Survivor Appendix N Authors- LEIBER WINS!

[Prakriti]

Bellairs, John 11
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 14
Carter, Lin 14
de Camp & Pratt 11
Dunsany, Lord 17
Fox, Gardner 15
Leiber, Fritz 20
Merritt, A. 18
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 12
St. Clair, Margaret 14
Tolkien, J.R.R. 12
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 18

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Seriously dude? Chainmail, the foundation for D&D literally had Balrogs, Ents, elves, dwarves and Hobbits and you think Tolkien wasn't an inspiration for the foundation? The fact that Tolkien's world wasn't about killing creatures for their loot isn't relevant to whether or not Tolkien was a huge inspiration. Inspiration does not equate to mirroring exactly. If it did, it wouldn't be inspiration, it would be plagiarism.

Tolkien would kindly explain to you (in between puffs on his pipe) that this is unsurprising, given that so many stories draw on the same mythological roots. In particular, The Hobbit being based on part three of Beowulf, which lies at the root of all Anglo-Saxon literature.

Have you read Beowulf? Personally, I prefer Seamus Heaney's translation to Tolkien's more scholarly version.

 

[Lord Mhoram]

Bellairs, John 11
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 14
Carter, Lin 14
de Camp & Pratt 11
Dunsany, Lord 17
Fox, Gardner 15
Leiber, Fritz 18
Merritt, A. 18
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 12
St. Clair, Margaret 14
Tolkien, J.R.R. 13
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 18

 

[Yardiff]

Bellairs, John 11
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 14+1=15
Carter, Lin 14
de Camp & Pratt 11
Dunsany, Lord 17
Fox, Gardner 15
Leiber, Fritz 18
Merritt, A. 18
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 12
St. Clair, Margaret 14
Tolkien, J.R.R. 13-2=11
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 18

 

[Imaro]

Bellairs, John 11
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 14
Carter, Lin 14
de Camp & Pratt 11
Dunsany, Lord 17
Fox, Gardner 15
Leiber, Fritz 18
Merritt, A. 18
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 12
St. Clair, Margaret 14
[COLOR=#FF000]Tolkien, J.R.R. 9[/COLOR]
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 20

 

[tglassy]

Every vote against Tolkien is a vote against Samwise Gamgee.

See? You've made Samwise sad. How could you make Samwise sad?

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

As a big Tolkien fan and someone that has read many, many translations of Beowulf, I will say that Seamus Heaney’s translation is jaw-droppingly amazing. The language is gorgeous and kinetic, and as far as I’ve read, the best translation there is (now if we could only get an amazing movie version for a change).

Have you read Beowulf? Personally, I prefer Seamus Heaney's translation to Tolkien's more scholarly version.

 

[Yardiff]

Bellairs, John 11
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 15
Carter, Lin 14
de Camp & Pratt 11
Dunsany, Lord 17
Fox, Gardner 15
Leiber, Fritz 18
Merritt, A. 18
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 12
St. Clair, Margaret 14
Tolkien, J.R.R. 9
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 20



A dropped vote between 554 and 555.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Every vote against Tolkien is a vote against Samwise Gamgee.

See? You've made Samwise sad. How could you make Samwise sad?

Conversely, every upvote for Tolkien is an upvote for Tom Bombadil, kidnapping forced marrying annoying guy he was.

"Hey dol! merry dol! ring a dong dillo! Ring a dong! hop along! fal lal the willow! Tom Bom, jolly Tom, Tom Bombadillo!"

On a side note, I'm betting many people who keep lauding the virtues of Tolkien aren't even pronouncing his name right

 

[Bradley Hindman]

Have you read Beowulf? Personally, I prefer Seamus Heaney's translation to Tolkien's more scholarly version.

Thanks for the recommendation ! Its been quite a while since I read Beowulf (iff'n you don't count Crichton's Eaters of the Dead) and I am due for a reread.