Survivor Appendix N Authors- LEIBER WINS!

[OB1]

Bellairs, John 19
Brown, Frederic 0
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 21
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 14
Leiber, Fritz 20
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 11
Norton, Andre 7
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 16
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J.R.R. 26
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 21

 

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[Paul Farquhar]

Meh. It's an author that I have been upvoting already with a very few others. I have been upvoting the ones I know and who have had great impact on the game. Tolkien, Leiber, Vance, Zelazny and Moorcock. The rest of the authors I really don't know, so I've just been jumping on the downvote bandwagon to get rid of them. Vance is gone.

By that criterion, Lovecraft and Howard also had a huge impact on the game (And Burroughs, who is still in).

The others are irrelevant or imitators.

You could argue that C.S. Lewis also had a huge impact on the game, despite his conspicuous absence from the list, since he influenced his mate Tolkien.

And Verne, who was a big influence on Burroughs.

 

[Maxperson]

By that criterion, Lovecraft and Howard also had a huge impact on the game (And Burroughs, who is still in).

What criterion? I didn't give one. I simply gave names of authors that I know had an impact on the game. I can't see the impact of authors that I haven't read, and yes, I think Lovecraft did as well. None of them had as much impact as Tolkien, though. I believe(even though I haven't read the others) that he far outstrips any other author on the list. Most of the races and some of the classes come directly from him, as do the iconic orcs, trolls and Balor(Balrog). Also elven cloaks and boots. And more.

You could argue that C.S. Lewis also had a huge impact on the game, despite his conspicuous absence from the list, since he influenced his mate Tolkien.

If we're going to go past the authors themselves, we might as well just vote teachers as the winner since they taught these guys to write in the first place.

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Upvote for the Professor, and a downvote for Norton. Like, I get her place in sci-fi canon, but her works have left me cold (Or have I just been reading the wrong Norton books). And aside from writing Quag Keep, is there any direct influence of her writing on D&D?

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 21
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 14
Leiber, Fritz 21
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 11
Norton, Andre 5
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 16
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J.R.R. 25
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 21

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 21
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 14
Leiber, Fritz 21 + 1 =22
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 11
Norton, Andre 5 - 2 = 3
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 16
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J.R.R. 25
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 21

 

[Parmandur]

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 21
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 14
Leiber, Fritz 22
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 9
Norton, Andre 3
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 16
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J.R.R. 26
Weinbaum, Stanley 16
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 21

 

[Blue]

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 21
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 14
Leiber, Fritz 22
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 9
Norton, Andre 3
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 16
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J.R.R. 26
Weinbaum, Stanley 14
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 22

 

[Yardiff]

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 21
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 14
Leiber, Fritz 22
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 9+1=10
Norton, Andre 3
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 16
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J.R.R. 26-2=24
Weinbaum, Stanley 14
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 22

 

[Prakriti]

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 21
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 14
Leiber, Fritz 22
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 8
Norton, Andre 3
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 16
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J.R.R. 25
Weinbaum, Stanley 14
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 22