Advanced Readings in Dungeons & Dragons

[Shroomy]

I thought that this may be of some interest to folks here...Tor.com (the SF/F book publisher) is hosting a blog series that explores the books and authors that Gary Gygax listed in Appendix N of the 1e AD&D DMG (aka Inspirational Reading). So far, they've discussed Robert E. Howard and his Conan story "Red Nails," Poul Anderson and his novel Three Hearts & Three Lions, and Sterling Lanier's Hiero's Journey, which was one of the few books listed in Appendix N that I was completely unfamiliar with (based on the blog post, I immediately ordered a used copy off of Amazon). They release new posts on Monday afternoons and I'm looking forward to them re-reading some of the more obscure stuff on the list:

http://www.tor.com/features/series/advanced-readings-in-dungeons--dragons

 

[Dwimmerlied]

Awesome, thanks for sharing! I've recently started a similar project for myself; raiding second-hand book shops for old sword and sorcery stuff, so it'll be great to see how my own musings compare

 

[tuxgeo]

Before the blog gets to it, so readers here can be prepared:

Nightmares and Geezenstacks, by Fredric Brown (on Amazon). (There are multiple ISBN numbers; this is only one.)

 

[TerraDave]

great stuff, much thanks for the link

 

[Shroomy]

This week, they discuss Fritz Leiber's Fafrd and Gray Mouser stories, which is kind of cool since I finished Swords and Deviltry last week.

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/advanced-readings-in-dad-fritz-leiber

 

[Shroomy]

This week's installment explores Edgar Rice Burroughs and his John Carter of Mars series:

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/advanced-readings-in-dad-edgar-rice-burroughs

 

[Shroomy]

This week covers Jack Vance and his Dying Earth series:

http://www.tor.com/blogs/2013/07/advanced-readings-in-dad-jack-vance

 

[TerraDave]

both of those were nice. I have read a fair amount of Vance, and agree that while Cugel is good, he may not be Dying Earth's best. I guess I have to check out Princess of Mars after years of not reading it.

 

[Weather Report]

To get a physical copy of Three Hearts and Three Lions seems quite elusive.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

To get a physical copy of Three Hearts and Three Lions seems quite elusive.

But it's available in audio format via Audible.com!