false 40803371 1017046 23596 0345458567 9780345458568 9 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167428371m/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 3.97 348 44 364195 3.85 152 17 454151 3.69 81 12 13399 3.66 2802 337 18393 4.12 2559 125 51422 3.83 537 94 189937 3.70 82 13 29974 3.70 229 51 684446 3.63 76 9 2944392 3.63 73 9 2413 4.04 7459 788 33546 4.02 600 55 1820585 3.84 111 16 3242 3.92 25782 1569 351924 3.63 79 12 8127 3.63 452 65 3073 3.68 1582 222 92665 3.70 274 31 2944393 3.63 73 9 9172 3.98 1079 116 485215 3.60 82 10 0 0 false Tue Dec 23 20:26:57 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 20:26:57 -0800 2008