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Re: The Original Appendix N (reposted)
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 8:24 am
by cthulhudarren
The more Vance I read, the more I think he was Gygax's #1 influence.
Re: The Original Appendix N (reposted)
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2013 5:29 pm
by Abacus Ape
Totally agree. If you look at the little vignettes he wrote in the dmg like the spell-for-hire part where he is demonstrating how characters and npcs might interact it comes off as very Vancian indeed, at least in my opinion.
As good as Vance was for D&D, you have to think Gygax paid him back in spades. I wonder how many got turned onto Vance through D&D and Gary Gygax. Gygax talked up Vance any chance he had. And Vance actually used a "Lord Gygax" in the Alastor series.
Re: The Original Appendix N (reposted)
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 7:51 pm
by NJPDX
The Dying Earth stories were a total revelation for me. Cugel The Clever changed the way I play rogues.
Re: The Original Appendix N (reposted)
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:35 pm
by Clangador
cthulhudarren wrote:The more Vance I read, the more I think he was Gygax's #1 influence.
Vance reminds me a lot of Clark Ashton Smith.
I hope it was an oversight that Appendix N doesn't contain any CAS. His stories scream DCC to me, more so than any other strange fiction I've read.
I am seriously contemplating setting a DCC game in
Zothique!
Re: The Original Appendix N (reposted)
Posted: Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:17 am
by Karaptis
CAS is my favorite Weird Tales author. I choose to think that Gygax left him out because he was better than all!
Re: The Original Appendix N (reposted)
Posted: Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:23 am
by Clangador
Karaptis wrote:CAS is my favorite Weird Tales author. I choose to think that Gygax left him out because he was better than all!
Could be...
Re: The Original Appendix N (reposted)
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:02 am
by Exedor
finarvyn wrote:There is also the three-volume trade paperback series by Del Ray books:
- The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian
- The Conquering Sword of Conan
- The Bloody Crown of Conan
I like those books quite a bit and you can buy 'em used on Amazon for pretty cheap.
I bought there recently have they have been my subway reading since then. They are a delight and also a portable format. Warning though; they reflect 1930s norms about race.
Re: The Original Appendix N (reposted)
Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2015 4:37 pm
by Judge Perky
Don't forget the "other" Appendix N... by Moldvay.
"Whereas Gygax's list was a list of the specific books and authors who influenced him in creating the game -- and are thus a window into how he saw the game -- Moldvay's list is a generalized quasi-academic survey of fiction and non-fiction that might hold some interest to players of D&D."
http://www.advanceddungeonsandparenting ... ldvay.html
http://3d6trapsandthieves.blogspot.com/ ... erial.html
http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2008/10/ ... lists.html
Re: The Original Appendix N (reposted)
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:38 am
by mobro
Dang Judge Perky, thanks for posting that! I had completely forgotten that list... seeing it now it answers the question of where I first heard of some of those authors! I remembered the AD&D Appendix N, and the Runequest Appendix N, but I completely forgot that list existed!
Re: The Original Appendix N (reposted)
Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 11:13 am
by soulcatcher78
For those of you looking to read some Jack Vance you can pick up the 4 book omnibus edition for kindle for 10.99 on Amazon right now:
https://www.amazon.com/Tales-Dying-Eart ... jack+vance
Re: The Original Appendix N (reposted)
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2018 6:04 pm
by Griffith
MOLDVAY!!!