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Hawkins
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 Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 16:46:07
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How many (or what percentage) of the short stories in these anthologies are reprints from older Realms of... anthologies compared to new short stories? And is it worth buying all the old short stories again to get the new ones? I guess that is two questions.
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 17:39:39
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Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
How many (or what percentage) of the short stories in these anthologies are reprints from older Realms of... anthologies compared to new short stories? And is it worth buying all the old short stories again to get the new ones? I guess that is two questions.
If you like the author. 
I'd hazard the guess that about 75% of the stories will be reprints. Maybe more. I often miss the stories in Dragon magazine, though (which get reprinted in these anthologies), so just because a story is a "reprint" doesn't mean you've definitely seen it before. One story in the Ed Greenwood anthology was from the manual of a video game that I never played, for example. |
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Edited by - Rinonalyrna Fathomlin on 31 Oct 2007 17:41:29 |
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 18:05:02
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I can speak to the proportion of new and "used" stories in Ed's collection. 
The Ed Greenwood collection contained 15 stories. All were lightly edited and introduced by Ed.
Six were reprints from previous "Realms Of" anthologies.
One was an "outtake" (cutting-room floor) chapter from ELMINSTER: THE MAKING OF A MAGE (and it definitely wasn't cut for quality reasons).
One was a heavily-rewritten and expanded version of a story from a computer game manual. So, not new, but "like new" in this published form.
One was the original or first Realms short story, available only as a chapbook given out at GenCons or online.
One was a short story available online at the Wizards website.
One had appeared previously in DRAGON (back in the 200s).
One had appeared in a chapbook given only to Wizards, Ed's agent, and ONE lucky contest winner.
Which leaves three that were completely original, written by Ed for this collection.
So for the vast majority of readers, a third of this book was "new." To some, almost two-thirds or even more might be new (depending on their Net access, DRAGON collection, and how many of the "Realms Of" anthologies they own).
Ed also threw in the Alaundo welcome to the Realms previously published only in a giveaway advertising prospectus, years ago, and reprinted online (unofficially).
So I think the book is highly worth it, but of course, as Rino rightly points out, it depends on whether or not you like the author. In "essential moments of Realmslore" terms, the book ranks highly, too.
love,
THO
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Hawkins
Great Reader
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 18:44:06
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| Thank you both! The first one sounds like one I will buy. What about the second Ed one? And does anyone know more specifics about the Elaine one? |
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One, two! One, two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back. --Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass
"Mmm, not the darkness," Myrin murmured. "Don't cast it there." --Erik Scott de Bie, Shadowbane
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My game design work:
* Heroes of the Jade Oath (PFRPG, conversion; Rite Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 1: Cantrips & Orisons (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Compendium Arcanum Volume 2: 1st-Level Spells (PFRPG, designer; d20pfsrd.com Publishing)
* Martial Arts Guidebook (forthcoming) (PFRPG, designer; Rite Publishing)
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 31 Oct 2007 : 19:00:34
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Originally posted by HawkinstheDM
Thank you both! The first one sounds like one I will buy. What about the second Ed one?
As far as I know, there is only one Best of the Realms for Ed.
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And does anyone know more specifics about the Elaine one?
Many of the same comments apply with her book, too. There were a number of reprints from older anthologies, a few stories from Dragon, and four or five new stories, I think (although one "story" is actually a ballad). |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
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Posted - 01 Nov 2007 : 16:16:09
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
If you like the author.
I agree ...I bought the first anthology.. and i was little dissapointed.. but if you like the author it's a must to buy them... |
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