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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8812873" data-attributes="member: 29398">Part of the reason for that is that so much fantasy written since their day has been more or less derivative of one or both of them; so might as well go straight to the original rather than a derivation...and in the case of Tolkein, to the tales and myths he based his own works on.It seems odd to suggest D&amp;D should be more like WoW given that WoW seems to be very much derived from D&amp;D.And, more importantly, much more original in their work than are many fantasy authors since.&nbsp; Note that this is not in any way intended as a slight against latter-day fantasy authors, but more as a pointing-out of how they are building their works on the same foundations as does D&amp;D: a few highly-influential fantasy authors from the mid 20th century.Now, a very good case can be made that there's some other pre-1974 fantasy authors who could be - and maybe should be - just as influential; but that's a whole other discussion for another time.Further, anything written since about 1978 may well have D&amp;D itself as an influence; which just makes the whole thing self-referential if D&amp;D is then supposed to allow itself to be influenced in return.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8812873, member: 29398"] Part of the reason for that is that so much fantasy written since their day has been more or less derivative of one or both of them; so might as well go straight to the original rather than a derivation...and in the case of Tolkein, to the tales and myths he based his own works on. It seems odd to suggest D&D should be more like WoW given that WoW seems to be very much derived from D&D. And, more importantly, much more original in their work than are many fantasy authors since. Note that this is not in any way intended as a slight against latter-day fantasy authors, but more as a pointing-out of how they are building their works on the same foundations as does D&D: a few highly-influential fantasy authors from the mid 20th century. Now, a very good case can be made that there's some other pre-1974 fantasy authors who could be - and maybe should be - just as influential; but that's a whole other discussion for another time. Further, anything written since about 1978 may well have D&D itself as an influence; which just makes the whole thing self-referential if D&D is then supposed to allow itself to be influenced in return. [/QUOTE]

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