false 2944392 0 0 23596 0345458567 9780345458568 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167428371m/23596.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167428371s/23596.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23596.Tales_Before_Tolkien_The_Roots_of_Modern_Fantasy 3.63 73 Many of today's top names in fantasy acknowledge J.R.R. Tolkien as the author whose work inspired them to create their own epics. But which writers influenced Tolkien? In a collection destined to become a classic, internationally recognized Tolkien expert Douglas A. Anderson, editor of The Annotated Hobbit, has gathered the fiction of the many gifted authors who sparked Tolkien's imagination. Included are Andrew Lang's romantic swashbuckler, The Story of Sigurd, which features magic rings & a ferocious dragon; an excerpt from E. A. Wyke-Smith's The Marvelous Land of Snergs, about creatures who were precursors to hobbits; & a never-before-published gem by David Lindsay, author of A Voyage to Arcturus, a novel that Tolkien praised highly both as a thriller & as a work of philosophy, religion & morality.
In stories packed with magical journeys, conflicted heroes & terrible beasts, this volume is one that no fan of fantasy should be without. These tales may inspire a new generation of creative writers.]]> 1582 4.14 253 42 116841 3.97 349 44 364195 3.85 152 17 454151 3.69 81 12 13399 3.66 2810 337 18393 4.12 2559 125 51422 3.83 537 95 189937 3.70 82 13 29974 3.70 230 51 684446 3.63 76 9 2944392 3.63 73 9 2413 4.04 7477 789 33546 4.02 604 56 1820585 3.79 115 17 3242 3.92 25838 1571 351924 3.63 79 12 8127 3.64 455 65 3073 3.68 1583 222 92665 3.70 274 31 2944393 3.63 73 9 9172 3.98 1080 116 485215 3.60 82 10 2003 6517785 110453164X 9781104531645 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6517785-wit-and-pleasure 0.0 0 928343 0.0 0 0 2950007 0.0 0 0 2944392 3.63 73 9 2009