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<blockquote data-quote="buzz" data-source="post: 1335400" data-attributes="member: 6777">Throwing in my coupla' coppers...I never made it through any Tolkien until a few years into my gaming habit when I read The Hobbit. I'd probably say that it's my favorite fantasty novel, if not *the* great fantasy novel. It wasn't until almost 20 years later that I really sat down and read through LOTR. I freaking loved it, and plan to re-read it on a regular basis.So, like others, I was cutting my fantasy teeth on other authors when I was a kid. This included Conan, Elric, some Xanth, Amber, Feist's original Magician books, Fafhrd &amp; Grey Mouser, Narnia, Asprin's Myth series and a good dose of Lovecraft... there was also a good dose of crap, e.g. Terry Brooks*.Fafhrd &amp; Grey Mouser was definitely a big revelation for me. I don't think any other series really shouts &quot;This is where D&amp;D comes fom!&quot; as loudly as this.So, I guess I enjoy it all. I'm certainly intrigued by the upcoming Conan RPG; I've been posting in the threads about it over at RPG.net. I'm not a big fan of Mongoose's products, but what I've been hearing about this RPG and OGL Horror is starting to convince me to make an exception.* Apologies to those who may enjoy such authors, but I tend to be sort of a snob when it comes to fantasy... which I guess is ironic, considering the public's generally low opinion of genre fiction. No amount of reccomendations will get me to read any more Eddings (give me those weeks of my life back!!!), or Jordan, or Salvatore, or almost anything tied to a D&amp;D campaign setting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="buzz, post: 1335400, member: 6777"] Throwing in my coupla' coppers... I never made it through any Tolkien until a few years into my gaming habit when I read [b]The Hobbit[/b]. I'd probably say that it's my favorite fantasty novel, if not *the* great fantasy novel. It wasn't until almost 20 years later that I really sat down and read through LOTR. I freaking loved it, and plan to re-read it on a regular basis. So, like others, I was cutting my fantasy teeth on other authors when I was a kid. This included Conan, Elric, some Xanth, Amber, Feist's original [b]Magician[/b] books, Fafhrd & Grey Mouser, Narnia, Asprin's [b]Myth[/b] series and a good dose of Lovecraft... there was also a good dose of crap, e.g. Terry Brooks*. Fafhrd & Grey Mouser was definitely a big revelation for me. I don't think any other series really shouts "This is where D&D comes fom!" as loudly as this. So, I guess I enjoy it all. I'm certainly intrigued by the upcoming Conan RPG; I've been posting in the threads about it over at RPG.net. I'm not a big fan of Mongoose's products, but what I've been hearing about this RPG and [b]OGL Horror[/b] is starting to convince me to make an exception. [SIZE=1]* Apologies to those who may enjoy such authors, but I tend to be sort of a snob when it comes to fantasy... which I guess is ironic, considering the public's generally low opinion of genre fiction. No amount of reccomendations will get me to read any more Eddings (give me those weeks of my life back!!!), or Jordan, or Salvatore, or almost anything tied to a D&D campaign setting.[/size] [/QUOTE]

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