(urth) Vance and Tokien as influences on D&D

[Joel Sieh]

At first, I was somewhat embarrassed at bringing up D&D on this list,
seeing how it was somewhat offtopic and derailed the conversation from
matters of Wolfe.  However, a lot of interesting posts have come out
of it (especially Adam's above)!  I have very little to add,
considering many of these authors are on my to-read list, but alas
have not yet been read.