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| DragonReader |
Posted - 25 Jan 2006 : 14:25:39
Amazon.com has added "Darkvision" by Bruce Cordell to it's catalog. This book is part of the wizards series and is scheduled for release in September (according to Amazon).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786940174/qid=1138198412/sr=1-7/ref=sr_1_7/104-9863126-3936714?s=books&v=glance&n=283155
The other books in this series are:
Blackstaff, by Steven E. Schend
Bloodwalk, by James P. Davis (amazon has both of these listed for release in July, but I think that might be a mistake.) |
| 30 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 06 Aug 2006 : 23:01:30
quote:
Originally posted by Wandering_mage
That could be said about a lot of mages. 
Yeah, but of all the mages on the Wizard covers (indeed, out of most FR covers, period, that I can recall) this guy looks the most smug. |
| Wandering_mage |
Posted - 06 Aug 2006 : 22:47:57
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Although that mage looks rather snooty.
That could be said about a lot of mages. Like that doesn't get said often right?  I couldn't help myself. I had to say it, Mystra forgive me. |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 01:43:49
quote:
Originally posted by Kuje
Very cool. :)
Literally.  Although that mage looks rather snooty. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 01:11:52
quote:
Originally posted by O Love
quote:
Originally posted by Alaundo
if anyone stumbles upon this image, return here forthwith 
Uh uh, pick me!
"Frostfell" cover (37 kB)
Mod Edit: Link repaired.
I like it.
Kind of reminds me of those "hypothetical" wolfens that were supposedly attached to the SJ setting.
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| Wandering_mage |
Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 21:47:18
Both Darkvision and Frostfell have awesome covers. I hope they are good books too. 
I wonder why they haven't picked up a book on Tulrun or the Mistmaster. There are some cool stories just waiting to be told.  |
| Kuje |
Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 21:24:40
quote:
Originally posted by Xysma
Try this http://www.o-love.net/realms/head_wiz.html#Darkvision
I like this cover best of the four.
Very cool. :) |
| O Love |
Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 21:00:58
quote:
Originally posted by Kuje
I'm getting a page not found error. :)
Link corrected, sorry.  |
| Xysma |
Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 20:55:39
quote:
Originally posted by Kuje
quote:
Originally posted by O Love
quote:
Originally posted by Alaundo
if anyone stumbles upon this image, return here forthwith
Uh uh, pick me!
"Frostfell" cover (37 kB)
I'm getting a page not found error. :)
Try this http://www.o-love.net/realms/head_wiz.html#Darkvision
I like this cover best of the four. |
| Kuje |
Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 20:36:41
quote:
Originally posted by O Love
quote:
Originally posted by Alaundo
if anyone stumbles upon this image, return here forthwith
Uh uh, pick me!
"Frostfell" cover (37 kB)
I'm getting a page not found error. :) |
| O Love |
Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 20:17:23
quote:
Originally posted by Alaundo
if anyone stumbles upon this image, return here forthwith
Uh uh, pick me!
"Frostfell" cover (37 kB)
Mod Edit: Link repaired. |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 08 Jul 2006 : 00:17:45
That picture is...kinda cool, from what I can see of it. |
| Mark S. |
Posted - 07 Jul 2006 : 23:57:49
quote:
if anyone stumbles upon this image, return here forthwith I'm very happy with the look of the covers in this series and i'm sure it will be equally as stunning as the first three.
Well, there's a tiny image on page 13 of the Random House catalogue here:
http://www.randomhouse.biz/international/PDFs/PDF2006/Dec_On_Sale_web.pdf
Not the best picture quality by any means, but there it is.
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| Mark S. |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 21:48:14
quote:
Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
I don't have my book with me, but isn't "Frostfell" also a spell in Frostburn? Basically a mini-ice age?
Yup. The title of Wizards 4, Frostfell, is in reference to the spell, not the region.
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| Alaundo |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 20:15:08
quote:
Originally posted by Mark S.
quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I wonder when we'll ever see the cover art for Frostfell and Darkvision. 
I saw the final cover of FROSTFELL a couple of weeks ago. The Art Director literally just finished it. I suspect it will be up at Wizards.com, Amazon, or even Random House fairly soon. It looks great! All of the Wizards covers look outstanding. I love 'em.
Well met
Thank ye for the info, Mark, and welcome to Candlekeep 
if anyone stumbles upon this image, return here forthwith I'm very happy with the look of the covers in this series and i'm sure it will be equally as stunning as the first three. |
| Mark S. |
Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 17:51:28
quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I wonder when we'll ever see the cover art for Frostfell and Darkvision.
I saw the final cover of FROSTFELL a couple of weeks ago. The Art Director literally just finished it. I suspect it will be up at Wizards.com, Amazon, or even Random House fairly soon. It looks great! All of the Wizards covers look outstanding. I love 'em.
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| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 03 Jul 2006 : 04:07:29
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Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
Hm . . . guess I'll be reading Lady of Poison before I get Darkvision . . .
May help, unless Bruce Cordell is using a different Ususi who--by strange coincidence--also happens to be a Deep Imaskari wizard who lives away from her people, just like the one in Lady of Poison. ;)
Anyway, I though Lady of Poision was quite a good book, so it's worth the read in any case. |
| KnightErrantJR |
Posted - 03 Jul 2006 : 01:39:38
Hm . . . guess I'll be reading Lady of Poison before I get Darkvision . . . |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 03 Jul 2006 : 01:33:03
I also want to mention that I love the style of these wizard covers--I don't really know how to describe this, but they seem both modern and "retro" at the same time...kind of like a throwback to older covers that actually give you a good idea of what these characters might really look like.
Compare them to the characters on the Fighter's series covers--they are pretty much all a blur and highly stylized (same goes for some of the other new covers). |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 03 Jul 2006 : 01:16:36
quote:
Originally posted by Kajehase
quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I wonder when we'll ever see the cover art for Frostfell and Darkvision.
Ask, and ye shall receive (partly at least): Darkvision
Cool, thanks! And we have...a lady with red hair. =-|
Seriously, thanks though.
Turns out, Darkvision is about the character Ususi from Cordell's other book, Lady of Poison. |
| Kajehase |
Posted - 02 Jul 2006 : 23:55:43
quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I wonder when we'll ever see the cover art for Frostfell and Darkvision.
Ask, and ye shall receive (partly at least): Darkvision |
| Rinonalyrna Fathomlin |
Posted - 02 Jul 2006 : 22:49:02
I wonder when we'll ever see the cover art for Frostfell and Darkvision. |
| Alaundo |
Posted - 02 Jul 2006 : 09:30:17
Well met
Just a quick reminder that the Bloodwalk and Blackstaff threads are now available in the Candlekeep Book Club for those wishing to discuss the novels at this level. Both authors will be available to answer any questions ye may have |
| scererar |
Posted - 25 Mar 2006 : 08:56:58
quote:
Originally posted by SheriffJoe
Whoops....looks like I started a new topic too soon!! Sorry guys!
Mark has been editing the Eberron books and has Tales of the Last War coming out next month. I THINK Frostfell is his first novel, though I can't be sure! Anyway, I'm looking forward to this series. Hopefully it's as good a series as The Fighters has been.
I think Wizards is trying to keep specific authors in specific realms. Baker, Bassingthwaite and Forbeck seem to be Eberron authors now, while Bolme, De Bie, Kemp, Lebow and Smedman, among others, remain in the Realms.
This is a good thing...especially if you are a fan of all these guys (and gals)! 
So far I have been a fan of them all. crossings "worlds" or whatever could be good, just would need to ensure the authors were familar with each particular setting, at least with what they were currently writing about. |
| SheriffJoe |
Posted - 24 Mar 2006 : 20:26:34
Whoops....looks like I started a new topic too soon!! Sorry guys!
Mark has been editing the Eberron books and has Tales of the Last War coming out next month. I THINK Frostfell is his first novel, though I can't be sure! Anyway, I'm looking forward to this series. Hopefully it's as good a series as The Fighters has been.
I think Wizards is trying to keep specific authors in specific realms. Baker, Bassingthwaite and Forbeck seem to be Eberron authors now, while Bolme, De Bie, Kemp, Lebow and Smedman, among others, remain in the Realms.
This is a good thing...especially if you are a fan of all these guys (and gals)! |
| Lord Nemes |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 22:48:45
thanks for the confirmation DragonReader.
In fact I think it's an interresting title. I'm curious about the region it will feature. |
| DragonReader |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 19:31:45
quote:
Originally posted by Dhomal
Hello-
On this note also - I clicked on the link to the Amazon.ca site - and then clicked on the author link. Seems he has a Eberron novel coming out in April. I had the thought from somewhere that in general they kept their authors in one world - I'm not sure where I have that thought from though...
Its not like Amazon has not made mistakes in the past. That adventure in the FR that is being speculated about elsewhere here - as I recall - is listed as 32 pages - AND a hardcover....
Alaundo is right - time will tell.....
Dhomal
Actually the April Eberron book is an anthology that he edited (as previously mentioned he is the line editor for Eberron).
Anyway, Mark has confirmed on an Eberron-related website that "Frostfell" is in fact the 4th book in the Wizards series set in the Forgotten Realms. |
| EytanBernstein |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 19:06:50
There is a long history of authors writing for more than one setting. Jean Rabe wrote an FR novel, but also a number of Dragonlance novels. Don Bassingthwaite writes for both FR and Eberron. A number of authors have written Greyhawk as well as other setting based novels. While I'm sure you have some authors that definitely prefer one setting over another, many are quite versatile in this regard. |
| Dhomal |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 16:34:05
Hello-
On this note also - I clicked on the link to the Amazon.ca site - and then clicked on the author link. Seems he has a Eberron novel coming out in April. I had the thought from somewhere that in general they kept their authors in one world - I'm not sure where I have that thought from though...
Its not like Amazon has not made mistakes in the past. That adventure in the FR that is being speculated about elsewhere here - as I recall - is listed as 32 pages - AND a hardcover....
Alaundo is right - time will tell.....
Dhomal |
| Erik Scott de Bie |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 15:39:44
quote:
Originally posted by nbnmare
According to the Frostburn sourcebook, 'Frostfell' is a term which refers to "any area - no matter how small (a single chamber within a dungeon) or how large (an entire plane) - dominated by a combination of ice, snow, and extreme cold, much like 'the underdark' references and endless variety of regions found deep underground."
I don't have my book with me, but isn't "Frostfell" also a spell in Frostburn? Basically a mini-ice age?
Cheers |
| Alaundo |
Posted - 23 Mar 2006 : 08:07:58
quote:
Originally posted by Lord Nemes
Hi
Alaundo, are you sure that it isn't an Eberron novel :P ?
I don't know a thing of Eberon but found that.
From Wikipedia: Eberon: ... Frostfell is an unexplored land of ice in the north...
Hope you're not turning on Eberon side :P
Well met
Indeed, Lord Nemesm I did wonder. However, i'm assured that this is indeed the aforementioned FR tome from the Wizards series.
Maybe more light will be shed in time. I'll try and see if I can unearth more information. Wizards have been constantly tight-lipped throughout the naming of the Wizards series, for some reason. |
