Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Is RPGing a *literary* endeavour?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 7614179" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>For a man who you seem to think sucked, he spawned an IP that's 8 decades old, still selling the original stories, plus additional stories written with the originator's permission, and then, after his death, by even more authors, crossed into all other media, created a cultural icon, and the stories of his and his friends L. Sprague DeCamp and Lin Carter building on his foundation, all of which are still available...</p><p></p><p>Howard may not have published a novel, but he's had more success as literature than my grandmother (whom I'm fairly certain you've never read her 1 publish novel from the 1930's), who rightfully should be forgotten... her biggest claim to real fame was working as a hollywood society reporter in the 1940's. The majority of her work as a writer is credited to others, as she ghost wrote for many veterans in <em>Veterans Voices</em>. </p><p></p><p>REH has spawned further literature. My grandmother wrote more, got a lot of it published, even published a novel.... but was not imitated, was no inspiration. </p><p></p><p>(And my grandmother's novel? Drivel. one of three books from the decade with the same title... Well worded, erudite drivel. Technically well done, but unmemorable.)</p><p></p><p>And let's not forget: Conan is one of the key inspirations of D&D. Not as strongly as Vance's Dying Earth, but still, Conan actually has underground adventures to go in and kill badguys.</p><p></p><p>Howard is mentioned in some college survey courses... if nothing else, for his being a correspondent with HPL, but often for his own contributions to the pulp fantasy fiction.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 7614179, member: 6779310"] For a man who you seem to think sucked, he spawned an IP that's 8 decades old, still selling the original stories, plus additional stories written with the originator's permission, and then, after his death, by even more authors, crossed into all other media, created a cultural icon, and the stories of his and his friends L. Sprague DeCamp and Lin Carter building on his foundation, all of which are still available... Howard may not have published a novel, but he's had more success as literature than my grandmother (whom I'm fairly certain you've never read her 1 publish novel from the 1930's), who rightfully should be forgotten... her biggest claim to real fame was working as a hollywood society reporter in the 1940's. The majority of her work as a writer is credited to others, as she ghost wrote for many veterans in [i]Veterans Voices[/i]. REH has spawned further literature. My grandmother wrote more, got a lot of it published, even published a novel.... but was not imitated, was no inspiration. (And my grandmother's novel? Drivel. one of three books from the decade with the same title... Well worded, erudite drivel. Technically well done, but unmemorable.) And let's not forget: Conan is one of the key inspirations of D&D. Not as strongly as Vance's Dying Earth, but still, Conan actually has underground adventures to go in and kill badguys. Howard is mentioned in some college survey courses... if nothing else, for his being a correspondent with HPL, but often for his own contributions to the pulp fantasy fiction. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Is RPGing a *literary* endeavour?
Top