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Aulduron
Learned Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 02:48:51
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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?
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"Those with talent become wizards, Those without talent spend their lives praying for it"
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The Hooded One
Lady Herald of Realmslore
5056 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 03:26:26
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"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.
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Richard Lee Byers
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
1814 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 03:59:38
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| 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
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As well as the Dungeons and the Citadels. That's eight more stand-alones.
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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
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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
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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
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| Aulduron: Glad you enjoyed it. |
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Blueblade
Senior Scribe
USA
804 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 15:27:21
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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.
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 16:20:52
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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:
http://www.dmsguild.com/m/product/172023 |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 17:04:43
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| 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."
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 18:06:50
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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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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2009 : 18:07:18
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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
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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). 
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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
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| 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
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ranger_of_the_unicorn_run
Learned Scribe
USA
292 Posts |
Posted - 09 Feb 2009 : 13:23:52
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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
3765 Posts |
Posted - 09 Feb 2009 : 15:59:55
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| -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) |
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