tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post524392284135661536..comments2024-02-16T22:05:32.773+02:00Comments on LotFP: RPG: How I Got Into FantasyJimLotFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-54601104281617902602009-06-20T23:44:00.586+03:002009-06-20T23:44:00.586+03:00Tolkien for me. First the LotR and then Silmarilli...Tolkien for me. First the LotR and then Silmarillion. Having read them all many times I started playing RPGs and reading REH and Leiber. Good times.AndreasDavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170806742393291962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-25699301303218513292009-06-19T19:37:24.374+03:002009-06-19T19:37:24.374+03:00I had started reading comics a bit by age 11 when ...I had started reading comics a bit by age 11 when I found the Conan paperbacks on the spinracks at the public library. I found Hobbit and LoTR as well but Conan was my big early influence before. A year or two later, I heard about this new game D&D.Stanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13120797876920082499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-17465698334454108082009-06-18T03:02:38.655+03:002009-06-18T03:02:38.655+03:00I had somewhat similar experiences with my parents...I had somewhat similar experiences with my parents exposing me to things that other parents wouldn't dream of showing to their kids at such a young age. I've often wondered if it was my parents being really cool or just not giving a shit. Both maybe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-16530504606846317042009-06-17T20:04:47.185+03:002009-06-17T20:04:47.185+03:00Black Colossus was the first Savage Sword of Conan...Black Colossus was the first Savage Sword of Conan issue I ever read, and also my first introduction to Robert E. Howard and sword & sorcery fiction. I recently started buying the Dark Horse reissues, and I can't read or look at them enough.<br /><br />Your article stirred up a lot of memories for me. Thanks!Shane Mangushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03865733072718219138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-23631672578137225942009-06-17T16:26:52.466+03:002009-06-17T16:26:52.466+03:00Conan was one of my earliest introductions to fant...Conan was one of my earliest introductions to fantasy too! I remember a cover catching my eye at the corner drugstore, and two hours later realizing I had read the whole thing just standing there;) I don't even remember the title though. Instant fascination.<br /><br />I think my first "fantasy" novel was A Princess of Mars, which happened to be at the top of a stack of books my cousin gave me, left over from his college Science Fiction Literature Class. I also read the Hobbit around this time too, so it could be either one, I suppose.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682401446176099294noreply@blogger.com