Anderson, Poul. THREE HEARTS AND THREE LIONS; THE HIGH CRUSADE; THE BROKEN SWORD Bellairs, John. THE FACE IN THE FROST Brackett, Leigh. Brown, Fredric. Burroughs, Edgar Rice. "Pellucidar" Series; Mars Series; Venus Series Carter, Lin. "World's End" Series de Camp, L. Sprague. LEST DARKNESS FALL; FALLIBLE FIEND; et al. de Camp & Pratt. "Harold Shea" Series; CARNELIAN CUBE Derleth, August. Dunsany, Lord Farmer, P. J. "The World of the Tiers" Series; et al. Fox, Gardner. "Kothar" Series; "Kyrik" Series; et al. Howard, R. E. "Conan" Series Lanier, Sterling. HIERO'S JOURNEY Leiber, Fritz. "Fafhrd & Gray Mouser" Series; et al. Lovecraft, H. P. Merritt, A. CREEP, SHADOW, CREEP; MOON POOL; DWELLERS IN THE MIRAGE; et al. Moorcock, Michael. STORMBRINGER; STEALER OF SOULS; "Hawkmoon" Series (esp. the first three books) Norton, Andre. Offutt, Andrew J., editor SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS III. Pratt, Fletcher, BLUE STAR; et al. Saberhagen, Fred. CHANGELING EARTH; et al. St. Clair, Margaret. THE SHADOW PEOPLE; SIGN OF THE LABRYS Tolkien, J. R. R. THE HOBBIT; "Ring Trilogy" Vance, Jack. THE EYES OF THE OVERWORLD; THE DYING EARTH; et al. Weinbaum, Stanley. Wellman, Manly Wade. Williamson, Jack. Zelazny, Roger. JACK OF SHADOWS; "Amber" Series; et al. The most immediate influences upon AD&D were probably de Camp & Pratt, REH, Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, HPL, and A. Merritt; but all of the above authors, as well as many not listed, certainly helped to shape the form of the game.
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