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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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 Posted - 10 Nov 2008 : 12:41:20
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Well met
This is a Book Club thread for The Sword Never Sleeps (Book 3 of The Knights of Myth Drannor trilogy), by Ed Greenwood. Please discuss the prologue and chapters 1 - 8 herein.
The Hooded One will be here to pass on any questions to Ed and provide responses to comments. 
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Edited by - The Sage on 10 Aug 2010 05:43:40
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Malcolm
Learned Scribe
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Posted - 10 Nov 2008 : 15:57:07
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| I must say I LOVED the opening scenes where everyone has their conference with Vangerdahast before departing Suzail. Superbly written, has me eager for the rest of the story . . . |
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Iluvrien
Acolyte
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11 Nov 2008 : 13:59:55
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I am in Chapter 4 now and I have to echo the sentiments of others, the fencing of Vangey and Alusair is, as always, extremely enjoyable and masterfully written. Less than 100 pages in and this book is already worth the hole I wore in the carpet waiting for the postman to arrive with it. 
But with two spectres and whatever the hargaunt is floating around, half the dramatic cast aren't even of the same mortal status as the rest. Quite, delightfully surreal.
More later. |
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Afetbinttuzani
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 14 Nov 2008 : 17:59:28
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| The time line of the book so far is extremely condensed. Nine chapters into it, less than a day seems to have passed for Alusair, who is fencing with Vangey, and Old Ghost and Haraundoon, who are busy brain hopping. These however are in the recent past, while the Knights, who are presumably in the present, have moved only a couple of hundred yards and only about twenty minutes have passed for them. I´m enjoying every moment, though. |
Afet bint Tuzaní
"As the good Archmage often admonishes me, I ought not to let my mind wander, as it's too small to go off by itself."
- Danilo Thann in Elfsong by Elaine Cunningham |
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Iluvrien
Acolyte
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Nov 2008 : 18:09:42
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Having recently posted on the subject of my abiding interesting in the Dragon Queen... who turns up right after that moment in C8? Colour me a happy monkey.
The timeline is quite condensed, there is certainly a feeling of being drawn on at an almost break-neck pace. And already there are more than a few story threads being woven.
El and Khelben growling at each other? (Well, Khelben doing the growling) Wonderful. Vangey & Laspeera? Azoun & Filfaeril? The Knights vs. Dauntless? More of the same!
Now for chapters 9+. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 08 Jan 2009 : 16:10:26
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Wheeeewww!!!!
Stlarn it Ed, let me catch my breath! Not to mention my wits. As soon as I get done I am going to start right back at the beginning of the series and try to catch all the subtlties I missed.
In all seriouness this series is what the realms is and always be to me. I love all the sideplots, intrigues and skulking behind Tapestries. (There must be more tapestry/square foot in that castle than anywhere else in Faerun.) Mostly I love the speech, the way the characters talk. The slang and the more formal speech, its all wonderful to read. Ed's dialogues just epitomize how I envision people in the realms to talk and intereact.
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A little nonsense now and then, relished by the wisest men - Willy Wonka
"We need men who can dream of things that never were." -
John F. Kennedy, speech in Dublin, Ireland, June 28, 1963
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 21 Jan 2009 : 17:21:56
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Hmmm, haven't been here in a while.
I just started reading this novel, and I'm enjoying it already. At the point where I left off, the knights are in very bad shape, and I can't wait to find out how they get out of this particular tough spot... |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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The Sword Never Sleeps - Prologue & Chapters 1 - 8
