D&D-influenced Fantasy Novels

[Knightfall]

And speaking of people nobody's mentioned yet, our own Col. Pladoh has done two RPG 'influenced' series. Most of you have no doubt heard of Gord the Roque and his tales, but I suspect few of you have ever met the Magister Inhotep of Ægypt. Protagonist of a trilogy set in an early version of the Mythus setting, Ærth.

I actually read the first book of the Ægyptian trilogy. I never got around to try to find the other books, but it might be something to look for again. - KF72

 

[Aaron L]

Off topic, but I think that Galadedrid Damodred is about the COOLEST name I have ever heard.

 

[Zander]

It's pretty obvious that Tolkien copied D&D.

Just kidding.

 

[diaglo]

It's pretty obvious that Tolkien copied D&D.

Just kidding.

and C.S. Lewis copied too since they were mates.

 

[WayneLigon]

My personal test is gold pieces. If a fantasy book features gold pieces I know it's a post-D&D book.

Name some that do? I can't ever recall seeing that particular term in a non-gaming-property novel, though I've certainly read fantasy books where people used gold coins - they've all been around quite a bit longer than D&D. I've certainly only read a small percentage of the fantasy that's out there, though.

 

[GuardianLurker]

I'm surprised no-one's mentioned Lawrence Watt-Evans Etshar series. Magic shops, 8th-order (level) spells...

 

[Tonguez]

Nah, I knew about most of the mythology-inspired monsters before D&D was invented. Fantasy fiction is full of them, plus that led to reading about medieval monsters and looking up creatures in the library, etc.

As soon as I discovered public libraries as a child I was reading mythology and folklore so I also knew a whole lot of the mythic monsters and dieties long before I discovered fantasy novels or DnD. Thus it always amuses (and maybe even saddens) me when people start looking at DnD as the 'source' of various creatures - people really need to start reading more...

 

[radferth]

I'm sure Tolkien, Lewis, and their mates would have had to invent gaming if they had not been authors. Same with the Lovecraft/Howard group, although PBP would have been quite slow back then.

 

[sniffles]

I wish I had access to my copy of The Deed of Paksennarion. I'm fairly certain it actually states in the author's notes that the story was based on a D&D campaign Elizabeth Moon participated in. I seem to recall the same about Matthew Woodring Stover's Iron Dawn and its sequel Jericho Moon.

I need a bookstore now!

 

[Tonguez]

I'm sure Tolkien, Lewis, and their mates would have had to invent gaming if they had not been authors. Same with the Lovecraft/Howard group, although PBP would have been quite slow back then.

Well the Bronte sister hade there own homebrew world 'Gondal' in which they roleplayed various events - so at least one set of famous authors ceated a RPG long before DnD came into existence...