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Eryops
Acolyte
USA
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 Posted - 21 Dec 2008 : 05:51:21
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| My first novel was The Crystal Shard. It was right around the time I was playing the Goldbox Pool of Radiance. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 21 Dec 2008 : 16:46:53
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That was mine, as well.
After that trilogy, I read Red Wizards...
Took me a couple of years to pick-up another FR novel after that... |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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yargarth
Seeker
USA
58 Posts |
Posted - 22 Dec 2008 : 06:46:45
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| i started with homeland. |
"You take a step, then another. That's the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey at all, it's a remaking of your own mind."
-Orson Scott Card
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Calen
Acolyte
Canada
14 Posts |
Posted - 01 Jan 2009 : 23:05:53
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| first one i read was about 15 to 20 years ago and it was the Pool of Radiance. I was instantly hooked on the FR line because of this book. |
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
1757 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jan 2009 : 19:29:29
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| Azure Bonds, in 2001, one of the first translated novels here |
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sneakypetev
Acolyte
USA
24 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jan 2009 : 08:14:17
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Darkwalker on Moonshae for me too, now I don't feel so old. Thanks ajfurst |
"Go for the eyes boo,go for the eyes!"- Minsc |
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Monikan
Acolyte
3 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2009 : 02:26:37
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| My first book was Cormyr: A Novel, the paperback one so it was around 1997 I think. I was hooked on anything Jeff Grubb, especially Magic: The Gathering novels. After I finished the book I said to myself "Hey, this Ed Greenwood must be a pretty good writer too." And yeah, it pretty much spiraled out of control from there. |
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Varune
Acolyte
USA
3 Posts |
Posted - 24 Jan 2009 : 02:18:06
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As this is my first post, figured this would be the perfect place.
I was prob 13 and visiting relatives in california, went to a local bookstore and came across 2 old copies of The Crystal Shard and Streams of Silver. Needless to say i have been a huge fan of FR and been collecting ever since |
Varune-Doomguide of the Eternal Order |
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Teloriun
Acolyte
United Kingdom
5 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2009 : 11:27:56
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| I seem to recall Shadowdale being my first book... picked up after doing some d20 throwing sessions in Faerun, it still has a place of pride on my bookshelf :) |
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swifty
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
517 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2009 : 14:59:44
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Originally posted by Varune
As this is my first post, figured this would be the perfect place.
I was prob 13 and visiting relatives in california, went to a local bookstore and came across 2 old copies of The Crystal Shard and Streams of Silver. Needless to say i have been a huge fan of FR and been collecting ever since
well met varune |
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Janav
Acolyte
20 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2009 : 18:22:36
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| Crystal shard :) |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 13 Jul 2009 : 03:00:21
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I started with "The Black Bouquet" when it had just come out. Pure coincidence. I was working in India for a while, had been a great Baldur's Gate 2 fan and suddenly saw those FR novels. "Give it a shot" I thought and it was good I started with that one because it hooked me up to read more.
Next was Legacy of the Drow series and Counselors & Kings Trilogy. |
"You make an intriguing offer, one that is very tempting. It would seem that I have little alternative than to answer thusly: DISINTEGRATE!" Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick 625 |
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cephet
Acolyte
Germany
12 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jul 2009 : 05:11:04
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| Homeland for me. |
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canikoblivan
Acolyte
Turkey
43 Posts |
Posted - 14 Jul 2009 : 12:55:04
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| First Realms novel I've had was The Legacy as a birthday present but when I noticed it wasn't the first book in the Drizzt series, I traded it with The Nether Scroll, enjoyed it very much and I've been buying FR novels ever since :) |
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Mr. Coyote
Acolyte
USA
7 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2009 : 07:00:41
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| Making of a Mage then Cormyr |
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coach
Senior Scribe
USA
479 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2009 : 20:06:38
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| was there for the first as it hit the shelves: Darkwalker on Moonshae ... 'tis still one of my favorite FR trilogies |
Bloodstone Lands Sage |
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Sermon Bath
Acolyte
5 Posts |
Posted - 14 Aug 2009 : 23:06:42
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Homeland, I thought it was a very nice sword and sorcery epic
I really enjoyed the warped family dynamics |
"I am, therefore I eat" |
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MrsDrasek
Acolyte
26 Posts |
Posted - 17 Nov 2009 : 20:58:07
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| Elminster the making of a mage was my first. |
Part Well...Regret Nothing |
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Hellkeepa
Seeker
Norway
61 Posts |
Posted - 18 Nov 2009 : 23:59:34
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HELLo!
First book of the Drizzt triology, and then the next two in rapid succession. 
This was after reading the entire Majere history, and I was not let down in the least. By either series, in fact.
Happy playin'! |
Dealing with 3.5 only. Refusing the reality of 4.0, and substituting it for my own. |
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Sandro
Learned Scribe
New Zealand
266 Posts |
Posted - 19 Nov 2009 : 00:39:09
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| The first, strictly, was Darkwalker on Moonshae, but that was well before I had any real knowledge of the Realms or intent to read many more of them (borrowed it from the school library). Homeland was next, many years later, and that led on to the entire Drizzt series, the Sellswords, the Cleric Quintet, and, of course, the Realms as a whole. |
"Gods, little fishes, and spells to turn the one to the other," Mordenkainen sighed. "It's started already..." |
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Farah Jade
Acolyte
USA
8 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2009 : 12:39:58
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| I can't remember the name of the first one I read it was in 1994, and I was home sick and a friend brought over some books for me to read. It was a slight petite girl who worked for a wizard, who put on a ring and became a huge fighter type woman, and accidently made her horse able to talk and fly. Then they ended up in another city and with all realms books, you know the adventure comes after that...but I can't remember the name. I have always looked at books to see if I can find it, and I can't. |
~The difference between a rogue and a hero often comes down to who tells the tale~ |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 17 Dec 2009 : 13:17:38
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| That sounds like Pool of Radiance to me. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36968 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2009 : 03:48:48
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Originally posted by Jorkens
That sounds like Pool of Radiance to me.
Ditto. It's now on the list of Realms novels I won't reread. I've come to dislike those books so strongly that I extend my dislike to the city of Phlan. |
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Farah Jade
Acolyte
USA
8 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2009 : 04:01:58
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Originally posted by Jorkens
That sounds like Pool of Radiance to me.
Thank you SO much, you're right!!!! I've read so many, which of the books are about Alias the Sellsword and Ariel Moonblade, are they in the Harper novels? |
~The difference between a rogue and a hero often comes down to who tells the tale~ |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2009 : 04:02:41
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Jorkens
That sounds like Pool of Radiance to me.
Ditto. It's now on the list of Realms novels I won't reread. I've come to dislike those books so strongly that I extend my dislike to the city of Phlan.
Sadly, I can't even remember the last time I read the three "Pool" novels. Which is a shame, because I've always liked Phlan.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2009 : 04:08:14
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Originally posted by Farah Jade
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Originally posted by Jorkens
That sounds like Pool of Radiance to me.
Thank you SO much, you're right!!!! I've read so many, which of the books are about Alias the Sellsword and Ariel Moonblade, are they in the Harper novels?
For Alias, the "Finder's Stone" trilogy -- Azure Bonds, Wyvern's Spur, and Song of the Saurials.
For Ariel, [I assume you actually mean 'Arilyn'] -- Elfshadow, Elfsong, Silver Shadows, and The Dream Spheres. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36968 Posts |
Posted - 18 Dec 2009 : 05:03:13
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Originally posted by Farah Jade
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Originally posted by Jorkens
That sounds like Pool of Radiance to me.
Thank you SO much, you're right!!!! I've read so many, which of the books are about Alias the Sellsword and Ariel Moonblade, are they in the Harper novels?
The Alias books are the Finder's Stone trilogy -- Azure Bonds, The Wyvern's Spur, and Song of the Saurials. Masquerades was a sequel to the trilogy, set several years later. That book was in the Harpers series -- book 15. There's also Finder's Bane and Tymora's Luck, which involve one of the characters from the Finder's Stone books. Those two books were part of the Lost Gods series.
The first four books about Arilyn Moonblade and Danilo Thann were originally Harpers books -- 2 (Elfshadow), 8(Elfsong), 13 (Silver Shadows), and 16 (Thornhold). They were later recast as books 1-4 of the Songs & Swords series. Book 5 was The Dream Spheres. |
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swifty
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
517 Posts |
Posted - 19 Dec 2009 : 19:22:19
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| anyone know whats happened to kymil nimesin in 4e. |
go back to sleep america.everything is under control.heres american gladiators.watch this.shuttup. BILL HICKS. |
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ElaineCunningham
Forgotten Realms Author
2396 Posts |
Posted - 28 Dec 2009 : 19:47:49
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Originally posted by swifty
anyone know whats happened to kymil nimesin in 4e.
Kymil's fate has not yet been revealed. |
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SirUrza
Master of Realmslore
USA
1283 Posts |
Posted - 29 Dec 2009 : 01:27:52
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| I'm amazed by how many people started with Crystal Shard. |
"Evil prevails when good men fail to act."
The original and unapologetic Arilyn, Aribeth, Seoni Fanboy. |
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