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<blockquote data-quote="w_earle_wheeler" data-source="post: 2824496" data-attributes="member: 35955">My copy of Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy came in the mail today. It is billed as &quot;Classic stories that inspired the author of The Lord of the Rings.&quot; I've heard some complaints that the stories in this collection really aren't the inspirational stories for Tolkein, but as they are fantasy and pre-date the good professor's popular works, I think it will serve nicely for my little project.1812 &quot;The Elves&quot; by Ludwig Tiek1867 &quot;The Golden Key&quot; by George MacDonald1869 &quot;Puss-Cat Mew&quot; by E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen1887 &quot;The Griffon and the Minor Canon&quot; by Frank R. Stockton1888 &quot;The Demon Pope&quot; by Richard Garnett1890 &quot;The Story of Sigurd&quot; retold by Andrew Lang1914 &quot;The Folk of the Mountain Door&quot; by William Morris1896 &quot;Black Heart and White Heart: A Zulu Idyll&quot; by H. Rider Haggard1899 &quot;The Dragon Tamers&quot; by E. Nesbit1899 &quot;The Far Islands&quot; by John Buchan1923 &quot;The Drawn Arrows&quot; by Clemence Houseman1905 &quot;The Enchanted Buffalo&quot; by L. Frank Baum1911 &quot;Chu-bu and Sheemish&quot; by Lord Dunsany1919 &quot;The Baumoff Explosive&quot; by William Hope Hodgson1915 &quot;The Regent of the North&quot; by Kenneth Morris1917 &quot;The Coming of Terror&quot; by Arthur Machen1919 &quot;The Elf Trap&quot; by Francis Stevens1922 &quot;The Thin Queen of Elfhame&quot; by James Branch Cabell1926 &quot;The Woman of the Wood&quot; by A. Merritt1927 &quot;Golithos the Ogre&quot; by E.A. Wyke-Smith1930s &quot;A Christmas Play&quot; by David Lindsay</blockquote>

[QUOTE="w_earle_wheeler, post: 2824496, member: 35955"] My copy of [I]Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy[/I] came in the mail today. It is billed as "Classic stories that inspired the author of [I]The Lord of the Rings[/I]." I've heard some complaints that the stories in this collection really aren't the inspirational stories for Tolkein, but as they are fantasy and pre-date the good professor's popular works, I think it will serve nicely for my little project. 1812 "The Elves" by Ludwig Tiek 1867 "The Golden Key" by George MacDonald 1869 "Puss-Cat Mew" by E. H. Knatchbull-Hugessen 1887 "The Griffon and the Minor Canon" by Frank R. Stockton 1888 "The Demon Pope" by Richard Garnett 1890 "The Story of Sigurd" retold by Andrew Lang 1914 "The Folk of the Mountain Door" by William Morris 1896 "Black Heart and White Heart: A Zulu Idyll" by H. Rider Haggard 1899 "The Dragon Tamers" by E. Nesbit 1899 "The Far Islands" by John Buchan 1923 "The Drawn Arrows" by Clemence Houseman 1905 "The Enchanted Buffalo" by L. Frank Baum 1911 "Chu-bu and Sheemish" by Lord Dunsany 1919 "The Baumoff Explosive" by William Hope Hodgson 1915 "The Regent of the North" by Kenneth Morris 1917 "The Coming of Terror" by Arthur Machen 1919 "The Elf Trap" by Francis Stevens 1922 "The Thin Queen of Elfhame" by James Branch Cabell 1926 "The Woman of the Wood" by A. Merritt 1927 "Golithos the Ogre" by E.A. Wyke-Smith 1930s "A Christmas Play" by David Lindsay [/QUOTE]

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