D&D 5E D&D Inspired By—What’s on your read list

[Sacrosanct]

D&D Inspired By—What’s on your read list

Rather than hijack the other threads, but certainly inspired by them, there are many names of authors dropped about who had what inspiration to the D&D game. I like to see how things evolve, and how they differ now from their original sources of inspiration. Many of those names I never got around to reading, but will now.

So, based on those sources of inspiration, what is on your read list?

Lord Dunsany is at the top, as I am very curious to see his stories that inspired creatures like the gnoll. Next is Poul Anderson. He seems to be a huge influence on the game, so I am very curious to see those similarities. Most of the other big names I’ve already read, so those two are at the top.

 

[Parmandur]

The three Anderson books mentioned in Appendix N are really, really quite good. Can't go wrong.

I want to read Sterling Lanier's "Hiero's Journey," but haven't run across a copy yet.

 

[Shroomy]

The three Anderson books mentioned in Appendix N are really, really quite good. Can't go wrong.

I want to read Sterling Lanier's "Hiero's Journey," but haven't run across a copy yet.

Hiero's Journey and its sequel are great books! Truly awesome science fantasy. Very influential on psionics and Gamma World. Also features a protagonist who "levels up" after gaining experience in combat!


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[Croesus]

Definitely Jack Vance's Dying Earth stories. If you're looking for a recommendation, try Songs of the Dying Earth. It's a collection of stories that aren't written by Jack Vance, but are set in that universe. There are some outstanding stories in the collection by some very good authors, such as Neil Gaiman, Glen Cook, etc.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Definitely Jack Vance's Dying Earth stories. If you're looking for a recommendation, try Songs of the Dying Earth. It's a collection of stories that aren't written by Jack Vance, but are set in that universe. There are some outstanding stories in the collection by some very good authors, such as Neil Gaiman, Glen Cook, etc.

I may be confused. Is Jack Vance on your reading list, or is it a recommendation? For the purposes of this thread, I'm more interested in what is on everyone else's reading list, and why.

 

[Croesus]

I may be confused. Is Jack Vance on your reading list, or is it a recommendation? For the purposes of this thread, I'm more interested in what is on everyone else's reading list, and why.

Ah, I misunderstood. Oops...

 

[Hriston]

I'm interested in reading Journey to the West. It seems to be one of the possible origins for the modern adventuring party.

 

[Shroomy]

I finished de Camp's Lest Darkness Fall a few weeks ago and then took a break from fiction. I just started A. Merritt's The Ship of Ishtar tonight.


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[Ralif Redhammer]

Hiero's Journey is pretty bizarre and out there, and all the more fun for it. It definitely feels like an Ur-Text for Gamma World.

At this point, I’ve read most of the Appendix N stuff that I care to. I keep meaning to re-read the Dying Earth stuff, though.

I want to read Sterling Lanier's "Hiero's Journey," but haven't run across a copy yet.

 

[Schmoe]

I want to read Bram Stoker's "Jewel of Seven Stars." I finished Dracula last spring. While I was really impressed with the story and the audacity of Stoker's writing, I found it extremely challenging to read due to the format of the novel (a series of diary entries). I'd like to read some of his other works that may be more accessible to see if I like those stories as well.

I'm probably going to go back and re-read a lot of the Conan stories by Robert E. Howard, too. It's been too long since I last read them.