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Dark Ages

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The most influential books on the shape of Dark Ages include:
  • J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion
  • Robert E. Howard, Conan series
  • Michael Moorcock, Elric series
  • Ursula LeGuin, Earthsea trilogy
  • H.P. Lovecraft, "Call of Cthluhu," "Shadows Over Innsmouth," "The Dunwich Horror," "The Rats in the Walls," The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, At the Mountains of Madness
  • Mary Stewart, The Crystal Cave, The Hollow Hills, The Last Enchantment, The Wicked Day
  • Fritz Leiber, Fafhrd and the Mouser series
  • John Norman, Gor series
  • Edgar Rice Burroughs, Mars series
  Other works of fantasy literature that have influenced me in more general ways:
  • Poul Anderson, Three Hearts and Three Lions
  • Piers Anthony, Xanth series
  • Robert Asprin, Thieves World series, Myth series
  • James Branch Cabell, Figures of Earth, The Silver Stallion, Jurgen
  • Gary Gygax, Gord the Rogue series
  • Katherine Kurtz, Deryni series
  • Patricia McKillop, Riddle-Master of Hed, Heir of Sea and Fire, Harpist in the Wind
  • Terry Pratchett, Discworld series
  • J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter series
  Classical fantasy:
  • Sin-lequi-unnini, Gilgamesh
  • Homer, The Odyssey
  • Vergil, The Aeneid
  • Dante, The Divine Comedy
  • Beowulf
  • The Mabinogion
  • Nibelungenlied
  • Chretien de Troyes, Arthurian romances
  • Wolfram von Eschenbach, Parzival
  • Sir Thomas Malory, The Morte Darthur
  • Ariosto, Orlando Furioso
  • Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
  • Alfred Lord Tennyson, Idylls of the King