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NSPIRATION FORALLOFTHE FANTASYWORK I HAVE Farmer, Philipjose. MakerofUniverses and lhe rest ofthe
dane stems directly from the lave my father World of Tiers series.
showed when I was a lad, for he spent many Fax, Gardner. Kothar and the Conjurer's Curse and the rest of
r hours telling me stories he made up as he went the Kolhar series, and Kyrik and the Lost Queen and the rest
along, tales of cloaked old men who could grant of the Kyrik series.
wishes, of magic rings and enchanted swords, Froud, Brian & Alan Lee. Faeries.
ar wicked sorcerers and dauntless swordsmen .. Hickman, Tracy & Margarel Weis. Dragons ofAutumn TwiJight
and lhe rest of the Chronicles Trilogy.
. . A11 of us tend to get ample helpings of fantasy
Hodgson, William Hope. The Night Land.
when we are very young, fram fairy tales such as those Howard, Robert E. The Coming ofConan the Cimmerian and
written by the Brathers Grimm and Andrew Lang. the rest af the Canan series.
This often leads to reading books of mythology. paging jemisin, N.K. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms and the
thraugh bestiaries, and consultation of compilations rest of the lnheritance series, The Killing Moon, and The
of the myths of various lands and peoples. Upon such Shadowed Sun.
a base J built my interest in fantasy. being an avid Jordan, Robert. The Eye of the World and the rest of the Wheel
reader of a11science fiction and fantasy literature af Time series.
since 1950. The fo11owing authors were ofparticular Kay, Guy Gavriel. Tigana.
King, Stephen. The Eyes ofthe Dragon.
inspiration to me. Lanier, Sterling. Hiero'sjourney and The Unforsaken Hiero.
-E. Gary Gygax, Oungeon Master's Guide (1979)
LeGuin, Ursula. A Wizard of Earthsea and the rest of the
Earthsea series.
A greal deal of fanlasy lileralure has been published Leiber, Fritz. Swords and Deviltry and the rest of the Fafhrd &
since lhe co.crealor of OUNGEONS& ORAGONSwrote Gray Mouser series.
lhose words, including breakthrough works seI in lhe Lovecraft, H.P. The Complete Works.
shared worlds of 0&0. The following lisl includes Lynch, Scott. The Lies of Locke Lamora and the rest of the
Gary's originallisl and some addilional works lhal have Gentlemen Bastard series.
inspired lhe game's designers in lhe years since. Martin, George RR. A Game ofThrones and the res! ofthe
Song of Ice and Fire series.
McKillip. Patricia. The Forgotten Beasts of Eld.
Ahmed, Saladin. Throne of the Crescent Moon.
Alexander, L1oyd.The Book ofThree and lhe rest of the Merritt, A. Creep, Shadow, Creep; DweJlers in the Mirage; and
The Moon Pool.
Chronicles af Prydain series.
Anderson, Paul. The Broken Sword, The High Crusade, and Miéville, China. Perdido Street Station and the other
Bas-Lag novels.
Three Hearts and Three Lions.
Anthony, Piers. Split Infinity and the rest of the Apprentice Moorcock, Michael. Elric of Melniboné and the rest of the
Adept series. Elric series, and Thejewel in the SkuJl and lhe rest of the
Hawkmoon series.
Augusta, Lady Gregory. Gods and Fighting Men. Norton, Andre. Quag Keep and Witch World.
Bear, Elizabeth. Range ofGhosts and the rest of the Offutt, Andrew J., ed. Swords against Darkness fll.
Eternal Sky trilogy.
Bellairs,john. The Face in the Frost. Peake, Mervyn. Titos Groan and the rest of the
Gormenghast series.
Brackett, Leigh. The Best of Leigh Brackett, The Long Pratchelt, Terry. The Colour of Magic and lhe rest of the
Tomorrow, and The Sword of Rhiannon.
Brooks, Terry. The Sword of Shannara and the resl of the Discworld series.
Shannara noveis. Pratt, Fletcher. Blue Star.
Brown, Fredric. HaJl of Mirrors and What Mad Universe. Rothfuss, Patrick. The Name ofthe Wind and the rest ofthe
Kingkiller series.
Bulfinch, Thomas. Bulfinch's Mythology. Saberhagen, Fred. The Broken Lands and Changeling EartiJ.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. At the Earth's Core and the rest Salvatore, RA. The Crystal Shard and the resl of The
ofthe Pellucidar series, Pirates ofVenus and the rest of
lhe Venus series, and A Princess of Mars and the rest of Legend of Drizzt.
the Mars series. Sanderson, Brandon. Mistborn and the rest of the
Carter, Lin. WarriorofWorlds End and the rest ofthe Mislborn trilogy.
World's End series. Smith, ClarkAshlon. The Return ofthe Sorcerer.
Cook, Glen. The Black Company and the rest of the Black SI. Clair, Margaret. Change the Sky and Other Stories, The
Shadow People, and Sign ofthe Labrys.
Company series.
de Camp, L. Sprague. The FaJJibleFiend and Lest Tolkien,j.R.R The Hobbit, The Lord ofthe Rings. and The
Silmarillion.
Darkness FaJl.
de Camp, L. Sprague & Fletcher Pratt. The Compleat Tolstoy, Nikolai. The Coming ofthe King.
Enchanter and the rest of the Harold Shea series, and Vance,jack. The Dying Earth and The Eyes ofthe Overworld.
Weinbaum, Stanley. VaJlcyof Drcams and The Worlds of Ir.
Carnelian Cube.
Derleth, August and H.P. Lovecraft. Watchers out ofTime. Wellman, Manly Wade. The Golgotha Dancers.
The Cosmic Express and The Pygmy Planet.
Williamson,jack.
Dunsany, Lord. The Book ofWonder, The Essential Lord Wolfe, Gene. The Shadowofthe Torturer and the rest ofThe
Dunsany CoJlection, The Gods of Pegana, The King of
Book of the New Sun.
Elfland's Daughter, Lord Dunsany Compendium, and The Zelazny, Roger.jack of Shadows and Nine Princes in Amber
Sword of WeJleran and Other Tales.
and the rest of the Amber series.
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