Pathfinder 1E Paizo to Publish Howard, Moorcock, Gygax and (?)

[Olgar Shiverstone]

How about a collection of Gygax's Gord the Rogue novels?

 

[frog]

You mean this?


Oh, you said all of them....try this too

A gentlebeing and a scholar you are.

 

[JoeGKushner]

How about a collection of Gygax's Gord the Rogue novels?

Isn't Troll Lord Games doing that?

 

[trancejeremy]

Karl Edward Wagner's Kane novels would be good. I believe there was a collection of them a few years ago, but now OOP and going for $100 on Amazon/ebay.

 

[Erik Mona]

How about a collection of Gygax's Gord the Rogue novels?

Ironically, this is sort of what started the whole thing. I wanted to republish the Gord books and contacted Gary about it. Unfortunately for Paizo, the Troll Lords got to him first. I believe they intend to publish the whole series as expensive illustrated hardcovers. The early bird gets the worm (though I'm not certain when they are scheduled to come out). You'd have to ask them.

There's a cover of their edition of "Saga of Old City" floating around the web. I'm looking forward to seeing what they do with it.

--Erik

 

[papastebu]

Zelazny, and I was thinking of these, too. I used to have both, but I lost one, and they've been frustratingly out of print for a while. I read them back during my first RPG period in the '80s, and they were lots of fun.

I just looked on Barnes and Noble's website, and their used and out-of-print section shows about 200 copies of Changeling, and it looks like 10 to 12 copies of Madwand. They also seem to have a couple of copies of Wizard World, which is both books in one volume. Sorry about the slight derailment, everyone, but a person shouldn't have to do without if it can be helped.

More on topic, the Pelmen the Powershaper series, by Robert Don Hughes, and the trilogy that starts with Master of the Five Magics, by Lyndon Hardy

 

[papastebu]

Any and all of the Chronicles of Amber, if nobody's suggested it.
A book called Silverlock. Don't know who by, but it was extremely funny from my 20-some-year recollection.
The Horseclans novels, and related works.
The Tales of Alvin Maker by Orson Scott Card. Any of Andre Norton's works, particularly The Jargoon Pard, are coming to mind.
Octavia Butler's Wild Seed, and really, anything this woman has ever written is worth a read, and most would work well, graphically.
The 24 original novels of Tarzan, not the Dark Horse--not throwing off on them, I just like the originals--new stuff, though the rights to the character and properties might need to be procured. There was another Burroughs novel I read as a child, called The Moonmen, I think, about a sort of accidental enmity that resulted in the polarization of the entirety of humanity under two leaders and their hereditary descendants. Cool. Carson of Venus, John Carter of Mars, etc.

 

[mmadsen]

I thought I'd cite the salient passage from Appendix N of the original DMG:

Anderson, Poul. THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS; THE HIGH CRUSADE; THE BROKEN SWORD
Bellairs, John. THE FACE IN THE FROST
Brackett, Leigh.
Brown, Fredric.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, "Pellucidar" Series; Mars Series; Venus Series
Carter, Lin. "World's End" Series
de Camp, L. Sprague. LEST DARKNESS FALL; FALLIBLE FIEND; et al.
de Camp & Pratt. "Harold Shea" Series; CARNELIAN CUBE
Derleth, August.
Dunsany, Lord.
Farmer, P. J. "The World of the Tiers" Series; et al.
Fox, Gardner. "Kothar" Series; "Kyrik" Series; et al.
Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series
Lanier, Sterling. HIERO'S JOURNEY
Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al.
Lovecraft, H. P.
Merritt, A. CREEP, SHADOW, CREEP; MOON POOL; DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE; et al.
Moorcock, Michael. STORMBRINGER; STEALER OF SOULS; "Hawkmoon" Series (esp. the first three books)
Norton, Andre.
Offutt, Andrew J., editor SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS III.
Pratt, Fletcher, BLUE STAR; et al.
Saberhagen, Fred. CHANGELING EARTH; et al.
St. Clair, Margaret. THE SHADOW PEOPLE; SIGN OF THE LABRYS
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy"
Vance, Jack. THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al.
Weinbaum, Stanley.
Wellman, Manly Wade.
Williamson, Jack.
Zelazny, Roger. JACK OF SHADOWS; "Amber" Series; et al.

The most immediate influences upon AD&D were probably de Camp & Pratt, REH, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, HPL, and A. Merritt; but all of the above authors, as well as many not listed, certainly helped to shape the form of the game. For this reason, and for the hours of reading enjoyment, I heartily recommend the works of these fine authors to you.​

I think Paizo's in an almost unique position to suggest books that D&D players "should" read -- and they can suggest classics without cannibalizing multiple lines of new fiction.

 

[Matchstick]

There are some novels by Paul Edwin Zimmer - the first Dark Border novels, from the early 80s that are somewhat adult in nature but really extremely worthy candidates and very much out of print. The two of note are The Lost Prince and King Chondo's Ride. Zimmer passed in the 90s - but his sister, Marion Zimmer Bradley ,would know what's up with those. They were published by Ace and then later Berkley if I have it right. They have been out of print for 20 years or so Erik. Amazing stuff and very underrated. If nothing else - read them if you get a chance. (The other two novels set in the Dark Border world are less than inspiring though.)

In fact - I'd go so far as to say the the setting of the Dark Border would make an *ideal* campaign world. (And I'm sure many homebrews did just that with it, back in the day.)

Last up -the late Brian Daley's Doomfarers of Coramonde and Starfollowers of Coramonde. Published by Del Rey in 1979-80 and long out of print. I loved these books as a kid. Very underrated stuff. The first book opens with a squad of US army draftees in an APC - plucked out of Vietnam and drafted to fight a dragon. Awesome stuff. I loved it.

Holy smoke. I thought I was the only one that had read (and loved) the Dark Border books! I couldn't agree more that they might make the perfect campaign world, it's something I've always wanted to see (or make).

Lost Prince and Prince Chondos are fantastic indeed. Of the other two you reference, Ingulf the Mad is fine, and honestly, though it wasn't high in your opinion, Gathering of Heroes is my favorite single volume fantasy novel. Zimmer can write combat that absolutely sings, his characters are deep and memorable, and that setting is just wonderful. I second this vote wholeheartedly!

I actually just re-read the Coramonde stuff a couple months ago. My copy of Starfollowers is so tattered I use the cover for my bookmark. I don't think they're as good as Zimmer's books, but they are very good fantasy stuff and certainly would be inspirational for a D&D campaign.

Very, very good recommendations Steel.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Silverlock by John Myers Myers
A whole bunch of old Poul Anderson - Three Hearst and Three Lions, and the Broken Sword in particular.

And, like a lot of people, I would love to see the Leiber books back in print.

Ditto for a whole bunch of L. Sprague deCamp and Fletcher Pratt books.

Many Wade Wellman's John the Balladeer series.

Russel Kirk.

The Auld Grump