A Question for the 25 and under crowd - What have you read?

[MacMathan]

I am a decade past your cut off so I did not vote but from the list I have read books by the following:

J. R. R. Tolkien
Michael Moorcock
J. K. Rowlings
Robert Jordan
China Mieville
Terry Pratchett
Terry Brooks

I would also add in a plug for the Locke Lamora series by Scott Lynch which I am currently enjoying.

 

[S'mon]

Eric Noah is under 25?!

 

[Woas]

I'm just under your cut off point.

From your list all I have read is a little bit of Vance (Dying Earth. Never got around to finishing it though) and odds & ends from Howard (basically just Conan stuff).

 

[GnomeWorks]

21, about to turn 22. I've read Tolkien, Rowlings, and Pratchett.

I recognize some of the other names on the list, but not all of them.

 

[Imperialus]

I'm 27

Off the list I've read:
Jack Vance, (though I'm not sure this should count since I much prefer his Sci-Fi to his Fantasy. I haven't even read the whole dying earth series. )
Fritz Leiber
Robert Howard (love him. I own a hardbound edition of every Conan story in the order they were published in, complete with his orriginal typos.)
J. R. R. Tolkien
J. K. Rowlings
Robert Jordan
Terry Pratchett
Terry Brooks


I'm a big fan of the 'pulp' era, Weird Tales in particular. There is one author, (it could be Margaret St. Clair but I'm not sure) a contemporary of Howard who created a rather interesting female "Conan".

 

[Ahnehnois]

23.

I've read Tolkien & Pratchett, but that was a while ago. I can't remember the last piece of fantasy fiction I read.

I'm surprised Lovecraft isn't mentioned in the poll; I'd rate him as one of the biggest influences to D&D (and a great deal beyond that).

I'm mildly curious about some of the other authors on the list but the chances of me reading them are low.

 

[Crothian]

I'm not 25 or younger anymore but I've read

Fritz Leiber, Robert Howard, J. R. R. Tolkien, J. K. Rowlings, Robert Jordan, Terry Pratchett, Terry Brooks

The others I don't think I've read anything by.

 

[Aus_Snow]

I don't meet the age prereqs for this PrC.

For what it's worth though, I've read at least one thing from each of the writers there other than Rowlings.

 

[Imperialus]

I'm surprised Lovecraft isn't mentioned in the poll; I'd rate him as one of the biggest influences to D&D (and a great deal beyond that).

I'm mildly curious about some of the other authors on the list but the chances of me reading them are low.

Lovecraft didn't write fantasy though, which is what the poll is about. Actually that's not entirely true, (I think) he did write one fantasy short story under a pen name, it was worse than Howards horror though.

 

[Ahnehnois]

Lovecraft didn't write fantasy though, which is what the poll is about. Actually that's not entirely true, (I think) he did write one fantasy short story under a pen name, it was worse than Howards horror though.

That depends on your definition of 'fantasy' obviously. Much of the Dream Cycle could fall into that category. In any case, many classic D&D elements draw inspiration from his works. What would a D&D monster manual look like without Lovecraft?