Inspirational Source Material
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[Ben's note: I placed a # next to authors I have read.]

A good D&D campaign is imaginative and creative.  Sometimes a little
research is useful to improve a dungeon, flesh out a scenario, and
provide inspiration for a campaign.  Books on folklore, mythology,
fairy tales, bestiaries, and knightly legends can often help the DM
fill in important details of a campaign, but fictional tales and
fantasy novels usually provide the best sources of inspiration.  The
following list includes some books which might prove useful.  A title
list followed by "et al." means the author has written more fantasy
titles than those which can be listed in the limited space available.
Note that some books listed as "non-fiction" are about myths or
legends, but are labeled as non-fiction because they are not on the
fiction shelves of the library or book store.

See also:

Appendix N/E
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Appendix N Links
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Dragon Magazine
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Dragon Magazine, issues missing from above link
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Polyhedron Magazine
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Fiction: Young Adult Fantasy
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* Alexander, Lloyd -- The Book of Three; Black Cauldron; Castle of
 Llyr, et al.
# Baum, L. Frank -- The Wizard of Oz; The Emerald City of Oz;
 The Land of Oz, et al.
* Bellairs, John -- The Face in the Frost; The House Without a
 Clock on Its Walls; The Figure in the Shadows, et al.
# Burroughs, Edgar Rice -- A Princess of Mars; At the Earth's
 Core; Tarzan of the Apes, et al.
# Carrol, Lewis -- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through
 the Looking Glass
* Garner, Alan -- Elidor, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen; The Moon
 of Gomrath, et al.
# Le Guin, Ursula K. -- A Wizard of Earthsea; The Tombs of
 Atuan; The Farthest Shore, et al.
# Lewis, C.S. -- The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe; Prince
 Caspian; The Voyage of the "Dawn Treader", et al.

Non-Fiction: Young Adult
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* Barber, Richard -- A Companion to World Mythology
* Buehr, Walter -- Chivalry and the Mailed Knight
* Coolidge, Olivia -- Greek Myths; The Trojan War; Legends of the
 North
* d'Aulaire, Ingri and Edgar Parin -- Norse Gods and Giants; Trolls
* Hazeltine, Alice -- Hero Tales From Many Lands
* Hillyer, Virgil -- Young People's Story of the Ancient World:
 Prehistory - 500 B.C.
* Jacobs, Joseph -- English Folk and Fairy Tales
* Macauley, David -- Castles
* McHargue, Georgess -- The Beasts of Never: A History Natural and
 Unnatural of Monsters, Mythical, and Magical; The Impossible People
* Renault, Mary -- The Lion in the Gateway
* Sellow, Catherine F. -- Adventures With Giants
* Sutcliff, Rosemary -- Tristram and Iseult
* Williams, Jay -- Life in the Middle Ages
* Winer, Bart -- Life in the Ancient World

Fiction: Adult Fantasy
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# Anderson, Poul -- Three Hearts and Three Lions; The Broken
 Sword; The Merman's Children, et al.
# Anthony, Piers -- A Spell for Chameleon; The Source of Magic;
 Castle Roogna
# Asprin, Robert -- Another Fine Myth
* Brackett, Leigh -- The Coming of the Terrans; The Secret of
 Sinharat; People of the Talisman, et al.
* Campbell, J. Ramsey -- Demons by Daylight
* Davidson, Avram -- The Island Under the Earth; Ursus of Ultima
 Thule; The Phoenix of the Mirror, et al.
# de Camp, L. Sprague -- The Fallible Fiend; The Goblin Tower,
 et al.
# de Camp, L. Sprague and Pratt, Fletcher -- The Incomplete
 Enchanter; Land of Unreason, et al.
# Dunsany, Lord -- Over the Hills and Far Away; Book of Wonder;
 The King of Elfland's Daughter, et al.
* Eddison, E.R. -- The Worm Ouroboros
* Eisenstein, Phyllis -- Born to Exile; Sorcerer's Son
# Farmer, Phillip Jose -- The Gates of Creation; The Maker of
 Universes; A Private Cosmos, et al.
* Finney, Charles G. -- The Unholy City; The Circus of Dr. Lao
# Heinlein, Robert A. -- Glory Road
* Howard, Robert E. -- Conan; Red Nails; Pigeons from Hell
# Lee, Tanith -- Night's Master; The Storm Lord; The
 Birthgrave, et al.
# Lieber, Fritz -- The Swords of Lankhmar; Swords Against
 Wizardry; Swords Against Death, et al.
# Lovecraft, H.P. -- The Doom that Came to Sarnath; The Dream
 Quest of Unknown Kadath; The Dunwich Horror
* Merritt, A.E. -- The Moon Pool; Dwellers in the Mirage; The Ship
 of Ishtar, et al.
# Moorcock, Michael -- The Stealer of Souls; The Knight of
 Swords; Gloriana, et al.
* Mundy, Talbot -- Tros of Samothrace
# Niven, Larry -- The Flight of the Horse; The Magic Goes Away
# Norton, Andre -- Witch World; The Year of the Unicorn; The
 Crystal Gryphon, et al.
* Offutt, Andrew -- The Iron Lords; Shadows Out of Hell
# Pratt, Fletcher -- The Blue Star; The Well of the Unicorn
* Smith, Clark Ashton -- Xiccarph; Lost Worlds: Genius Loci
* Stewart, Mary -- The Crystal Cave; The Hollow Hills; The Last
 Enchantment
# Stoker, Bram -- Dracula
* Swann, Thomas Burnett -- Cry Silver Bells; The Tournament of the
 Thorns; Moondust, et al.
# Tolkien, J.R.R. -- The Hobbit; The Lord of the Rings (trilogy)
# Vance, Jack -- The Eyes of the Overworld; Dying Earth; The
 Dragon Masters, et al.
* Wagner, Karl Edward -- Bloodstone; Death Angel's Shadow; Dark
 Crusade, et al.
# White, Theodore H. -- The Once and Future King
# Zelazny, Roger -- Jack of Shadows; Lord of Light; Nine
 Princes in Amber, et al.

Some additional authors of fantasy fiction are:
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# Beagle, Peter S.
* Bok, Hannes
# Cabell, James Branch
# Carter, Lin
# Cherryh, C.J.
* Delany, Samuel R.
* Fox, Gardner
* Gaskell, Jane
* Green, Roland
# Haggard, H. Rider
* Jakes, John
* Kurtz, Katherine
* Lanier, Sterling
# McCaffrey, Anne
# McKillip, Patricia A.
* Moore, C.L.
* Myers, John Myers
* Peake, Mervyn
# Saberhagen, Fred
* Walton, Evangeline
* Wellman, Manly Wade
* Williamson, Jack

Short Story Collections
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# Carter, Lin (ed.) -- The Year's Best Fantasy Stories (in
 several volumes); Flashing Swords (also in several volumes)
* Offutt, Andrew (ed.) -- Swords Against Darkness (in several
 volumes)

Non-Fiction
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* Borges, Jorge Luis -- The Book of Imaginary Beings
# Bullfinch, Thomas -- Bullfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable,
 The Age of Chivalry
* Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and
 Legend

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