Survivor Appendix N Authors- LEIBER WINS!

[CleverNickName]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 17-2=15
Carter, Lin 12
Dunsany, Lord 15
Leiber, Fritz 16
Merritt, A. 12
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 8
St. Clair, Margaret 8
Tolkien, J.R.R. 10+1=11, obviously
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 14
Zelazny, Roger 18

 

[Sacrosanct]

LOL No. No the only response isn't to call Gary a liar. Hell, I haven't even gotten to the point where I know he even said those things. I provided a solid argument. Chainmail is the foundation for D&D and Tolkien influenced that foundation quite a bit. That equates to Tolkien influencing the foundation of D&D. You've done nothing but make an unsubstantiated claim about what Gygax said. Right at this point in the conversation it has about as much weight as if I said that Gygax once said he loved riding mules through Moscow. Since you claim that Gygax said multiple times that Tolkien didn't influence the game's foundation, it should be memorialized somewhere for you to link for me. Once you do that, we can move past this point. Right now you haven't even countered my argument yet.

We had a thread about this very thing several months ago. You participated in it. So either you have the worst memory in history, or you're being disingenuous when you say you don't even know if he said those things. But even outside of that, it's pretty common knowledge how Gary felt about the whole thing, and it's extremely easy to Google. Here's one thing he responded with, way back in 1974 regarding what influence Tolkien had.

I hope this means when we have this topic in another six months from now, you won't make another post about how you've never heard of him saying that.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 15
Carter, Lin 12
Dunsany, Lord 15
Leiber, Fritz 17
Merritt, A. 12
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 8
St. Clair, Margaret 8
Tolkien, J.R.R. 9
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 14
Zelazny, Roger 18

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

Upvote for Tolkien, Downvote for Pratt. The more Pratt I've read, the more I feel like it was DeCamp that brought The Compleat Enchanter to life.

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 15
Carter, Lin 12
Dunsany, Lord 15
Leiber, Fritz 17
Merritt, A. 12
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 6
St. Clair, Margaret 8
Tolkien, J.R.R. 10
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 14
Zelazny, Roger 18

 

[squibbles]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 15
Carter, Lin 12
Dunsany, Lord 15
Leiber, Fritz 17+1=18
Merritt, A. 12
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 6
St. Clair, Margaret 8
Tolkien, J.R.R. 10-2=8
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 14
Zelazny, Roger 18

 

[Prakriti]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 15
Carter, Lin 12
Dunsany, Lord 15
Leiber, Fritz 18
Merritt, A. 12
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 6
St. Clair, Margaret 8
Tolkien, J.R.R. 9
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 14
Zelazny, Roger 16

 

[Gradine]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 15
Carter, Lin 12
Dunsany, Lord 15
Leiber, Fritz 16
Merritt, A. 12
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 6
St. Clair, Margaret 8
Tolkien, J.R.R. 10
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 14
Zelazny, Roger 16

 

[Lord Mhoram]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 15
Carter, Lin 12
Dunsany, Lord 15
Leiber, Fritz 14
Merritt, A. 12
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 6
St. Clair, Margaret 8
Tolkien, J.R.R. 10
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 14
Zelazny, Roger 17

 

[TiwazTyrsfist]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 16
Carter, Lin 12
Dunsany, Lord 15
Leiber, Fritz 14
Merritt, A. 12
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 6
St. Clair, Margaret 8
Tolkien, J.R.R. 8
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 14
Zelazny, Roger 17

 

[Hriston]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 16
Carter, Lin 12
Dunsany, Lord 15
Leiber, Fritz 14
Merritt, A. 12
Offutt, Andrew J. 14
Pratt, Fletcher 6
St. Clair, Margaret 8
Tolkien, J.R.R. 9
Wellman, Manley Wade 14
Williamson, Jack 14
Zelazny, Roger 15