1e inspiration list, how much have you read?

[Wormwood]

Oddly, I'd never noticed how "Pulp" the original D&D reading list was before now.

Of the authors listed, I've read about a dozen or so.

as an aside: My nephew's D&D group, all boys between 13 and 14 years old, have never read any of those works---nor are they likely to. Their impression of Fantasy is a melange of anime, video games, and Peter Jackson.

And they are having just as much fun playing D&D as I did at their age.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

These are the ones I haven't read, or haven't read much of:

Brackett, Leigh.
Brown, Fredric.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, "Pellucidar" Series; Mars Series; Venus Series
Derleth, August.
Merritt, A. CREEP, SHADOW, CREEP; MOON POOL; DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE; et al.
Pratt, Fletcher, BLUE STAR; et al.
St. Clair, Margaret. THE SHADOW PEOPLE; SIGN OF THE LABRYS
Williamson, Jack.

 

[RFisher]

Anderson, Poul. THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS; THE HIGH CRUSADE; THE BROKEN SWORD
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Mars Series
Dunsany, Lord.
Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series
Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al.
Lovecraft, H. P.
Moorcock, Michael. STORMBRINGER; STEALER OF SOULS
Norton, Andre.
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy"
Vance, Jack. THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al.
Zelazny, Roger. JACK OF SHADOWS; "Amber" Series; et al.

I'd say Anderson, Leiber, Lovecraft, & Vance--at least--I read primarily because they were on that list.

 

[Kunimatyu]

I think it is a generational thing -- I wouldn't have known about many of these authors if I didn't read these boards. If it wasn't for the combination of used book stores and ENWorld, I would have only read Tolkien, HPL, and Tarzan. Thanks to this site, I've read Moorcock's Elric series, Howard's Conan series, and I've just started on the Fafhrd and Grey Mouser series, and I'll pick up Three Hearts and Three Lions and Dying Earth soon.

In some ways, it's a pity Tolkien became the 'gold standard' of fantasy -- some of the grim, more human-centric books are a lot more fun. Plus, no (tolkienesque) elves, which I've always felt were a blight on the genre from the beginning - I'd prefer to leave my beautiful superpeople in comic books, thanks.

 

[Retreater]

My list, as a librarian and English major...

Brown, Fredric.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Mars Series
Derleth, August.
Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series
Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al.
Lovecraft, H. P.
Merritt, A. MOON POOL
Moorcock, Michael. STORMBRINGER
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy"
Vance, Jack.THE DYING EARTH

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Agreed. As a fan of the old sagas, I loved the Broken Sword. C.L. Moore's Jirel of Joiry is also pretty darn cool...it might have been on the list of recommended reading in the Classic D&D Immortals set, which as I recall was very long indeed.

Anyway, I've read the following:

Anderson, Poul. THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS; THE BROKEN SWORD
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, Mars Series
Dunsany, Lord.
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)
Offutt, Andrew J., his Thieves' World work only.
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy"
Vance, Jack. THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al.

I never read any of his work, but have been curious about Manly Wade Wellman, mostly on account of his name.

It's a relatively old list and I've read a lot of those because I wanted to read them, not particularly for D&D. I sought out The Broken Sword because of this list and was certainly not disappointed.

Surprised not to see on this list:

Moore, C. L. JIREL OF JOIRY
Smith, Clark Ashton

 

[amethal]

Came across a battered second hand copy of Sign of the Labrys , thought it was quite good, if a bit weird.

I didn't realise it was one of the books on The List until now.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

I never read any of his work, but have been curious about Manly Wade Wellman, mostly on account of his name.

I've read two stories of his (can't remember the names), but I recall them as being quite good.

 

[Gentlegamer]

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.

 

[Shemeska]

Smith, Clark Ashton

Right up there with Lovecraft among the writers of that generation, and in my opinion a better author than HPL. It's a real shame that C.A. Smith at a point pretty much stopped writing short stories and moved on to other things, because I probably like his work even more than HPL, who is remembered far more often.