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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 8772282" data-attributes="member: 52734">I've read the Hobbit, Saberhagen's trio of Book of Swords and a handful of Lovecraft stories.&nbsp; I've tried to read Lord of the Rings, one of Moorcock's Elric stories (I forget which), Burrough's John Carter of Mars and one of the Lhankmar stories - but just couldn't get into it.&nbsp; And a lot of Marvel's Savage Sword of Conan, but not the original novels.&nbsp; Not on the list, but among my favorite were C.S. Lewis's Narnia series.Most of the fantasy I've consumed has been either various movies (a lot of 80's Sword &amp; Sorcery), comics and a handful of post-D&amp;D fantasy novels (Dragonlance, Prism Pentad, Harry Potter, etc.).&nbsp; I find I'm a more visual person, so I prefer to get my media via TV, movie or graphic novels.&nbsp; I just can't concentrate on reading book novels like I used to in my pre-college days.Overall, I just find it interesting how other people approach D&amp;D according to what sort of media they have interacted with, but I don't try and judge.&nbsp; The fantasy landscape has changed dramatically since that list, and still continues to change.&nbsp; D&amp;D has been much changed by various media influences - including references to itself.&nbsp; For example, compare the &quot;Lon Chaney&quot; werewolf and &quot;Bela Lugosi/Chistopher Lee&quot; vampires of the 1E MM to current depictions of those two monsters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 8772282, member: 52734"] I've read the [I]Hobbit, [/I]Saberhagen's trio of [I]Book of Swords[/I] and a handful of Lovecraft stories. I've tried to read [I]Lord of the Rings[/I], one of Moorcock's Elric stories (I forget which), Burrough's [I]John Carter of Mars[/I] and one of the Lhankmar stories - but just couldn't get into it. And a lot of Marvel's [I]Savage Sword of Conan[/I], but not the original novels[I]. [/I]Not on the list, but among my favorite were C.S. Lewis's Narnia series.[I][/I] Most of the fantasy I've consumed has been either various movies (a lot of 80's Sword & Sorcery), comics and a handful of post-D&D fantasy novels (Dragonlance, Prism Pentad, Harry Potter, etc.). I find I'm a more visual person, so I prefer to get my media via TV, movie or graphic novels. I just can't concentrate on reading book novels like I used to in my pre-college days. Overall, I just find it interesting how other people approach D&D according to what sort of media they have interacted with, but I don't try and judge. The fantasy landscape has changed dramatically since that list, and still continues to change. D&D has been much changed by various media influences - including references to itself. For example, compare the "Lon Chaney" werewolf and "Bela Lugosi/Chistopher Lee" vampires of the 1E MM to current depictions of those two monsters. [/QUOTE]

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