Appendix N, Chronological Here is the Appendix N list, re-written to reflect chronological order. I had a couple of issues in making this list. (1) Some authors were listed without any specific stories. (2) When a series was listed, how to select a single date. My solution to #1 was to look for the first scifi or fantasy novel that seemed to make an impact and quote that. My solution for #2 was simply to select the first book in the series.
Another interesting effect occurs with authors like Michael Moorcock where he singles out certain volumes of a series (e.g. the first two Elric books, or the first three Hawkmoon books) and I wonder if Gary didn’t like the others or just hadn’t read them. If a specific title was given, I tried to fit it into the Chronology.
1905 Dunsany, Lord (I chose THE GODS OF PEGANA)
1912 Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Mars series (11 books; 1912-1964)
1914 Burroughs, Edgar Rice: "Pellucidar" series (7 books; 1914-1963)
1919 Merritt, Abraham: MOON POOL
1925 Lovecraft, H. P. (many Mythos stories; 1925-1935)
1932 Howard, R. E.: "Conan" series (many stories; 1932-1934) Merritt, Abraham: DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE
1934 Burroughs, Edgar Rice: Venus series (5 books; 1934-1970) Merritt, Abraham: CREEP, SHADOW! Weinbaum, Stanley (short story “A Martian Odyssey”) Williamson, Jack (I picked his “Legion of Space” stories)
1937 Tolkien, J. R. R.: THE HOBBIT
1939 Leiber, Fritz: "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" series (7 books; 1939-1988) de Camp, L. Sprague: LEST DARKNESS FALL
1940 de Camp & Pratt: "Harold Shea" series (5 stories; 1940-1954)
1941 Derleth, August (11 Lovecraft Mythos books; 1941-1976)
1944 Brackett, Leigh (no specific book; I chose SHADOWS OVER MARS, her first scifi novel)
1948 de Camp & Pratt: THE CARNELIAN CUBE
1950 Vance, Jack: THE DYING EARTH (“Dying Earth” series)
1952 Pratt, Fletcher: BLUE STAR
1953 Anderson, Poul: THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS
1954 Anderson, Poul: THE BROKEN SWORD Tolkien, J. R. R.: "Ring trilogy" (written 1938-1950 or thereabouts)
1959 Wellman, Manley Wade (“Nine Yards of Other Cloth” won a Hugo)
1960 Anderson, Poul: THE HIGH CRUSADE
1963 Moorcock, Michael: STEALER OF SOULS (“Elric” series) Norton, Andre (I picked the “Witch World” series; 8 pre-1980 books; 1963-1978) St. Clair, Margaret: SIGN OF THE LABRYS
1965 Moorcock, Michael: STORMBRINGER (“Elric” series) Brown, Frederic (Short story “Arena” voted one of the 20 top scifi stories, pre-1965) Farmer, P. J.: "The World of the Tiers" series (5 pre-1980 books; 1965-1977)
1966 Vance, Jack: THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD (“Dying Earth” series)
1967 Moorcock, Michael: "Hawkmoon" series (4 books; 1967-1969)
1969 Bellairs, John: THE FACE IN THE FROST Carter, Lin: "World's End" series (6 books; 1969-1978) Fox, Gardner: "Kothar" series (5 books; 1969-1970) St. Clair, Margaret: THE SHADOW PEOPLE
1970 Zelazny, Roger: "Amber" series (5 pre-1980 books; 1970-1978)
1971 Zelazny, Roger: JACK OF SHADOWS
1972 de Camp, L. Sprague: THE FALLIBLE FIEND
1973 Lanier, Sterling: HIERO'S JOURNEY Saberhagen, Fred: CHANGELING EARTH
1975 Fox, Gardner: "Kyrik" series (4 books; 1975-76)
1978 Offutt, Andrew J.: editor of SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS III
_________________ Marv / FinarvynDCC Minister of Propaganda; Deputized 6/8/11 DCC RPG playtester 2011, DCC Lankhmar trivia contest winner 2015; OD&D player since 1975 "The worthy GM never purposely kills players' PCs, He presents opportunities for the rash and unthinking players to do that all on their own." -- Gary Gygax "Don't ask me what you need to hit. Just roll the die and I will let you know!" -- Dave Arneson
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