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| Valmour |
Posted - 09 Feb 2013 : 08:49:14
I enjoy books that have great adventures with plot twists, but what I think makes a book exceptional is some good hardy banter within a party.
Examples like the Bouldershoulder Brothers, Pikel and Ivan, I remember laughing out loud multiple times, while my wife would be laughing at me for laughing at them . Also, the playful banter between Pavel and Will in the Year of the Dragon books.
So, what are some other Realms books that have made you laugh  ?? For myself, anything with the Pikel and Ivan; also, The Rage with Pavel and Will (just about finished with this book with the other two on the shelf). |
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| Gyor |
Posted - 09 Feb 2014 : 04:35:24
A romantic comedy with ghouls? The Ghoul Diaries ;p
I'll add realms of the dead to my to read list, that sounds interesting. |
| Gyor |
Posted - 09 Feb 2014 : 04:32:42
Anton and Umara in the Reaver at times was pretty funny. |
| Mirtek |
Posted - 07 Feb 2014 : 22:43:43
Jack Ravenwild at least makes me smile a lot and the hardest I laughed was when in Godborn someone (I think it was Riven) said that "Mask is a good planer" |
| Thauranil |
Posted - 07 Feb 2014 : 10:41:36
The Trial of Cyric the Mad was also a pretty funny novel. |
| charger_ss24 |
Posted - 07 Feb 2014 : 01:55:33
I haven't read a funny Forgotten Realms book, but there are numerous lines that are humorous. One that stands out to me is in The Last Threshold when Kimmuriel yells at Jarlaxle "Act now you peacock!" when breaking into Lord Draygo Quick's fortress to rescue Drizzt. |
| TBeholder |
Posted - 05 Feb 2014 : 16:03:41
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Originally posted by zenmichael
For me it's really only been the clever wordplay in the Finder's Stone trilogy ("the only difference between the contents of the pockets of wizards and small boys is that small boys tended to have more gum in theirs" or something like that)
"If you must know," a disconnected whisper confided, "we dressed in blackface and wrote filthy slogans on the side of the citadel. Horrible, horrible things about Princess Tanalasta and a centaur."
A strong political statement, Alias thought sarcastically.
"My Cormytes. My People. As your king, as King Azoun, and as King Azoun IV, I must say that the need to raise your taxes is a result of the direct depravations of ..." The voice dropped to a whisper. "Vangy, who is being depraved this time?"
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Originally posted by Dennis
Pharaun's sense of humor is one of the things (if not the only thing) that made a lot of people love him, even those who hated the series itself.
Pharaun, early Liriel, Jarlaxle poking around in the quest for new lulz... we like our drow Chaotic Neutral, no? Crazy antics are pretty much guaranteed, too. 
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| Yoss |
Posted - 10 Mar 2013 : 07:14:01
I laughed at Magadon's joke, where he told Jak to forgive Riven for dissing the potato soup, being the spawn of ice and molasses/he grew up to be cold and thick. For some reason, Khelben eating lentil stew cracked me up, maybe for Danilo's reaction. I do not know why. I'm sure I chuckled at more than just a couple select Entreri/Jarlaxle exchanges (three or four come to mind immediately). But I wouldn't classify and of those books in their entirety as funny. |
| skychrome |
Posted - 03 Mar 2013 : 22:41:12
I had some really good laughs with City of Ravens and also a few with Prince of Ravens. |
| Thrasymachus |
Posted - 02 Mar 2013 : 21:44:20
Pavel & Will banter from the Rogue Dragons trilogy by Richard Lee Byers |
| Dennis |
Posted - 21 Feb 2013 : 12:06:50
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Originally posted by swifty
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
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Originally posted by swifty
Anytime I've ever laughed at a realms novel it's usually been unintentional like an especially bad plot.
Ahh...its always good to meet a fellow survivor of the Waterrcourse trilogy.
I actually quite enjoyed it bar the highly annoying protagonist and psycho heroine.
I would probably have enjoyed it myself if those aforementioned fools didn't exist. |
| BEAST |
Posted - 20 Feb 2013 : 19:22:03
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Originally posted by zenmichael
For me it's really only been the clever wordplay in the Finder's Stone trilogy ("the only difference between the contents of the pockets of wizards and small boys is that small boys tended to have more gum in theirs" or something like that), and Chet Williamson's "Murder in" book, whichever one that was. Neither were exactly LOL funny, but definitely witty.
Yeah, that was Murder in Cormyr, which is the same one I was talking about. I was very pleasantly surprised.  |
| swifty |
Posted - 20 Feb 2013 : 13:42:45
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
quote:
Originally posted by swifty
Anytime I've ever laughed at a realms novel it's usually been unintentional like an especially bad plot.
Ahh...its always good to meet a fellow survivor of the Waterrcourse trilogy.
I actually quite enjoyed it bar the highly annoying protagonist and psycho heroine. |
| Caladan Brood |
Posted - 20 Feb 2013 : 10:11:58
I think there's plenty of room for humor in the Realms but so far I haven't been particularly amused by anything (but I have read very frew Realms novels: perhaps five). Now if you want to witness truly great droll humor and banter, try out Steven Erikson's "Midnight Tides". |
| Aulduron |
Posted - 19 Feb 2013 : 19:10:46
If we're going outside the FR, I found the Myth Adventures by Robert Asprin to be quite funny as a kid. Of course, those books are more comedy than fantasy. |
| Erik Scott de Bie |
Posted - 19 Feb 2013 : 18:28:46
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Originally posted by Kajehase
Rosemary Jones's stuff are the funniest fantasy novels I've read that were not written by Terry Pratchett.
^^ This!
Comedy writing is difficult, and generally outside the scope of the Realms anyway. As a writer, I usually like to add a little here and there, but the one time I actively attempted to write a *comedy* was my Realms of the Dead story, "Body in a Bag."
It's a romantic comedy. With ghouls.
Cheers |
| Dennis |
Posted - 19 Feb 2013 : 15:04:24
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Originally posted by Captain Grafalcon
Its not that funny, but Pharaum´s banter with Quentel and other females in War of the Spider Queen saga makes me laugh.
Pharaun's sense of humor is one of the things (if not the only thing) that made a lot of people love him, even those who hated the series itself. |
| zenmichael |
Posted - 19 Feb 2013 : 14:43:40
For me it's really only been the clever wordplay in the Finder's Stone trilogy ("the only difference between the contents of the pockets of wizards and small boys is that small boys tended to have more gum in theirs" or something like that), and Chet Williamson's "Murder in" book, whichever one that was. Neither were exactly LOL funny, but definitely witty. |
| Captain Grafalcon |
Posted - 17 Feb 2013 : 18:56:57
Its not that funny, but Pharaum´s banter with Quentel and other females in War of the Spider Queen saga makes me laugh. |
| Entromancer |
Posted - 15 Feb 2013 : 04:24:28
Athrogate and Pwent in The Ghost King; mostly Bruenor's comment about them while the two were setting up the log trap. |
| Aulduron |
Posted - 15 Feb 2013 : 04:05:58
Athrogate and Jarlaxle are an amusing duo. |
| Kajehase |
Posted - 12 Feb 2013 : 02:03:23
Rosemary Jones's stuff are the funniest fantasy novels I've read that were not written by Terry Pratchett. |
| The Red Walker |
Posted - 11 Feb 2013 : 23:59:04
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Originally posted by swifty
Anytime I've ever laughed at a realms novel it's usually been unintentional like an especially bad plot.
Ahh...its always good to meet a fellow survivor of the Waterrcourse trilogy. |
| BEAST |
Posted - 11 Feb 2013 : 02:39:36
I seem to recall Murder in Cormyr having a lot of humor in it. Dry drollness and sarcasm abounded in that one. What a hoot! |
| Delwa |
Posted - 11 Feb 2013 : 02:04:55
Any of Elaine's books have been quite amusing. I really liked some of the humorous moments in Evermeet and Liriel and Zz'Pzora always made me smile. I loved the moment in the Sellswords when someone cast detect magic on Jarlaxle and got blinded. I still laugh out loud whenever that memory crosses my mind. I seem to remember a few moments involving a song dragon as wells as some involving an Avariel in the Year of Rogue Dragons series that made me chuckle.
In short, most of the Realms books I've read make me laugh at points. Even "darker" series', like the Erevis Cale series. Jak always made me laugh.
I can't think of a book that I'd define as a "comedy" book, but I haven't read them all yet. I don't really expect to find one, though, unless they make a book of Realms Jokes or something. (Which I think would be awesome, but hard to present another culture's humor to people from an alien culture.) |
| vorpalanvil |
Posted - 10 Feb 2013 : 22:33:55
all of the campaign books published for the latter half of 3.5 and since gave me a pretty good laugh, until I realized they weren't a joke. |
| Artemas Entreri |
Posted - 10 Feb 2013 : 20:07:02
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Originally posted by swifty
Anytime I've ever laughed at a realms novel it's usually been unintentional like an especially bad plot.
This |
| swifty |
Posted - 10 Feb 2013 : 19:19:36
Anytime I've ever laughed at a realms novel it's usually been unintentional like an especially bad plot. |
| Tanthalas |
Posted - 10 Feb 2013 : 15:02:56
The scene with Manshoon's staff always makes me laugh. |
| Thauranil |
Posted - 10 Feb 2013 : 10:17:49
Torm and Rathan are pretty funny.
They dont get enough screen time unfortunately.
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| The Red Walker |
Posted - 10 Feb 2013 : 05:08:46
Ghostwalker, Bars and Derst........those two are nuts...and not given enough screentime!
And I dont remember which book(s), but Torm and Rathan have some funny scenes.
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