Survivor Appendix N Authors- LEIBER WINS!

[Paul Farquhar]

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 19
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 12
Leiber, Fritz 20
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 8
Norton, Andre 3
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 14
St. Clair, Margaret 18
Tolkien, J.R.R. 21
Weinbaum, Stanley 14
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 20

 

[Paul Farquhar]

His pantheon was briefly listed in the Deities and Demigods and you have the original alignment system. That's it. Oh, and I suppose the Nine Lives Stealer could be connected to Stormbringer.

Tolkien on the other hand has mentioned in Chainmail, Balrogs, Nazgul, Hobbits, Goblins, Dwarves, Trolls, Ents, Dragons, Wargs(complete with goblin riders) and name mention. In 1e the Ranger class is lifted practically straight from Aragorn, complete with the ability to use scrying devices like crystal balls(Palantir).

The Law vs Chaos axis on the alignment wheel is entirely down to Moorcock. Plus most of the multiverse/planar travel, many of the artefacts in the DMG (Hand and Eye of Vecna, Blackrazor, etc). Hexblade Warlock is practically Elric, but that came later of course.

It doesn't really matter though. If you don't like an author you won't have read them much, so you wont know which of D&D's ripped off ideas where theirs.

E.g. Yuan-Ti are Howard.

Oh, yeah, you can't credit Tolkien with inventing crystal balls.

 

[Bradley Hindman]

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 19
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 12
Leiber, Fritz 20
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 8
Norton, Andre 3 + 1 = 4
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 14
St. Clair, Margaret 18
Tolkien, J.R.R. 21 - 2 = 19
Weinbaum, Stanley 14
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 20

 

[Nikosandros]

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 19
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 12
Leiber, Fritz 20
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 8
Norton, Andre 2
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 14
St. Clair, Margaret 18
Tolkien, J.R.R. 20
Weinbaum, Stanley 14
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 20

 

[tglassy]

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 19
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 12
Leiber, Fritz 20
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 6
Norton, Andre 2
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 14
St. Clair, Margaret 18
Tolkien, J.R.R. 21
Weinbaum, Stanley 14
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 20

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I know right? Verne was probably one of the most influential science fiction writers of all time (I mean, he only put the "science" in Sci-Fi, for crying out loud). And I don't know how Mary Shelly didn't make this list; she pretty much invented an entire genre of fiction.

*sigh* But I'm sure Gygax had his own reasons for writing this list the way he did. A fun side-thread would be for everyone to list their Top 10 Influences in their own D&D games...

...here's mine.[SBLOCK]CleverNickName's List of Most Influential Fiction

This was harder than I thought it would be. But here it is, the ten most influential authors (and their specific works) that have had the biggest impact on my particuar style of D&D. From least to most:

10. Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, "Dragonlance" series
9. Michael Moorcock, "The Knight of the Swords"
8. Lloyd Alexander, "The Chronicles of Prydain" series
7. Neil Gaiman, "Neverwhere" and "Norse Mythology"
6. Jules Verne, "Journey to the Center of the Earth"
5. Bram Stoker, "Dracula"
4. Mary Shelly, "Frankenstein"
3. Edgar Rice Burroughs, "Caspak" trilogy
2. Terry Brooks, "Heritage of Shannara" series
1. JRR Tolkien, "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings" trilogy

Why, yes, I do play a gothic-horror, steampunk campaign setting. Why do you ask?

Don't even get me started on the "Honorable Mentions" list. This was hard enough![/SBLOCK]

My suspicion is Gygax wasn't well read outside of pulp magazines...

Anyway, here is a list of the authors who have had a direct influence on my current campaign (i.e. I've ripped them off):

[SBLOCK]
Critchon, Michael
Dickens, Charles
Howard, Robert E.
Lofting, Hugh
Lovecraft, H.P.
Martin, G.R.R.
Pratchett, Terry
Python, Monty
Rowling, J. K.
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Stoker, Bram
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Verne, Jules[/SBLOCK]

 

[Dausuul]

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 19
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 12
Leiber, Fritz 20
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 6
Norton, Andre 2
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 14
St. Clair, Margaret 18
Tolkien, J.R.R. 19 (downvoted)
Weinbaum, Stanley 14
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 21 (upvoted)

 

[Maxperson]

The Law vs Chaos axis on the alignment wheel is entirely down to Moorcock. Plus most of the multiverse/planar travel, many of the artefacts in the DMG (Hand and Eye of Vecna, Blackrazor, etc). Hexblade Warlock is practically Elric, but that came later of course.

It doesn't really matter though. If you don't like an author you won't have read them much, so you wont know which of D&D's ripped off ideas where theirs.

E.g. Yuan-Ti are Howard.

Heh.

Me: and you have the original alignment system.(Law vs. Chaos)

You: The Law vs Chaos axis on the alignment wheel is entirely down to Moorcock.(Original alignment system)

So you have the original alignment system and a sword that is kinda sorta, but not really, like Stormbringer. The pantheon was removed after being in the game briefly and I never saw it actually used, but I imagine it was used by some. That's not a whole lot of impact compared to the list I gave of Tolkien's.

It doesn't really matter though. If you don't like an author you won't have read them much, so you wont know which of D&D's ripped off ideas where theirs.

E.g. Yuan-Ti are Howard.

It had nothing to do with dislike. I just never got any of their books when I was younger. You are correct that I won't know which ideas from D&D that were taken from them, but given the breadth of Tolkien's influence, I doubt it was much more than what you gave to Howard above. If feel confident that Tolkien contributed the most.

Oh, yeah, you can't credit Tolkien with inventing crystal balls.

I didn't. I credited Tolkien with being the reason why the Ranger class in 1e, which included the Strider title, could use them. The Numenoreans/Dunedain(Rangers of the North) used the Palantir.

 

[OB1]

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 19
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 10
Leiber, Fritz 20
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 6
Norton, Andre 2
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 14
St. Clair, Margaret 19
Tolkien, J.R.R. 19
Weinbaum, Stanley 14
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 21

 

[rczarnec]

Bellairs, John 19
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 22
Carter, Lin 16
de Camp & Pratt 19
Dunsany, Lord 19
Fox, Gardner 19
Lanier, Sterling 10
Leiber, Fritz 20
Merritt, A. 18
Moorcock, Michael 7
Norton, Andre 2
Offutt, Andrew J. 16
Pratt, Fletcher 14
St. Clair, Margaret 19
Tolkien, J.R.R. 19
Weinbaum, Stanley 12
Wellman, Manley Wade 16
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 21