Great stuff! I was doing some research on Jack Vance, one of my favorite fantasy writers, when I uncovered some claims that his 50's to 60's work was a huge influence on D&D. The spells used by his Dying Earth characters are hilarious!
"The most immediate influences upon AD&D were probably [L. Sprague] de Camp & [Fletcher] Pratt, REH [Robert E. Howard], Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, HPL [H.P. Lovecraft], and A[braham] Merritt..."
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Date: 2006-07-16 11:16 pm (UTC)(find out the guild, and I am SO there)
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Date: 2006-07-17 07:52 am (UTC)I was doing some research on Jack Vance, one of my favorite fantasy writers, when I uncovered some claims that his 50's to 60's work was a huge influence on D&D.
The spells used by his Dying Earth characters are hilarious!
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Date: 2006-07-17 05:55 pm (UTC)1st ed. AD&D Dungeon Master's Guide, p. 224
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Date: 2006-07-18 12:32 pm (UTC)