Survivor Appendix N Authors- LEIBER WINS!

[Paul Farquhar]

Anderson, Poul 18
Bellairs, John 21
Brackett, Leigh 20
Brown, Frederic 20
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 20
Carter, Lin 20
de Camp, L. Sprague 20
de Camp & Pratt 20
Derleth, August 20
Dunsany, Lord 20
Farmer, P. J. 20
Fox, Gardner 20
Howard, R. E. 21
Lanier, Sterling 20
Leiber, Fritz 21
Lovecraft, H. P. 14
Merritt, A. 20
Moorcock, Michael 20
Norton, Andre 20
Offutt, Andrew J. 20
Pratt, Fletcher 20
Saberhagen, Fred 20
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J. R. R. 21
Vance, Jack 19
Weinbaum, Stanley 18
Wellman, Manley Wade 20
Williamson, Jack 20
Zelazny, Roger 21


Pretty much every author on this list is racist and/or sexist, so it would be pretty unfair to single any of them out on that basis.

 

[tglassy]

Anderson, Poul 18
Bellairs, John 21
Brackett, Leigh 20
Brown, Frederic 20
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 20
Carter, Lin 20
de Camp, L. Sprague 20
de Camp & Pratt 20
Derleth, August 20
Dunsany, Lord 20
Farmer, P. J. 20
Fox, Gardner 20
Howard, R. E. 21
Lanier, Sterling 20
Leiber, Fritz 21
Lovecraft, H. P. 14
Merritt, A. 20
Moorcock, Michael 20
Norton, Andre 20
Offutt, Andrew J. 20
Pratt, Fletcher 20
Saberhagen, Fred 20
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J. R. R. 22
Vance, Jack 19
Weinbaum, Stanley 18
Wellman, Manley Wade 20
Williamson, Jack 20
Zelazny, Roger 19


So....yeah. Tolkein. Lord of the Rings is not "Too popular". It's iconic. That would be like saying air is too popular. All of fantasy fiction is nothing more than Lord of the Rings Fan Fiction. Period. Let's face it, if Tolkein had not created his world of Middle Earth, then the fantasy genre would be much, much less than it is.

 

[Tallifer]

Anderson, Poul 18
Bellairs, John 21
Brackett, Leigh 20
Brown, Frederic 20
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 20
Carter, Lin 20
de Camp, L. Sprague 20
de Camp & Pratt 20
Derleth, August 20
Dunsany, Lord 20
Farmer, P. J. 20
Fox, Gardner 20
Howard, R. E. 21
Lanier, Sterling 20
Leiber, Fritz 21
Lovecraft, H. P. 14
Merritt, A. 20
Moorcock, Michael 21
Norton, Andre 20
Offutt, Andrew J. 20
Pratt, Fletcher 20
Saberhagen, Fred 20
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J. R. R. 22
Vance, Jack 19
Weinbaum, Stanley 18
Wellman, Manley Wade 20
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 19

Too many great authors here for me to choose rationally. Tolkien is the best, but Moorcock has far wider ranging imagination for the purposes of a wonderfully zany roleplaying campaign.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Sacrosanct]

So....yeah. Tolkein. Lord of the Rings is not "Too popular". It's iconic. That would be like saying air is too popular. All of fantasy fiction is nothing more than Lord of the Rings Fan Fiction. Period. Let's face it, if Tolkein had not created his world of Middle Earth, then the fantasy genre would be much, much less than it is.

Well then, that shows not only a complete display of ignorance of many of the authors on this this who predated Tolkien, but also of Tolkien himself. Most of what he wrote was pulled directly from existing myth and folklore and just compiled into a singular story. Tolkien was a linguist who wanted to create a unified anglo saxon fantasy myth. Tolkein ripped off existing myth and folklore as much as Brooks ripped off Tolkien

 

[Dausuul]

All of fantasy fiction is nothing more than Lord of the Rings Fan Fiction. Period.

This entire list of authors refutes your claim.

 

[Yardiff]

Anderson, Poul 18
Bellairs, John 21
Brackett, Leigh 20
Brown, Frederic 20
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 20+1=21
Carter, Lin 20
de Camp, L. Sprague 20
de Camp & Pratt 20
Derleth, August 20
Dunsany, Lord 20
Farmer, P. J. 20
Fox, Gardner 20
Howard, R. E. 21
Lanier, Sterling 20
Leiber, Fritz 21
Lovecraft, H. P. 14-2=12
Merritt, A. 20
Moorcock, Michael 21
Norton, Andre 20
Offutt, Andrew J. 20
Pratt, Fletcher 20
Saberhagen, Fred 20
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J. R. R. 22
Vance, Jack 19
Weinbaum, Stanley 18
Wellman, Manley Wade 20
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 19


Burroughs was the first author I read ever.

 

[Tyler Do'Urden]

Anderson, Poul 18
Bellairs, John 19
Brackett, Leigh 20
Brown, Frederic 20
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 21
Carter, Lin 20
de Camp, L. Sprague 20
de Camp & Pratt 20
Derleth, August 20
Dunsany, Lord 20
Farmer, P. J. 20
Fox, Gardner 20
Howard, R. E. 21
Lanier, Sterling 20
Leiber, Fritz 21
Lovecraft, H. P. 12
Merritt, A. 20
Moorcock, Michael 21
Norton, Andre 20
Offutt, Andrew J. 20
Pratt, Fletcher 20
Saberhagen, Fred 20
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J. R. R. 23
Vance, Jack 19
Weinbaum, Stanley 18
Wellman, Manley Wade 20
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 19

As much as I love Lovecraft... I have to upvote the master of masters.

Downvotes on this will be mostly just downvoting whoever I haven't read that others are upvoting... I can't see any authors on this list I actively dislike.

 

[leogobsin]

Anderson, Poul 18
Bellairs, John 19
Brackett, Leigh 20
Brown, Frederic 20
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 21
Carter, Lin 20
de Camp, L. Sprague 20
de Camp & Pratt 20
Derleth, August 20
Dunsany, Lord 20
Farmer, P. J. 20
Fox, Gardner 20
Howard, R. E. 21
Lanier, Sterling 20
Leiber, Fritz 21
Lovecraft, H. P. 10
Merritt, A. 20
Moorcock, Michael 22
Norton, Andre 20
Offutt, Andrew J. 20
Pratt, Fletcher 20
Saberhagen, Fred 20
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J. R. R. 23
Vance, Jack 19
Weinbaum, Stanley 18
Wellman, Manley Wade 20
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 19

 

[Ickam]

Anderson, Poul 18
Bellairs, John 21
Brackett, Leigh 20
Brown, Frederic 20
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 21
Carter, Lin 20
de Camp, L. Sprague 20
de Camp & Pratt 20
Derleth, August 20
Dunsany, Lord 20 - 2 = 18
Farmer, P. J. 20
Fox, Gardner 20
Howard, R. E. 21
Lanier, Sterling 20
Leiber, Fritz 21
Lovecraft, H. P. 12
Merritt, A. 20
Moorcock, Michael 21
Norton, Andre 20
Offutt, Andrew J. 20
Pratt, Fletcher 20
Saberhagen, Fred 20
St. Clair, Margaret 20
Tolkien, J. R. R. 22
Vance, Jack 19
Weinbaum, Stanley 18
Wellman, Manley Wade 20
Williamson, Jack 18
Zelazny, Roger 19 + 1=20