Dr Simon Reads Appendix N Part Seven: L Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
Dr. Simon Reads Appendix N Part Seven: L Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt In this series I explore classic fantasy and science fiction works. You will either know what I mean by “Appendix N”, or you will have no clue. If you do, skip the next paragraph. If you don’t, read on! In the original Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide, Gary Gygax provided a large number of appendices, from random smells to reputed magical properties of herbs and gemstones. Appendix N was a bibliography of works that inspired him. Back in 1982 when I first got hold of this book, there were only a couple of items on there that I’d read, and only a few other authors that I’d even heard of. Many years later, after much reading, I returned to Appendix N expecting to have added greatly to the works on there that I’d read; but actually, there were still very few. Many of the authors were obscure or out of print authors of, for want of a better expression, golden age pulp; the kind that fea