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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 4871247" data-attributes="member: 15538">I was not making that his claim to non-obscurity. I was just mocking the scare quotes about D&D "mentioning" him. Which, you know, it "does."How many truly obscure authors get omnibus reprints of their books? There are plenty of non-obscure authors whose works are basically never republished.For all I know, Leigh Brackette *is* obscure. But I'm not going to make the argument on the basis of my ignorance.Quick, name two other fantasy authors who have been received credits or dedications on roleplaying games that were not the licensed RPGs of their works. Heck, name one that is credited thusly on one game; I can't think of any. Then there's that whole "has two official roleplaying game products based on his writing published by two different publishers" thing; how many authors have achieved that? Anything not current is "obscure" in a certain sense, but I'm not going to call Ella Fitzgerald obscure because most modern listeners don't know who she is. Comparing Vance to Tolkien would be like claim someone without Mozart or Bach's fame is "obscure." Using the 100 random people test, we can easily demonstrate that Stravinsky is an obscure composer, Hayao Miyazaki is an obscure filmmaker, Havarti is an obscure variety of cheese, Yuri Gagarin is an obscure astronaut, and Pompey is an obscure Roman general.</blockquote>