I have all of Salvatore's novels,and the Dragonlance series as well as the Tolkien books.
When I could I played ADD at least once in a week.
Dm-ed Ravenloft for 7 years(greetings Van Richten!!!!

) played at planescape and realms.
I also played the Middle earth CCG published by ICE,NOT the new one by Decipher-what a let down...-
Anyway I don't think ythat all role players are geeks.Some are and I do think that Thara Song is right.We definately need more girls in Role-playing!