kyrik" Series; et al.

No, No, No.

Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series

Yes.

Lanier, Sterling. HIERO'S JOURNEY

Yes.

Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al.

Yes, Yes.

Lovecraft, H. P.

Yes.

Merritt, A. CREEP, SHADOW, CREEP; MOON POOL; DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE; et al.

No, No, No, No.

Moorcock, Michael. STORMBRINGER; STEALER OF SOULS; "Hawkmoon" Series (esp. the first three books)

Yes, Yes, Yes

Norton, Andre.

Yes

Offutt, Andrew J., editor SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS III.

Yes

Pratt, Fletcher, BLUE STAR; et al.

No, No

St. Clair, Margaret. THE SHADOW PEOPLE; SIGN OF THE LABRYS

No, No.

Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy"

Yes, Yes

Vance, Jack. THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al.

No, Yes, Yes.

Weinbaum, Stanley.

No

Wellman, Manly Wade.

Yes

Williamson, Jack.

No

Zelazny, Roger. JACK OF SHADOWS; "Amber" Series; et al.

No, Yes, Yes

 

[GwydapLlew]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Mars Series
Carter, Lin. "World's End" Series
Dunsany, Lord.
Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series
Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al.
Lovecraft, H. P.
Norton, Andre.
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy"
Vance, Jack. THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al.
Williamson, Jack.
Zelazny, Roger. JACK OF SHADOWS; "Amber" Series; et al.[/QUOTE]

 

[thedungeondelver]

Let's see...

Anderson, Poul. THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS; THE HIGH CRUSADE; THE BROKEN SWORD
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, "Pellucidar" Series; Mars Series; Venus Series
de Camp, L. Sprague. LEST DARKNESS FALL; FALLIBLE FIEND; et al.
Derleth, August.
Dunsany, Lord.
Fox, Gardner. "Kothar" Series; "Kyrik" Series; et al.
Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series
Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al.
Lovecraft, H. P.
Moorcock, Michael. STORMBRINGER; STEALER OF SOULS; "Hawkmoon" Series (esp. the first three books)
Norton, Andre. QUAG KEEP
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy"
Vance, Jack. THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

Let's see...

Anderson, Poul. THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS; THE HIGH CRUSADE; THE BROKEN SWORD
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, "Pellucidar" Series; Mars Series; Venus Series
de Camp, L. Sprague. LEST DARKNESS FALL; FALLIBLE FIEND; et al.
Derleth, August.
Dunsany, Lord.
Fox, Gardner. "Kothar" Series; "Kyrik" Series; et al.
Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series
Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al.
Lovecraft, H. P.
Moorcock, Michael. STORMBRINGER; STEALER OF SOULS; "Hawkmoon" Series (esp. the first three books)
Norton, Andre. QUAG KEEP
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy"
Vance, Jack. THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al.

Our lists look very similar, with the exceptions of Vance and Anderson. I always had the hardest time with either Kothar or Kyrik...can't remember, whichever one has "Red Lori" in it. Having known a few Loris in my time...too distracting. Plus the worlds were never as interesting as I would have liked.

 

[T. Foster]

Anderson, Poul. THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS -- read it
THE HIGH CRUSADE -- read it
THE BROKEN SWORD -- read it
Bellairs, John. THE FACE IN THE FROST -- read it
Brackett, Leigh. -- read The Sword of Rhiannon; want to read more
Brown, Fredric. -- have a book of stories (and a couple sf novels), haven't read any
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, "Pellucidar" Series -- have a couple, haven't read
Mars Series -- have all, have read most (up to #7, maybe?)
Venus Series -- have a couple, haven't read
Carter, Lin. "World's End" Series -- have a couple, haven't read (but have read some other Carter books, which were uniformly terrible!)
de Camp, L. Sprague. LEST DARKNESS FALL -- read it
FALLIBLE FIEND -- might have it, haven't read it
et al. -- have read a couple other de Camp books (which weren't very good)
de Camp & Pratt. "Harold Shea" Series -- read it
CARNELIAN CUBE -- have a copy, haven't read
Derleth, August. -- have read a couple books (not very good)
Dunsany, Lord. -- head read The King of Elfland's Daughter and some stories, have more as-of-yet unread books (The Charwoman's Shadow, more stories)
Farmer, P. J. "The World of the Tiers" Series -- have read the first 5 books; don't have the last two
et al. -- haven't read and do't have anything else by PJF
Fox, Gardner. "Kothar" Series -- have read the first 3, have the other 2
"Kyrik" Series -- have all 4, haven't read any of them
et al. -- haven't read anything else by Fox
Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series -- read it (also have and/or have read various non-Conan Howard books -- Solomon Kane, Kull, etc.)
Lanier, Sterling. HIERO'S JOURNEY -- have a copy, haven't read it
Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series -- read it (except Swords and Ice Magic, for whatever reason -- have it, just haven't gotten around to reading it)
et al. -- have some other Leiber books that I haven't read
Lovecraft, H. P. -- have read most, but not all, of
Merritt, A. CREEP, SHADOW, CREEP -- have a copy, haven't read it
MOON POOL -- read it
DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE -- read it
et al. -- have all of Merritt's books, have read most of them
Moorcock, Michael. STORMBRINGER -- read it
STEALER OF SOULS -- read it
"Hawkmoon" Series (esp. the first three books) -- have them, haven't read
Norton, Andre. -- have read the first 2 "Witch World" books; have a few more (and some sf novels) that I haven't read
Offutt, Andrew J., editor SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS III. -- have it, haven't read it
Pratt, Fletcher, BLUE STAR -- have it, haven't read it
et al. -- have The Well of the Unicorn but haven't read it
St. Clair, Margaret. THE SHADOW PEOPLE -- read it
SIGN OF THE LABRYS -- read it
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT -- read it
"Ring Trilogy" -- read it
Vance, Jack. THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD -- read it
THE DYING EARTH -- read it
et al. -- have read the first 3 "Demon Princes" novels (sf) and have the rest; want to read the "Planet of Adventure" series (4 books) but don't have them yet
Weinbaum, Stanley. -- have a collection of stories, haven't read it
Wellman, Manly Wade. -- have a collection of Silver John stories, haven't read it
Williamson, Jack. -- don't have and haven't read anything by him
Zelazny, Roger. JACK OF SHADOWS -- read it
"Amber" Series -- read it
et al. -- have some other Zelazny books (Lord of Light, one or two others) that I haven't read

 

[Aeric]

I've read:

Derleth, August.
Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series
Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al.
Lovecraft, H. P.
Moorcock, Michael. STORMBRINGER; STEALER OF SOULS; "Hawkmoon" Series (esp. the first three books)
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy"

Wow...clearly I am not playing the game correctly!

 

[Corathon]

Anderson, Poul: I've read THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS and other things that he's written.
Bellairs, John: THE FACE IN THE FROST is the only one of his books that I 've read.
Brackett, Leigh: I've read some of her books.
Brown, Fredric: I've read most of his short stories.
Carter, Lin: I've read 1 book of the "World's End" Series and numerous other things by Carter.
de Camp, L. Sprague: I read FALLIBLE FIEND, and other things by de Camp.
de Camp & Pratt: I read the "Harold Shea" Series.
Derleth, August: I've read a lot of Derleth
Dunsany, Lord: I've THE KING OF ELFLAND'S DAUGHTER and quite a few of his short stories.
Farmer, P. J.: I haven't read "The World of the Tiers" Series, I did read the "Riverworld" books. I ultimately found those to be disappointing.
Fox, Gardner: I've read a few Fox short stories (at least 1 appeared in Dragon). Aside from comics, I haven't read much by Fox.
Howard, R. E.: I've read all of the "Conan" and "Kull" stories, and many other things that Howard wrote, too.
Lanier, Sterling. HIERO'S JOURNEY I've read this and the sequel.
Leiber, Fritz.: I've read only a few of the "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series, and also some of his other stories.
Lovecraft, H. P. I have read all of his fiction.
Merritt, A. : I've read MOON POOL; DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE, METAL MONSTER, another novel whose title I can't recall, some short stories.
Moorcock, Michael: I've read all of the early "Elric" books and some of the later ones, and most of the rest of the "Eternal Champion" stuff.
Norton, Andre: I've read a lot of Norton.
Offutt, Andrew J.:. I've read several of the SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS anthologies.
Pratt, Fletcher: I've read the BLUE STAR.
St. Clair, Margaret: I've read SIGN OF THE LABRYS.
Tolkien, J. R. R.: I've read THE HOBBIT, the "Ring Trilogy", and some of his other stuff including THE SILMARILLION.
Vance, Jack: I've read THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; CUGEL'S SAGA, and a lot of his science fiction, too.
Wellman, Manly Wade: I've read all of his "Silver John" stories and novels, and many others by this author also.
Williamson, Jack: I think that I've read one novel by Willamson, about witches in the modern day; maybe titled DARKER THAN YOU THINK?
Zelazny, Roger. I read JACK OF SHADOWS and both "Amber" Series, and much more by Zelazny.

I learned about some of these books and authors from the 1E DMG (e.g. Bellairs, St Clair, THE BLUE STAR) but I was a fan of fantasy and science fiction before I heard of D&D.