This page has a lot of info on Quag Keep, including a copy of Norton's original contract with the publisher for the novel, which is dated Sep 13, 1977 and acknowledges receipt of the typescript. So we know it was completed before that date. So she possibly had Holmes Basic (published July '77) while working on the novel, but not the published Monster Manual (late Dec '77), although she could have had a draft of it. #quagkeep
http://andre-norton-books.com/index.php/worlds-of-andre/series-by-andre-l-thru-z/quag-keep-series/232-quag-keep
http://andre-norton-books.com/index.php/worlds-of-andre/series-by-andre-l-thru-z/quag-keep-series/232-quag-keep
A pseudo-dragon features prominently in the story. This monster first appeared in the Monster Manual, suggesting that Norton may have had a draft of the MM. Or did she create the creature for the story and then Gygax put in the Manual?
ReplyDeleteGygax on the origin of the pseduodragon --- "A co-worker or a fan--I do not recall which it was--that wanted a special familiar for his or her PC. It didn't seem too out of line, so I was agreeable to the inclusion of the critter in the roster of AD&D monsters." https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=489283#p489283
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