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A p p e n d i x E: I n s p i r a t i o n a l R e a d i n g

I NSPIRATION FOR ALL OF THE FANTASY WORK I HAVE Farmer, Philip Jose. Maker o f Universes and the rest of the
done stems directly from the love my father World of Tiers series.
showed when I was a lad, for he spent many Fox, Gardner. Kothar and the Conjurer’s Curse and the rest of
hours telling me stories he made up as he went the Kothar series, and Kyrik and the Lost Queen and the rest
along, tales o f cloaked old men who could grant of the Kyrik series.
Froud, Brian & Alan Lee. Faeries.
wishes, of magic rings and enchanted swords,
Hickman, Tracy & Margaret Weis. Dragons of Autumn Twilight
or wicked sorcerers and dauntless swordsmen. .
and the rest of the Chronicles Trilogy.
.. All of us tend to get ample helpings of fantasy
Hodgson, William Hope. The Night Land.
when we are very young, from fairy tales such as those Howard, Robert E. The Coming o f Conan the Cimmerian and
written by the Brothers Grimm and Andrew Lang. the rest of the Conan series.
This often leads to reading books of mythology, paging Jemisin, N.K. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and the
through bestiaries, and consultation of compilations rest of the Inheritance series, The Killing Moon, and The
of the myths of various lands and peoples. Upon such Shadowed Sun.
a base I built my interest in fantasy, being an avid Jordan. Robert. The Eye o f the World and the rest of the Wheel
reader of all science fiction and fantasy literature of Time series.
Kay, Guy Gavriel. Tigana.
since 1950. The following authors were of particular
King, Stephen. The Eyes o f the Dragon.
inspiration to me.
Lanier, Sterling. Hiero’s Journey and The Unforsaken Hiero.
—E. Gary Gygax, Dungeon Master’s Guide (1979)
LeGuin, Ursula. A Wizard o f Earthsea and the rest of the
Earthsea series.
A great deal of fantasy literature has been published Leiber, Fritz. Swords and Deviltry and the rest of the Fafhrd &
since the co-creator of D u n g e o n s & D r a g o n s wrote Gray Mouser series.
those words, including breakthrough works set in the Lovecraft, H.P. The Complete Works.
shared w orlds of D & D . The following list includes Lynch, Scott. The Lies o f Locke Lamora and the rest of the
Gary’s original list and som e additional works that have Gentlemen Bastard series.
Martin, George R.R. A Game of Thrones and the rest of the
inspired the gam e’s designers in the years since.
Song of Ice and Fire series.
McKillip, Patricia. The Forgotten Beasts o f Eld.
Ahmed, Saladin. Throne of the Crescent Moon.
Merritt, A. Creep, Shadow, Creep; Dwellers in the Mirage; and
Alexander, Lloyd. The Book o f Three and the rest of the
The Moon Pool.
Chronicles of Prydain series.
Mieville, China. Perdido Street Station and the other
Anderson, Poul. The Broken Sword, The High Crusade, and
Bas-Lag novels.
Three Hearts and Three Lions.
Moorcock, Michael. Elric o f Melnibone and the rest of the
Anthony, Piers. Split Infinity and the rest of the Apprentice
Elric series, and The Jewel in the Skull and the rest of the
Adept series.
Augusta, Lady Gregory. Gods and Fighting Men. Hawkmoon series.
Norton, Andre. Quag Keep and Witch World.
Bear, Elizabeth. Range o f Ghosts and the rest of the
Eternal Sky trilogy. Offutt, Andrew J., ed. Swords against Darkness III.
Bellairs, John. The Face in the Frost. Peake, Mervyn. Titus Groan and the rest of the
Gormenghast series.
Brackett, Leigh. The Best o f Leigh Brackett, The Long
Pratchett, Terry. The Colour of Magic and the rest of the
Tomorrow, and The Sword of Rhiannon.
Discworld series.
Brooks, Terry. The Sword of Shannara and the rest of the
Pratt, Fletcher. Blue Star.
Shannara novels.
Rothfuss, Patrick. The Name o f the Wind and the rest of the
Brown, Fredric. Hall o f Mirrors and What Mad Universe.
Kingkiller series.
Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch’s Mythology.
Saberhagen, Fred. The Broken Lands and Changeling Earth.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. At the Earth’s Core and the rest
Salvatore, R.A. The Crystal Shard and the rest of The
of the Pellucidar series, Pirates of Venus and the rest of
Legend of Drizzt.
the Venus series, and A Princess o f Mars and the rest of
Sanderson, Brandon. Mistborn and the rest of the
the Mars series.
Mistborn trilogy.
Carter, Lin. Warrior o f World’s End and the rest of the
World’s End series. Smith, Clark Ashton. The Return o f the Sorcerer.
St. Clair, Margaret. Change the Sky and Other Stories, The
Cook, Glen. The Black Company and the rest of the Black
Company series, Shadow People, and Sign of the Labrys.
Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit, The Lord o f the Rings, and The
de Camp, L. Sprague. The Fallible Fiend and Lest
Silmarillion.
Darkness Fall.
Tolstoy, Nikolai. The Coming of the King.
de Camp, L. Sprague & Fletcher Pratt. The Compleat
Vance, Jack. The Dying Earth and The Eyes of the Overworld.
Enchanter and the rest of the Harold Shea series, and
Weinbaum, Stanley. Valley of Dreams and The Worlds of If.
Carnelian Cube.
Wellman, Manly Wade. The Golgotha Dancers.
Derleth, August and H.P. Lovecraft. Watchers out o f Time.
Williamson, Jack. The Cosmic Express and The Pygmy Planet.
Dunsany, Lord. The Book o f Wonder, The Essential Lord
Wolfe, Gene. The Shadow o f the Torturer and the rest of The
Dunsany Collection, The Gods o f Pegana, The King of
Book of the New Sun.
Elfland’s Daughter, Lord Dunsany Compendium, and The
Zelazny, Roger. Jack o f Shadows and Nine Princes in Amber
Sword of Welleran and Other Tales.
and the rest of the Amber series.