Survivor Appendix N Authors- LEIBER WINS!

[Bradley Hindman]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 14
Carter, Lin 2
Dunsany, Lord 13
Leiber, Fritz 12
Tolkien, J.R.R. 9 - 2 = 7
Williamson, Jack 12
Zelazny, Roger 10+1=11

 

[OB1]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 14
Carter, Lin 2
Dunsany, Lord 13
Leiber, Fritz 12
Tolkien, J.R.R. 5
Williamson, Jack 12
Zelazny, Roger 12

While there is no denying his influence on the game's design and popularity, D&D will always be more than a medieval western european fantasy. If anything Tolkien's popularity has tended to keep the game too tied to that aesthetic (at least for my taste).

 

[Grognerd]

So...the problem, in your view, is that Tolkien created a story so powerful, one that touched its readers so deeply that it created a bond within them that makes them want to defend it to their dying breath...and for some reason this is a bad thing? It only proves just how amazing his work is.

I’ve seen viciousness on both sides. I’ve actually seen more in the anti Tolkien than the Tolkien fans.

Pretty much this. I mean, it's the anti-profs saying things like this:

Which is why I switched to voting against Tolkien: no matter how great he is, he has clearly had a negative impact on certain persons open-mindedness that he would find utterly horrific.

And seriously, that's just petty. When you are calling him great and still insisting on down voting him because of an Internet argument, there's no other way I know how to describe it. A whole lot of you guys are seriously sucking the fun out of this whole experiment.

Quite frankly I think that some people on both sides of the Tolkien aisle need to step back and chill out before they post.

 

[Maxperson]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 14
Carter, Lin 0
Dunsany, Lord 13
Leiber, Fritz 12
Tolkien, J.R.R. 6
Williamson, Jack 12
Zelazny, Roger 12

As long as this comes down to Leiber, Tolkien or Zelazny, I'll be happy.

 

[rczarnec]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 14
Dunsany, Lord 11
Leiber, Fritz 12
Tolkien, J.R.R. 7
Williamson, Jack 12
Zelazny, Roger 12

 

[Reynard]

Burroughs, Edgar Rice 14
Dunsany, Lord 11
Leiber, Fritz 12
Tolkien, J.R.R. 7+1=8
Williamson, Jack 12-2=10
Zelazny, Roger 12

 

[Paul Farquhar]

So...the problem, in your view, is that Tolkien created a story so powerful, one that touched its readers so deeply that it created a bond within them that makes them want to defend it to their dying breath...and for some reason this is a bad thing?

Yes. A VERY bad thing. Because it is a very short step from being willing to die for something to being willing to kill for something.

As for the inner meaning or "message", it has in the intention of the author none.

- JRRT

 

[Maxperson]

Yes. A VERY bad thing. Because it is a very short step from being willing to die for something to being willing to kill for something.

You can't seriously believe that anyone here is like that, so it must have been a joke.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

You can't seriously believe that anyone here is like that, so it must have been a joke.

Fanaticism is never a joking matter.

 

[Maxperson]

Took it private.