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| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 24 Feb 2004 : 08:38:47
I'll be starting to read the 'Twilight Giants' trilogy this week, so I thought I'd chime in and see what everyone's thoughts and feelings were with these books, before I begin.
Oh, and don't worry too much about spoilers, I've got the Sage for that  .
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| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 25 Mar 2005 : 12:12:32
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Originally posted by The Sage
As far as I recall, Lady K never finished reading the trilogy. She reached the middle of the second book, and finding it rather dull, decided to move onto the Sembia series (with a little prodding from me  ) promising to return to it eventually.
So far, that hasn't happened.
I didn't find it dull exactly.
Like Wooly, I just felt that I wasn't enjoying what I was reading and so it didn't entice me to read any further.
I'm glad I switched to the Sembia series though. What a wonderful lot of Realms tales . . .
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| Wooly Rupert |
Posted - 25 Mar 2005 : 11:25:15
I read the first book of the trilogy, and it utterly failed to grab me. I didn't actively dislike it, I just didn't like it, either. |
| The Sage |
Posted - 25 Mar 2005 : 10:28:17
As far as I recall, Lady K never finished reading the trilogy. She reached the middle of the second book, and finding it rather dull, decided to move onto the Sembia series (with a little prodding from me ) promising to return to it eventually.
So far, that hasn't happened.
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| Lord Rad |
Posted - 25 Mar 2005 : 09:36:23
Any more thoughts on this trilogy? I'm nearing the end of my FR reading backlog and this is one of the last trilogies that I have to read (along with Maztica, Baldur's Gate and Netheril).
Does the story hold together well? Is it an interesting read? I expect it to be quite a localised tale, which doesn't bother me (sometimes those sort are better than the big epic tales anyway).
I AM intrigued by this, but would like some more opinions. |
| Valdar Oakensong |
Posted - 26 Feb 2004 : 21:23:59
Hey there, I quite liked the trilogy, it made a nice change to have some completely different characters in new Fr settings. Enjoy |
| The Sage |
Posted - 26 Feb 2004 : 12:17:37
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Originally posted by Lady Kazandra
I'll be starting to read the 'Twilight Giants' trilogy this week, so I thought I'd chime in and see what everyone's thoughts and feelings were with these books, before I begin.
Oh, and don't worry too much about spoilers, I've got the Sage for that .
I find it a little odd that you would choose this trilogy (albeit it's a great tale) over the Sembia series...?
Care to explain why, I'm just curious...?
And what do you mean by -
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Oh, and don't worry too much about spoilers, I've got the Sage for that .
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| Kuje |
Posted - 26 Feb 2004 : 03:48:37
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Originally posted by Lady Kazandra
A rune mage! 
Does the occurence of the runemagic in the trilogy follow the rough descriptions given in the Giantcraft sourcebook, or is this another example of the rule and novel environments being extremely different - which I seem to be noticing more and more with novels written in 2nd edition?.
It's pretty close to what was written about in those novels. Since the sourcebook and the novels tie in together. If I recall right even some of the characters and places that appear in the novels also appear in that sourcebook. :) |
| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 26 Feb 2004 : 02:22:50
A rune mage!
Does the occurence of the runemagic in the trilogy follow the rough descriptions given in the Giantcraft sourcebook, or is this another example of the rule and novel environments being extremely different - which I seem to be noticing more and more with novels written in 2nd edition?.
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| Kuje |
Posted - 25 Feb 2004 : 18:12:22
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Originally posted by Lady Kazandra
The main character a firbolg, really?
I've been interested in fantasy setting giants for a while, ever since I read the 'Forgotten Realms' Giantcraft sourcebook. In fact it's part of the reason I decided to read the trilogy.
Here's another question - Is there any Giant runemagic involved in the story covered by this trilogy?.
Yes lots of Runemagic. :) One of the supporting characters is a rune mage actually. It's been years since I read that trilogy but it is probably the only Denning set of books I enjoyed... |
| Lady Kazandra |
Posted - 25 Feb 2004 : 14:00:07
The main character a firbolg, really?
I've been interested in fantasy setting giants for a while, ever since I read the 'Forgotten Realms' Giantcraft sourcebook. In fact it's part of the reason I decided to read the trilogy.
Here's another question - Is there any Giant runemagic involved in the story covered by this trilogy?.
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| VEDSICA |
Posted - 25 Feb 2004 : 03:28:35
Alot of postings that I have read,people tend not to like this trilogy.Could be that I haven't seen many postings regarding this trilogy.IMO,I liked this trilogy because of the types of characters that were in it.Giants,and alot of them.The main character is a firbolg.Never done before,or after.The setting was out of the way.It was pretty much hack and slash,with a predictable ending.But I enjoyed it all the same. |
