Hi guys, I had a few requests to include research of Appendix N works chronologically to supplement the D&D history thread.
I don't have the ability to determine which volumes Gary owned or when he came across specific pieces that helped inspire D&D, of course, but I can provide a chronology of first appearances of the referenced fiction. Here's the start of that. I'll work on this more later in the summer. If anyone wants to add info or just chat about Conan/whatever stories and their influence on the game, feel free. Have fun at Project Gutenberg.
APPENDIX N CHRONOLOGY
(work in progress)
C650 BC: The Odyssey, attributed to Homer.
C650 BC: The Iliad, attributed to Homer.
C700-1025: Beowulf, Anonmyous.
C1140-1170: The Song of Roland, Anonymous.
1485: Le Morte d'Arthur, compiled by Sir Thomas Malory.
1697: Tales of Mother Goose, by Charles Perrault.
December 20, 1812: Grimm's Fairy Tales, Volume 1, collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
1814: Grimm's Fairy Tales, Volume 2, collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
1855: The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes, by Thomas Bulfinch.
1858: The Age of Chivalry, or Legends of King Arthur, by Thomas Bulfinch.
1863: Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages, by Thomas Bulfinch.
1864: A Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne.
1865: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll.
1871: Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There, by Lewis Carroll.
1889: The Blue Fairy Book, compiled by Andrew Lang.
1890: The Red Fairy Book, compiled by Andrew Lang.
1890: English Fairy Tales, edited by Joseph Jacobs.
1892: The Green Fairy Book, compiled by Andrew Lang.
1894: The Yellow Fairy Book, compiled by Andrew Lang.
1897: The Pink Fairy Book, compiled by Andrew Lang.
1900: The Grey Fairy Book, compiled by Andrew Lang.
1901: The Violet Fairy Book, compiled by Andrew Lang.
1903: The Crimson Fairy Book, compiled by Andrew Lang.
1904: The Brown Fairy Book, compiled by Andrew Lang.
1905: The Gods of Pegana, by Lord Dunsany.
1906: The Orange Fairy Book, compiled by Andrew Lang.
September 1906: Time and the Gods, by Lord Dunsany.
1907: The Olive Fairy Book, compiled by Andrew Lang.
October 1908: The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories, by Lord Dunsany.
1910: The Lilac Fairy Book, compiled by Andrew Lang.
September 1910: A Dreamer's Tales, by Lord Dunsany.
February 1912: Under the Moons of Mars, the first John Carter serialization appearing in All-Story Magazine, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
November 1912: The Book of Wonder, by Lord Dunsany.
January-May 1913: The Gods of Mars, serialization version appearing in All-Story Magazine, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
December 1913-March 1914: The Warlord of Mars, serialization version appearing in All-Story Magazine, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
February 1914: Five Plays, by Lord Dunsany.
April 1914: At the Earth's Core, serialization version appearing in All-Story Weeklly, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
April 1915: Fifty-One Tales, by Lord Dunsany.
May 1915: Pellucidar, serialization version appearing in All-Story Weekly, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
April 1916: Thuvia, Maid of Mars, serialization version appearing in All-Story Weekly, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
October 1916: The Last Book of Wonder, by Lord Dunsany.
1917: A Princess of Mars, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
September 1917: A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson, by H.P. Lovecraft.
September 1918: The Gods of Mars, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1918-1919: The Moon Pool and Conquest of the Moon Pool, serialization appearing in All-Story Weekly, by Abraham Merritt.
June 1919: Memory, by H.P. Lovecraft.
September 1919: The Warlord of Mars, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
October 1919: Beyond the Wall of Sleep, by H.P. Lovecraft.
November 1919: Dagon, by H.P. Lovecraft.
November 1919: The White Ship, by H.P. Lovecraft.
May 1920: The Statement of Randolph Carter, by H.P. Lovecraft.
June 1920: The Doom That Came to Sarnath, by H.P. Lovecraft.
1920: Thuvia, Maid of Mars, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
November 1920: The Cats of Ulthar, by H.P. Lovecraft.
November 1920: Nyarlathotep, by H.P. Lovecraft.
December 1920: The Street, by H.P. Lovecraft.
December 1920: Polaris, by H.P. Lovecraft.
March 1921: Ex Oblivione, by H.P. Lovecraft.
June 1921: Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family, by H.P. Lovecraft.
July 1921: The Terrible Old Man, by H.P. Lovecraft.
Summer 1921: The Picture in the House, by H.P. Lovecraft.
October 1921: The Tree, by H.P. Lovecraft.
November 1921: The Nameless City, by H.P. Lovecraft.
February-March 1922: The Chessmen of Mars, serialization version appearing in Argosy All-Story Weekly, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Febuary-July 1922: Herbert West -- Reanimator, serialization version, by H.P. Lovecraft.
March 1922: The Tomb, by H.P. Lovecraft.
March 1922: The Music of Erich Zann, by H.P. Lovecraft.
May 1922: Celephais, by H.P. Lovecraft.
July 1922: At the Earth's Core, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
November 1922: The Chessmen of Mars, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
January-April 1923: The Lurking Fear, serialization version, by H.P. Lovecraft.
May 1923: What the Moon Brings, by H.P. Lovecraft.
May 1923: Hypnos, by H.P. Lovecraft.
September 1923: Pellucidar, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
February 1924: The Hound, by H.P. Lovecraft.
March 1924: The Rats in the Walls, by H.P. Lovecraft.
1924: The King of Elfland's Daughter, by Lord Dunsany.
January 1925: The Festival, by H.P. Lovecraft.
July 1925: The Unnamable, by H.P. Lovecraft.
September 1925: The Temple, by H.P. Lovecraft.
November 1925: In the Vault, by H.P. Lovecraft.
April 1926: The Outsider, by H.P. Lovecraft.
June 1926: The Moon-Bog, by H.P. Lovecraft.
September 1926: He, by H.P. Lovecraft.
January 1927: The Horror at Red Hook, by H.P. Lovecraft.
July 15, 1927: The Master Mind of Mars, first appearance in Amazing Stories Annual, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
September 1927: The Colour Out of Space, by H.P. Lovecraft.
October 1927: Pickman's Model, by H.P. Lovecraft.
February 1928: The Call of Cthulhu, by H.P. Lovecraft.
March 1928: Cool Air, by H.P. Lovecraft.
March 1928: The Master Mind of Mars, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
January 1929: The Silver Key, by H.P. Lovecraft.
March-August 1929: Tanar of Pellucidar, serialization version appearing in Blue Book Magazine, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
April 1929: The Dunwich Horror, by H.P. Lovecraft.
April-September 1930: A Fighting Man of Mars, serialization version appearing in Blue Book Magazine, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
May 1930: Tanar of Pellucidar, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1930: Tarzan at the Earth's Core, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
May 1931: A Fighting Man of Mars, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
August 1931: The Whisperer in Darkness, by H.P. Lovecraft.
October 1931: The Strange High House in the Mist, by H.P. Lovecraft.
January 1932: Dwellers in the Mirage, beginning the serialization appearing in Argosy, by Abraham Merritt.
1932: Dwellers in the Mirage, novel version, by Abraham Merritt.
1932: Pirates of Venus, serialization version appearing in Argosy, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
December 1932: The Phoenix on the Sword, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
January 1933: The Scarlet Citadel, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
March 1933: The Tower of the Elephant, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
June 1933: Black Colossus, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
1933: Lost on Venus, serialization version appearing in Argosy, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
July 1933: The Dreams in the Witch House, by H.P. Lovecraft.
September 1933: Xuthal of the Dusk, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
October 1933: The Pool of the Black One, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
November 1933: The Other Gods, by H.P. Lovecraft.
January 1934: Rogues in the House, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
March 1934: Gods of the North, appearing in Fantasy Fan, by Robert E. Howard.
April 1934: Iron Shadows in the Moon, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
May 1934: Queen of the Black Coast, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
June 1934: From Beyond, by H.P. Lovecraft.
1934: Creep, Shadow!, by Abraham Merritt.
1934: Pirates of Venus, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
August 1934: The Devil in Iron, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
September-November 1934: The People of the Black Circle, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
November 1934-April 1935: Swords of Mars, serialization version appearing in Blue Book Magazine, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
December 1934: A Witch Shall be Born, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
March 1935: Jewels of Gwahlur, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
May-June 1935: Beyond the Black River, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
1935: Lost on Venus, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
July-August 1935: The Quest of Iranon, by H.P. Lovecraft.
November 1935: Shadows in Zamboula, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
December 1935: The Hour of the Dragon, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
February 1936: Swords of Mars, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
February-April 1936: At the Mountains of Madness, serialization version by H.P. Lovecraft.
April 1936: The Shadow Over Innsmouth, by H.P. Lovecraft.
June 1936: The Shadow Out of Time, by H.P. Lovecraft.
July-October 1936: Red Nails, appearing in Weird Tales, by Robert E. Howard.
December 1936: The Haunter of the Dark, by H.P. Lovecraft.
January 1937: The Thing on the Doorstep, by H.P. Lovecraft.
January-February 1937: Seven Worlds to Conquer, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1937: The Shunned House, by H.P. Lovecraft.
September 1937: Back to the Stone Age, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
September 21, 1937: The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
January 1938: Ibid, by H.P. Lovecraft.
January-February 1938: Carson of Venus, serialization version appearing in Argosy, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
June 1938: Azathoth, by H.P. Lovecraft.
1938: History of the Necronomicon, by H.P. Lovecraft.
1938: The Descendant, by H.P. Lovecraft.
1938: The Book, by H.P. Lovecraft.
Early 1939: Synthetic Men of Mars, serialization version appearing in Argosy Weekly, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
April 1939: The Evil Clergyman, by H.P. Lovecraft.
1939: Caron of Venus, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1939: Lest Darkness Fall, by L. Sprague de Camp.
1939: Two Sought Adventure, appearing in Unknown, by Fritz Leiber.
May 1940: The Roaring Trumpet, first appearance in Unknown, by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt.
1940: Synthetic Men of Mars, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1940: The Bleak Shore, appearing in Unknown, by Fritz Leiber.
Summer 1940: The Very Old Folk, by H.P. Lovecraft.
August 1940: The Mathematics of Magic, first appearance in Unknown, by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt.
April 1941: The Castle of Iron, novella version appearing in Unknown, by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt.
May-July 1941: The Case of Charles Dexter Ward, by H.P. Lovecraft.
1941: The Howling Tower, appearing in Unknown, by Fritz Leiber.
1941: The Incomplete Enchanter, by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt.
1941: Llana of Gathol stories, appearing in Amazing Stories, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1941-1942: Escape on Venus stories, appearing in Fantastic Adventures, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1941-1942: Savage Pellucidar stories, appearing in Amazing Stories, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1942: The Sunken Land, appearing in Unknown, by Fritz Leiber.
1943: Thieves' House, appearing in Unknown, by Fritz Leiber.
1943: Sweet Ermengarde, by H.P. Lovecraft.
1943: The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath, by H.P. Lovecraft.
June 1944: Arena, short story appearing in Astounding, by Fredric Brown.
1944: Land of Terror, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1944: The Transition of Juan Romero, by H.P. Lovecraft.
1946: Escape on Venus, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1947: Adept's Gambit, appearing in Night's Black Agents, by Fritz Leiber.
1948: Llana of Gathol, novel version, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1950: The Castle of Iron, novel version, by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt.
1950: The Dying Earth, collection by Jack Vance.
1951: Dark Vengeance, appearing in Suspense, by Fritz Leiber.
1952: The Blue Star, appearing in Witches Three, by Fletcher Pratt.
1953: The Seven Black Priests, appearing in Other Worlds, by Fritz Leiber.
1953: The Wall of Serpents, by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt.
1953: Three Hearts and Three Lions, original novella version appearing in Fantasy & Science Fiction, by Poul Anderson.
1953: The Sword of Rhiannon, by Leigh Brackett.
1954: The Broken Sword, by Poul Anderson.
1954: The Green Magician, by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt.
July 29, 1954: The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
November 11, 1954: The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
October 20, 1955: The Return of the King, by J.R.R. Tolkien.
1957: Induction (perhaps unpublished until 1970), by Fritz Leiber.
1959: Lean Times in Lankhmar, appearing in Fantastic, by Fritz Leiber.
1960: When the Sea-King's Away, appearing in Fantastic, by Fritz Leiber.
July-September 1960: The High Crusade, serialized in Astounding, by Poul Anderson.
Late 1960: The High Crusade, novel version, by Poul Anderson.
1961: Three Hearts and Three Lions, expanded novel version, by Poul Anderson.
1961: Scylla's Daughter, appearing in Fantastic, by Fritz Leiber.
June 1961: The Dreaming City, appearing in Science Fantasy, by Michael Moorcock.
C1961-1963: Dead God's Homecoming, by Michael Moorcock.
C1961-1963: Black Sword's Brothers, by Michael Moorcock.
C1961-1963: Sad Giant's Shield, by Michael Moorcock.
C1961-1963: Doomed Lord's Passing, by Michael Moorcock.
1962: The Unholy Grail, appearing in Fantastic, by Fritz Leiber.
1962: Savage Pellucidar, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1963: Bazaar of the Bizarre, appearing in Fantastic, by Fritz Leiber.
1963: The Cloud of Hate, appearing in Fantastic, by Fritz Leiber.
1963: The Stealer of Souls, collection by Michael Moorcock.
1963: Sign of the Labrys, by Margaret St. Clair.
1964: The Lords of Quarmall, appearing in Fantastic, by Fritz Leiber with Harry Otto Fischer.
1964: The Wizard of Venus, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
1965: The Maker of Universes, by Philip Jose Farmer.
1965: Stardock, appearing in Fantastic, by Fritz Leiber.
1965: Stormbringer, by Michael Moorcock.
1966: The Gates of Creation, by Philip Jose Farmer.
1966: The Eyes of the Overworld, by Jack Vance.
1966: Cugel the Clever, by Jack Vance.
Spring 1967: The Vale of Lost Women, appearing in Magazine of Horror, by Robert E. Howard.
1967: The Jewel in the Skull, Hawkmoon novel by Michael Moorcock.
1967: The Carnelian Cube, by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt.
June-December 1967: Nine Princes in Amber, serialization appearing in Kallikanzaros, by Roger Zelazny.
1968: A Private Cosmos, by Philip Jose Farmer.
1968: Sorcerer's Amulet, Hawkmoon novel by Michael Moorcock.
1968: The Sword of the Dawn, Hawkmoon novel by Michael Moorcock.
1968: The Two Best Thieves in Lankhmar, appearing in Fantastic, by Fritz Leiber.
1968: The Swords of Lankhmar, by Fritz Leiber.
1968: Swords in the Mist, collection by Fritz Leiber.
1968: Swords Against Wizardry, collection by Fritz Leiber.
April 1969: Kothar -- Barbarian Swordsman, by Gardner Fox.
1969: The Face in the Frost, by John Bellairs.
1969: Giant of World's End, by Lin Carter.
1969: The Secret of the Runestaff, Hawkmoon novel by Michael Moorcock.
1969: The Shadow People, by Margaret St. Clair.
1969: Kothar of the Magic Sword, by Gardner Fox.
1969: Kothar and the Demon Queen, by Gardner Fox.
1970: Behind the Walls of Terra, by Philip Jose Farmer.
1970: Nine Princes in Amber, by Roger Zelazny.
1970: The Snow Women, appearing in Fantastic, by Fritz Leiber.
1970: Swords and Deviltry, collection by Fritz Leiber.
1970: Ill Met in Lankhmar, appearing in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, by Fritz Leiber.
1970: Swords Against Death, collection by Fritz Leiber.
1970: Kothar and the Conjurer's Curse, by Gardner Fox.
1970: Kothar and the Wizard Slayer, by Gardner Fox.
1971: Jack of Shadows, serialization in F&SF, by Roger Zelazny.
1971: Jack of Shadows, novel version, by Roger Zelazny.
1972: Elric of Melnibone, by Michael Moorcock.
1972: The Guns of Avalon, by Roger Zelazny.
1972: The Sleeping Sorceress, by Michael Moorcock.
December 1972-February 1973: The Fallible Fiend, serialization version appearing in Fantastic, by L. Sprague de Camp.
June 1973: Hiero's Journey, by Sterling Lanier.
1973: The Jade Man's Eyes, appearing in Flashing Swords!, by Michael Moorcock.
1973: The Sadness of the Executioner, appearing in Flashing Swords!, by Fritz Leiber.
1973: Changeling Earth, by Fred Saberhagen.
1973: Trapped in the Shadowland, appearing in Fantastic, by Fritz Leiber.
1973: The Bait, appearing in Whispers, by Fritz Leiber.
1973: Worse Things Waiting, collection by Manly Wade Wellman.
1973: The Fallible Fiend, novel version, by L. Sprague de Camp.
1974: Warrior of World's End, by Lin Carter.
1974: Beauty and the Beasts, appearing in The Book of Fritz Leiber, by Fritz Leiber.
November 1974: The Hall of the Dead, appearing in Fantasy Crossroads, by Robert E. Howard.
February 1975: Sign of the Unicorn, by Roger Zelazny.
1975: Under the Thumbs of the Gods, appearing in Fantastic, by Fritz Leiber.
1975: Trapped in the Sea of Stars, appearing in The Second Book of Fritz Leiber, by Fritz Leiber.
1975: The Enchantress of World's End, by Lin Carter.
1975: The Compleat Enchanter: The Magical Misadventures of Harold Shea, by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt.
1975: Kyrik -- Warlock Warrior, by Gardner Fox.
1975: The Tower of the Elephant, by Robert E. Howard.
1975 or 1976: Kyrik Fights the Demon World, by Gardner Fox.
1976: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, collection by Michael Moorcock.
1976: The Frost Monstreme, appearing in Flashing Swords!, by Fritz Leiber.
1976: The Hand of Oberson, by Roger Zelazny.
1976: Kyrik and the Lost Queen, by Gardner Fox.
1976: Kyrik and the Wizard's Sword, by Gardner Fox.
1976: The Immortal of World's End, by Lin Carter.
1977: The Barbarian of World's End, by Lin Carter.
1977: The Lavalite World, by Philip Jose Farmer.
1977: The Weird of the White Wolf, by Michael Moorcock.
1977: The Bane of the Black Sword, collection by Michael Moorcock.
1977: Swords and Ice Magic, collection by Fritz Leiber.
1977: Sea Magic, appearing in The Dragon, by Fritz Leiber.
1977: Rime Isle, appearing in Cosmos SF&F Magazine, by Fritz Leiber.
1977: DAW Elric series, regarded as authoritative in many ways; Elric of Melnibone, The Sailor on the Seas of Fate, The Weird of the White Wolf, The Sleeping Sorceress, The Bane of the Black Sword and Stormbringer, all by Michael Moorcock.
1977 (contentious whether this was a direct influence): The Silmarillion, by J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien and Guy Gavriel Kay.
March 1978: Swords Against Darkness III, edited by Andrew J. Offutt. This work can be difficult to locate on the web so I provide a link to story information here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swords_Aga ... rkness_III1978: The Courts of Chaos, by Roger Zelazny.
1978: The Pirate of World's End, by Lin Carter.
1979: Ardneh's World, a revision of Changeling Earth, by Fred Saberhagen.
TO DO:
(need to add Norse sagas etc.)
(research August Derleth works which were influential, probably HPL collaborations)
(research which Andre Norton books inspired Gygax)
(include Sold Rope to the Gnoles)
(research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_G. ... bliography to determine Stanley Weinbaum influences)
(research
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Willi ... bliography to determine Jack Williamson influences)
(consider adding HPL collaborations with other authors, refer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Love ... bliography)
(Note that Gygax in the DMG states that H.P. Lovecraft is one of the major influences on the game, but does not list the particular works. The above is all-inclusive of Lovecraft's published stories, and will be edited down.)
See also:
http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=ht ... 2007-07-20
