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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 3440653" data-attributes="member: 5171">Easy answer? Because an author skilled enough to do that is most likely writing in his or her own universe, and has to change enough stuff for trademark-violation-avoidance purposes that, while the resulting work might be very very good, it most likely won't feel like gaming fantasy.Regardless of how much fun it is initially, few authors enjoy playing in somebody else's sandbox, even if that sandbox pays the bills.(I say this as somebody who enjoyed early Salvatore immensely and really loves Elaine Cunningham's work.)I'm not saying that it can't happen -- statistically, it will happen someday, if it hasn't already. But that wonderful work will be lost in the deluge, much like everything else. A few people will remember and love the gems, and everyone else will sigh and put up with the clumsiness of the rest.</blockquote>