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| Zaknafein |
Posted - 26 May 2003 : 04:41:26
what book and how long did it take you to finish it?
mine was Elminster: Making of a Mage, i read it in 4 days easy |
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| fanatic |
Posted - 28 Sep 2003 : 12:27:02
Passage to Dawn.
read it in one and a half day.
i was really angry when i finished the book becaus i waited for about 3 or 4 month to get it, even bought it in hard cover, and then i finished it that fast.
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| the lost drow |
Posted - 27 Sep 2003 : 22:14:42
Read Troy Denings The Sorceror in less than 7 hours. |
| Arivia |
Posted - 20 Sep 2003 : 22:26:54
Windwalker, which I had been greatly awaiting, disappeared way too quickly at just 2 1/2 hours. Not that the book was too short, I was just enjoying it so much, I read it way too fast. |
| William of Waterdeep |
Posted - 20 Sep 2003 : 21:01:59
Three years, 28 days.....No really "The Cyrstal Shard",333pages paper
back.3.5 hours but I had the time, at the time,besides thats to fast to enjoy for me most of the time.I love getting lost in the story but I don't normally have a timer set either. |
| Lina |
Posted - 20 Sep 2003 : 10:22:51
Dont remember the name of the book but it was a standard sized one 400-600 pages, took me about 4 hours. If only I can remember the name of the book! *sighes* Oh well this will have to do. |
| Dantrag |
Posted - 01 Aug 2003 : 21:12:06
Mine was the Halflings Gem , I read it in three days. Quite a fast time according to me age... |
| Mournblade |
Posted - 30 Jul 2003 : 00:45:06
I often base CONCEPTS off of history, but I would not presume to mimic it in a novel. (Historical Fiction is its own genre where History DOES belong). For instance I have been running some games in Amn, and I treat Amn as Medieval Spain, a crossroads culture where Christian and Muslim art, customs, and ideals sometimes overlapped (until 1492 anyway). For the realms this is the area where the Arabian culture of Calimshan and the shoon starts to manifest. I don't mind the idea of Conquistadors, for example I often describe the Amn army guards with Morions (A type of helmet characteristic of Conquistadors, and 16th century europe). I liek that there is a Kara Tur and Steppes land so that I have the oppurtunity to bring those influences into the realms. But I do not think there needs to be a GHenghis Khan. Especially when a couple War Wizards could wipe the real Khan out.
I have also set up the moonshaes as being a type of Mirror to the culture of the Isles. Such as Moray is based off Scottish culture, Gwynneth is based off Irish, Snowdonia is Welsh, and Alaron is Cornish and Norman. For me D&D is a way for me to experiment and learn more about those cultures, creating adventures with those cultural devices in them.
But to read an entire SERIES of novels as a hsotory rehash is somewhat taxing and disappointing. I like reading and spotting the historical ELEMENTS, just not the Historical EVENTS.
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| Mythander |
Posted - 29 Jul 2003 : 16:30:29
quote:
Originally posted by Mournblade
That's because Yamun Kahan WAS Ghengis Khan! Good book, but I am a little tired of the Forgotten Realms remake of history (horselords, Maztica) and rehashing of classic story lines (Mage in the Iron Mask).
Sometimes it gets like really bad rap song remixes.
It is so true, I can see how some people might like them for the familiarity concept but, I really think it takes something away from a story. I would have enjoyed Maztica if it was not for those damn conquistadors of Helm. I feel that real world history as no place in a fantasy world like the realms. To me fantasy is enjoyable, because of the creativity that is behind it. Once you get away from that it just takes away from the novel. I feel like if you want to write historical fiction, go a head but, make it your own. It could work if you wanted to write a novel for that Urban Arcana setting that is out now. |
| Mournblade |
Posted - 28 Jul 2003 : 22:38:07
That's because Yamun Kahan WAS Ghengis Khan! Good book, but I am a little tired of the Forgotten Realms remake of history (horselords, Maztica) and rehashing of classic story lines (Mage in the Iron Mask).
Sometimes it gets like really bad rap song remixes.
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| DrizzitFan |
Posted - 28 Jul 2003 : 07:16:16
Homeland in 3.5 hours, Exile in 4 hours, Sojurn in 3.5 hours. Enjoyed them thoroughly. 
Longest though were the books on the Horde/Tuigan (Horselords), it was quite a pain to read (no offense to anyone) and I kept thinking "its Genghis Khan, he's come to FR...."  |
| The Sage |
Posted - 11 Jun 2003 : 13:23:27
I first read Lord of the Rings back in 1985. I finished it in three days, but it took me that long because I was also reading The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion at the same time. Since then, I have tried to read all three books at least once a year.
May all your learning be free and unfettered
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| eilinel |
Posted - 11 Jun 2003 : 12:32:56
i was ten when i read the Lord of the rings and i read it -in French - in one day -and part of the night actually, my parents didn't see me
then, one week later, i read it again...
And i use to read it once an year, coming back to the Master |
| branmakmuffin |
Posted - 10 Jun 2003 : 19:22:52
I read Bored of the Rings in an hour or so. I'm sure there're even shorter novels that'd take even less time. How short does a novel have to be before it becomes a novella?
A guy I went to college with read The Lord of the Rings just so he'd understand the jokes in Bored of the Rings better.
My uncle read Shogun in one sitting, 14 hours. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 10 Jun 2003 : 16:16:14
Edain, my PS group and I will soon be running a semi-regular online campaign if you are interested. We could always use an extra PC, or a DM should I decide to vacate the chair and use a PC. Our campaign will revolve around events post-FW. So let me know if your interested and I'll see what I can do.
Even if you don't want to play, I can still send the campaign adventure logs as they happen, to help you relive your PS experience until you get to game on the planes again . Just let me know whether your interested. Oh, and some of the material used is from the partially restored Planewalker.com 3e website, and my own homebrew material.
And Eilinel, I liked Lestat, the Vampire as well. I finished it in three hours. I just couldn't put it down.
May your learning be free and unfettered
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| eilinel |
Posted - 10 Jun 2003 : 15:18:39
oh, don't be so rude with the little people, after all, they just do what they think is good, don't they?
I think the book i read the fastest in english was Lestat, the Vampire, since i read it in one night. Well, its 599 pages. but it wasn't really because it was that good, its that i couldn't sleep and i have only this book under my hand. and the more i want to sleep, the fastest i read... |
| Mournblade |
Posted - 04 Jun 2003 : 00:47:22
quote:
Originally posted by red-delta
How exactly did you come up with the Lost Gods books not being canon? Finder's bane is a follow up to the Finders Stone Trilogy/Masquerades. Anyway, if you can show me some evidence that these books are not canon I would much appreciate it.
OK I stand corrected. Your right it is. Perhaps I was too anxious to keep anything from DRAGONLANCE OUT of the FR. For some reason Krynn is just distasteful to me. What I mostly meant is I do not think there are any Canon Kender areas. THAT makes me happy...
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| red-delta |
Posted - 03 Jun 2003 : 21:18:14
How exactly did you come up with the Lost Gods books not being canon? Finder's bane is a follow up to the Finders Stone Trilogy/Masquerades. Anyway, if you can show me some evidence that these books are not canon I would much appreciate it. |
| Bookwyrm |
Posted - 03 Jun 2003 : 06:16:42
Bellua! Good to have you back. Where've you been?
And I rather liked Spelljammer -- as a concept, anyway. However, I'm glad they didn't interact more with the Realms, beyond what was in Evermeet. I wasn't fond of that part of the book, but at least Ms. Cunningham handled it well.
Yes, there are better ways to merge the two. Someday I hope to get a story off the ground that does that. However, it's a very hard business, and I need a lot more world-building before I'm ready to release it for review by anyone else. I don't want to have those kinds of stupid and inconsistant additions thrown into it. |
| Bellua Aeneus Lacerta |
Posted - 03 Jun 2003 : 02:05:53
Read Murder in Cormyr in 4-5 hours |
| Edain Shadowstar |
Posted - 02 Jun 2003 : 23:36:05
Great, now you've got me going Sage. Here I am sitting at my computer trying to enjoy myself and you start reminding me of all the fun I had in Sigil...I am not gonna cry, not here, not now... .
But, in all seriousness, I really need to run a Planescape Campaign one of these days...I haven't one one in oh, so long. And yeah, I agree with Mournblade, what was TSR thinking? Spaceships? I mean come on, were they on acid or something when they can up with that one? Wow...sureal moment...an emu on acid... |
| Mournblade |
Posted - 02 Jun 2003 : 22:11:29
Fortunatley the Lost gods does not seem to be official canon material so I won't have to deal with those little ****ers. Spelljammer was a pretty poor attempt of TSR to gather money. It seems things get taken to far with that. I had ALL the spell jammer supplements and now when I go back I read some of the concepts and they were SO BAD!!!! Dwarf ships flew by creativity? And creation? Dumb. Needless to say they are in my BOX OF BOOKS I DON'T CARE ABOUT. Eventually I hope to sell them for a dime on ebay. There are so many better ways to merge sci fi with fantasy other than making the spelljammer.
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| red-delta |
Posted - 02 Jun 2003 : 19:34:59
Actually there have already been kender in the Realms, or at least one of them for sure, check out the Lost Gods series where all of this takes place. |
| Malice |
Posted - 02 Jun 2003 : 18:11:10
I read the fourth Harry Potter book in four hours...that's the logest novel that I have read, actually. |
| AraznBlair |
Posted - 02 Jun 2003 : 16:18:35
The fastest I have read a book was also a DL book and that was in 12 hours.
Brynweir: I do beleive that there is a (extremly) small connection between FR and DL and that is in the Gods Tiamat and Takhisis. If you read the FR Deity and Demigods and read about Tiamat you can see that one of her avatars is a 5 headed cromatic dragon such as that which represents Takhisis. I also think that Elminster had made some refereances to certain things from DL. I could be wrong.
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| The Sage |
Posted - 02 Jun 2003 : 11:28:00
She is indeed a lady one should be careful around, you are quite right about that Edain.
You only have to look at the factions and how she banished them from Sigil after the Faction War, to get a clear idea of what would happen if you crossed her. And let us not forget what she did to Aoskar .
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| Edain Shadowstar |
Posted - 02 Jun 2003 : 05:07:56
Fastest I ever read a book? Simple, The Return fo the King. It was the last day of third grade and I blasted straight through it once I got home from school, only took about seven hours. Excellent start for that summer. Oh, did you mean a D&D book? Well, simple, Waterdeep. Started it at nine on a Saturday, had it done in time for dinner. Death of the Dragon is a close second, I started it at around four in the afternoon and had it done in time to watch Conan, so about eight and a half hours...maybe a little more, not sure.
Now, onto the important things, what's all this about not being able to cross from Toril to Krynn? Hell, I've done it tons of times. Edain actually became quite popular there [Krynn], granted he did nearly get himself killed a few dozen times, and that was only on his first day there. Now, is it a tricky thing to do, yes. But hey, if you want to try and stop me, you'll have to reckon with the Lady, and you don't want that, let me tell you. She's a fickle one the Lady, and she doesn't like people messing with her portals, as anyone in Sigil will tell you. |
| Bookwyrm |
Posted - 02 Jun 2003 : 04:30:06
Red-delta, don't worry. I can't find it either! It was so frustrating that I actually just read the first five anyway. There was a review on the Internet that I'd read that said that book six wasn't very good. I don't know about that, obviously, but I did it. They were pretty good. Several things I would have done differently, but that's just me. You get over not having the last bit. I still wish I could find it, though.
And Mournblade! No kender. Don't worry!  (Though there were a lot of tinker-gnomes. Those are annoying too.  ) |
| Mournblade |
Posted - 01 Jun 2003 : 23:03:25
We don't need any people from DRAGONLANCE coming over here!!!!! That is for SURE!!!!
With my luck some Knight of Salami or whatever they are called will come in tow with a colony of Kender and Gully Dwarves, and then I would have to memorize ALL my fire magic to CLEANSE the realms of their vile stink. The farther away Kender are from Toril, the better life will be.
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| red-delta |
Posted - 01 Jun 2003 : 18:44:06
In the series of novels called the Spelljammer series the characters do infact travel from world to world, I believe they visit the Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, and Greyhawk settings, perhaps more. Its a six book series out of print now, I have the first five and can't find book six "The Ultimate Helm" for the life of me (apparently had a short printing) so I havn't started reading the series yet. Anyway, if you are interested this series may address something along the lines of your questions. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 30 May 2003 : 07:37:28
No problem Brynweir. I guess my over-eagerness to use all the knowledge I have at my disposal got the best of me .
Good learning...
- The Sage of Perth: For all your Realms Lore needs
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