{"product_id":"appendix-n-isbn-9781907222740","title":"Appendix N","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn anthology investigating the influences behind Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons, the most popular modern role-playing game.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon the original list of “inspirational reading” provided by Gary Gygax in the first \u003ci\u003eDungeon Master's Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 1979, as well as hobbyist magazines and related periodicals that helped to define the modern role-playing game, \u003ci\u003eAppendix N\u003c\/i\u003e offers a colletion of short fiction and resonant fragments that reveal the literary influences that shaped Dungeons \u0026amp; Dragons, the world's most popular RPG. The stories in \u003ci\u003eAppendix N\u003c\/i\u003e contextualize the ambitious lyrical excursions that helped set the adventurous tone and dank, dungeon-crawling atmospheres of fantasy roleplay as we know it today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFeaturing tales by Poul Anderson, Frank Brunner, Ramsey Campbell, Lin Carter, Lord Dunsany, Robert E. Howard, Tanith Lee, Fritz Leiber, H. P. Lovecraft, David Madison, Michael Moorcock, C. L. Moore, Fred Saberhagen, Clark Ashton Smith, Margaret St. Clair, Jack Vance, and Manly Wade Wellman. \u003c\/p\u003ePeter Bebergal is a writer based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His writing on speculative and fringe cultures have been published by the \u003ci\u003eBeliever\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author \u003ci\u003eStrange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSeason of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eToo Much to Dream: A Psychedelic American Boyhood\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Strange Attractor Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300257550565,"sku":"NP9781907222740","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781907222740.jpg?v=1742919323","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/appendix-n-isbn-9781907222740","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}