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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 4783720" data-attributes="member: 8447"><p>err... lots?</p><p></p><p>I am pretty much a bookaholic, have been since I was about 9 years old and I am now 50. I was hooked by variations of the Arthurian Legends from early on, as well as the October 1966 issue of <em>National Geographic</em>, with its wonderful article on the 900th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. </p><p></p><p>As far as early fantasy writing straight-up, I'd have to point to Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser stories, Ursula LeGuin's <em>Earthsea </em>books, Moorcock's Elric stories (though these quickly faded into the background for me), literally hundreds of tales of King Arthur, and, of course, Tolkein's <em>The Hobbit</em>, <em>The Lord of the Rings</em>, and <em>The Silmarillion</em>. </p><p></p><p>But in many ways, it is my combined interests in political and social history, folktales, comparative religion/mythology, anthropology, sociology, art history, medieval and renaissance literature, and all the rest in a vast melting pot that informs my approach to rpgs in general. </p><p></p><p>Specific books and authors? Well, you have a few names from my early interests now. I could add other specifics, but very, <strong><em><u>VERY </u></em></strong>few of them are actually fantasy or science fiction authors. I actually don't enjoy most fantasy writers ... or any other specific category. To use the clean version of the old adage, "90% of everything is garbage". <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 4783720, member: 8447"] err... lots? I am pretty much a bookaholic, have been since I was about 9 years old and I am now 50. I was hooked by variations of the Arthurian Legends from early on, as well as the October 1966 issue of [I]National Geographic[/I], with its wonderful article on the 900th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. As far as early fantasy writing straight-up, I'd have to point to Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser stories, Ursula LeGuin's [I]Earthsea [/I]books, Moorcock's Elric stories (though these quickly faded into the background for me), literally hundreds of tales of King Arthur, and, of course, Tolkein's [I]The Hobbit[/I], [I]The Lord of the Rings[/I], and [I]The Silmarillion[/I]. But in many ways, it is my combined interests in political and social history, folktales, comparative religion/mythology, anthropology, sociology, art history, medieval and renaissance literature, and all the rest in a vast melting pot that informs my approach to rpgs in general. Specific books and authors? Well, you have a few names from my early interests now. I could add other specifics, but very, [B][I][U]VERY [/U][/I][/B]few of them are actually fantasy or science fiction authors. I actually don't enjoy most fantasy writers ... or any other specific category. To use the clean version of the old adage, "90% of everything is garbage". ;) [/QUOTE]
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