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Aulduron
Learned Scribe

USA
343 Posts

Posted - 30 Jan 2009 :  02:48:51  Show Profile Send Aulduron a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
I hate buying part of a series. I like to wait until they're all released, and read them all at once.

I recently bought 3 out of 4 of the Wizards series, and while waiting to find the other, I realized they could all stand alone. I believe trhe Harpers was like this, too.

What other current series can I read one at a time?

"Those with talent become wizards, Those without talent spend their lives praying for it"

-Procopio Septus

The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore

5056 Posts

Posted - 30 Jan 2009 :  03:26:26  Show Profile  Visit The Hooded One's Homepage Send The Hooded One a Private Message  Reply with Quote
"The Wilds" (only the first book has appeared) and "Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep," just to name two current series.
The first book of Eddie Presents, BLACKSTAFF TOWER by Steven Schend, is a sequel to BLACKSTAFF, of The Wizards series, but you do not have to read one to enjoy the other.
love,
THO
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts

Posted - 30 Jan 2009 :  03:59:38  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
In addition to The Wizards, the publisher put out The Rogues, The Fighters, and The Priests, each a set of four stand-alone novels.
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
4598 Posts

Posted - 30 Jan 2009 :  04:23:50  Show Profile  Visit Erik Scott de Bie's Homepage Send Erik Scott de Bie a Private Message  Reply with Quote
As well as the Dungeons and the Citadels. That's eight more stand-alones.

Cheers

Erik Scott de Bie

'Tis easier to destroy than to create.

Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars"
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Aulduron
Learned Scribe

USA
343 Posts

Posted - 30 Jan 2009 :  04:33:08  Show Profile Send Aulduron a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thank you. I was wondering about Blackstaff Tower(I thought they were the same book, at first), in particular, I'm very glad to hear that it's a sequel. I saw at least one of the Fighters books, too.

Mr Byers, I just finished The Year Of Rogue Dragons and it was great. Thank you for about a week of quality indoor entertainment, so highy valued by me, in these cold winter months.

"Those with talent become wizards, Those without talent spend their lives praying for it"

-Procopio Septus
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Alisttair
Great Reader

Canada
3054 Posts

Posted - 30 Jan 2009 :  12:44:57  Show Profile  Visit Alisttair's Homepage Send Alisttair a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Notice how each author (and in THO's case, for Ed) pointed out a series in which they had a novel in

Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)

Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
1814 Posts

Posted - 30 Jan 2009 :  15:00:06  Show Profile  Visit Richard Lee Byers's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Aulduron: Glad you enjoyed it.
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Blueblade
Senior Scribe

USA
804 Posts

Posted - 30 Jan 2009 :  15:27:21  Show Profile  Visit Blueblade's Homepage Send Blueblade a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Hey, now, Alisttair, Ed doesn't have a novel in the Waterdeep series. And won't, from what I've heard him say at last GenCon. He wrote the "bible" for the series (a sort of non-fiction overview of what Waterdeep's like, post-Spellplague, that introduced new neighborhoods/wards like Mistshore and Downshadow, that I don't think will be published [except as REALLY edited down by Brian James to fit into the 4e FRCG), but won't write a novel. Pity.
BB

Edit: spelling.

Edited by - Blueblade on 30 Jan 2009 15:28:15
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Alisttair
Great Reader

Canada
3054 Posts

Posted - 30 Jan 2009 :  16:20:52  Show Profile  Visit Alisttair's Homepage Send Alisttair a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Blueblade

Hey, now, Alisttair, Ed doesn't have a novel in the Waterdeep series.


Yeah I know, I actually meant to point out that in his case, his name is on the covers so he is linked to it...realized my mistake half an hour after I made my post - you replied before I got a chance to come here and edit it lol

Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)

Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader

USA
7106 Posts

Posted - 30 Jan 2009 :  17:04:43  Show Profile  Visit Rinonalyrna Fathomlin's Homepage Send Rinonalyrna Fathomlin a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Let's not forget some of the older series too, like The Cities, The Nobles, The Murder series, and--to a certain extent--the Elminster series.

"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."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time)
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Alisttair
Great Reader

Canada
3054 Posts

Posted - 30 Jan 2009 :  18:06:50  Show Profile  Visit Alisttair's Homepage Send Alisttair a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin

... The Nobles...



Those were good ......and not-so good

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Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
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Alisttair
Great Reader

Canada
3054 Posts

Posted - 30 Jan 2009 :  18:07:18  Show Profile  Visit Alisttair's Homepage Send Alisttair a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin

... The Nobles...



Those were good ......and not-so good

Karsite Arcanar (Most Holy Servant of Karsus)

Anauria - Survivor State of Netheril as penned by me:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author

USA
4598 Posts

Posted - 31 Jan 2009 :  07:29:27  Show Profile  Visit Erik Scott de Bie's Homepage Send Erik Scott de Bie a Private Message  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Alisttair

Notice how each author (and in THO's case, for Ed) pointed out a series in which they had a novel in

Hey, hey now--I just added my two cents in the interest of helpfulness/completeness.

That I wrote three novels in the above mix is quite coincidental (only ONE of the series I mentioned, mind).

Cheers

Erik Scott de Bie

'Tis easier to destroy than to create.

Author of a number of Realms novels (GHOSTWALKER, DEPTHS OF MADNESS, and the SHADOWBANE series), contributor to the NEVERWINTER CAMPAIGN GUIDE and SHADOWFELL: GLOOMWROUGHT AND BEYOND, Twitch DM of the Dungeon Scrawlers, currently playing "The Westgate Irregulars"
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The Red Walker
Great Reader

USA
3567 Posts

Posted - 31 Jan 2009 :  17:09:48  Show Profile Send The Red Walker a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I say an author willing to offer his own work shows confidence and pride , so check out those first.

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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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High

Australia
31799 Posts

Posted - 09 Feb 2009 :  07:34:11  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
A complete breakdown of all the stand-alone Realms novels can be found here:- http://candlekeep.com/bookshelf/novels.htm

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ranger_of_the_unicorn_run
Learned Scribe

USA
292 Posts

Posted - 09 Feb 2009 :  13:23:52  Show Profile Send ranger_of_the_unicorn_run a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I thought it was a little bit funny seeing Obsidian Ridge in grey (not released) even though I read it quite a while ago.
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Lord Karsus
Great Reader

USA
3746 Posts

Posted - 09 Feb 2009 :  15:59:55  Show Profile Send Lord Karsus a Private Message  Reply with Quote
-Technically, most of the short stories in the various Realms of... anthologies are stand alone.

(A Tri-Partite Arcanist Who Has Forgotten More Than Most Will Ever Know)

Elves of Faerūn
Vol I- The Elves of Faerūn
Vol. III- Spells of the Elves
Vol. VI- Mechanical Compendium
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