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Trafaldi
Learned Scribe
264 Posts |
 Posted - 30 Oct 2003 : 15:56:29
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Originally posted by Feanor_Karnil
It's out!!!
I am getting it immediately, then reading it immediately.
Like he said ITS OUT. whos read it. Just tell how good it is. |
Some believe there is something more after death, if you really want to find out... go kill yourself and stop pestering me. |
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 30 Oct 2003 : 18:25:46
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Im gobsmacked..... I live in the UK and one of my rants has always been the lengthy period between FR releases in the UK after the US release date......and here i am with a copy of The Lone Drow in my hands only 2 days after the release date!!! WOW!  im impressed WotC, keep it up 
Im currently reading Masquerades, but straight after ill be getting into The Lone Drow without a doubt!! In the meantime id like to hear of peoples views of the novel...preferably without any spoilers!!!  |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 31 Oct 2003 : 04:29:46
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Originally posted by Rad
Im gobsmacked..... I live in the UK and one of my rants has always been the lengthy period between FR releases in the UK after the US release date......and here i am with a copy of The Lone Drow in my hands only 2 days after the release date!!! WOW! im impressed WotC, keep it up
Im currently reading Masquerades, but straight after ill be getting into The Lone Drow without a doubt!! In the meantime id like to hear of peoples views of the novel...preferably without any spoilers!!!
I did get another notice from the e-signing saying that it had shipped but I'm so far behind it will be a while before I can read it so it doesn't matter when I get it. |
Courage isn't the lack of fear but rather believing in and doing what you know is right even though fear is present.
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 31 Oct 2003 : 16:18:47
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(Arion enters the room, chest out, proudly displaying his "Dork of the Century" crown atop his head)
I finished that damned book in one day!!!
Anyway, I REEEAAALLLY enjoyed it. So much better than Thousand Orcs...anyone else done yet? |
My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 31 Oct 2003 : 19:34:09
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Originally posted by ArionElenim
(Arion enters the room, chest out, proudly displaying his "Dork of the Century" crown atop his head)
I finished that damned book in one day!!!
Anyway, I REEEAAALLLY enjoyed it. So much better than Thousand Orcs...anyone else done yet?
So spill....what happens? I hear that Drizzt actually hears the E word for the first time? |
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
829 Posts |
Posted - 01 Nov 2003 : 02:28:12
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| Not fair Arion,I am glad you enjoyed it though.Guess I had better watch out for spoilers on here soon. |
Courage isn't the lack of fear but rather believing in and doing what you know is right even though fear is present.
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William of Waterdeep
Senior Scribe
USA
829 Posts |
Posted - 04 Nov 2003 : 02:02:42
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Arion,
I got my copy of the Lone Drow over the weekend,matter of fact the new quote I have up is something he added when he signed my book,all I asked for was To Tim Whaley.
The main thing I am posting about though is the printed sheet that came with it.It has Highwayman in large print at the top and says,"Includes the all new Drizzt short story".From reading below I take it this is a Demon Wars book and is an unexpected episode in the Chronicles of Corona. It is from the early days in the land of Corona,long before the Demon Wars.Anyway the E-signing is Jan 4th.Have you followed any of this with the Demon Wars? What is this all new short story? Thanks for any comments or help.
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Courage isn't the lack of fear but rather believing in and doing what you know is right even though fear is present.
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Bellua Aeneus Lacerta
Senior Scribe
USA
428 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 19:16:18
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I got mine Monday afternoon. Finished it last night. Yup, there is an "E" word in there.
Had mine signed:
For Rob--
Loyal reader and fan
I like the idea of being able to choose a quote from the book though. Maybe I'll e-mail them the idea. |
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
933 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 19:51:40
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For some reason, William my good man, I don't follow the Demon Wars stuff.....don't ask me why...just never have.
Uhmm...don't know anything about a new short story either...last one from Salvatore I knew about was the one in Realms of Shadow (Artemis and Jarlaxle's adventures with the Shadow Weave)...
Yup, LD has the so-called "E" word in it, although Drizzt is nowhere near it when it it spoken. At any rate, I am sure that he has heard the Sage of Shadowdale's name spoken before...he's been to Silverymoon way too many times to have avoided it.........
I really liked the Bouldershoulders' roles in this one...MUCH MUCH MUCH less comedy relief than Thousand Orcs (seemed like every scene they were in TO had them running head long into trees and doing Vaudeville routines).
I think that this is the best Drizzt novel since Siege of Darkness....man, I REALLY felt Drizzt in this one; I was completely wrapped up in how refined and focused Salvatore was here...you could TASTE Drizzt's angst and loneliness...esp. as regards the moments with Innovindil....
Lone Drow is one of the most psychological Salvatore novels to date. Ugh, I can't say enough good things about it... |
My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm |
Edited by - Arion Elenim on 06 Nov 2003 19:55:27 |
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 20:44:09
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Finally the hundred years of this Demon's banishment from this scroll is over, much to the dismay of others  ...
Hmm the Lone Drow... I shall have to pick up this tome... We shall see ArionElenim.... We shall see...
On a side note... I was rather disappointed with the lack of coverage that Dealt with Menzo during the Time of Troubles in the Legacy of the Drow.... that and I wonder if any rules were broken in allowing Lolth Access to the Abyss... Any comments on that? I am curious as I would think it would earn a oneway trip to oblivion courtesy of Helm... Like he did with Mystra (Yay Helm!) |
It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 06 Nov 2003 : 20:46:34
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Not impressed so far!
I guess im a getting a bit sick of reading pages and pages of descriptives of how one drow dispatches a dozen orcs, each in turn with a different move.
Quite bland up to now, still, ill continue and hopefully it will pick up soon. |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 07 Nov 2003 : 06:17:42
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Originally posted by Rad
Not impressed so far!
I guess im a getting a bit sick of reading pages and pages of descriptives of how one drow dispatches a dozen orcs, each in turn with a different move.
Yeah, I got sick of that type of story several books ago.
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2003 : 06:19:37
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Originally posted by Bellua Aeneus Lacerta
I got mine Monday afternoon. Finished it last night. Yup, there is an "E" word in there.
Still amazes me that the "E" word was mentioned, especially after his comments during the Mortality Radio Interview about the War of the Spider Queen series. |
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2003 : 16:59:00
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NO!!! NO NO NO NONO!!!!!
Not that old fossil! Hmmm I'll have to think on who get the numero uno spot on my " To eternally hate characters" list...
I wish that meddler would just pike off... |
It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
-Unknown |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 07 Nov 2003 : 19:17:33
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Originally posted by ArionElenim
Anyway, Sirius - what was the Mortality Radio Interview, and what did E say about the Spider Queen series?
EEE??? Sorry for the misunderstanding. E is for Eilistraee which is apparently mentioned in the latest DAHBOR novel. The Mortality Radio Interview featured R.A. Salvatore plugging this latest book and can be found at www.mortality.net. |
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 08 Nov 2003 : 04:38:11
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Phew.... Ok panic attack over....
Thanks for clearing that up... Of a minute there I was a tad jittery |
It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
-Unknown |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 08 Nov 2003 : 15:21:57
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Originally posted by Cardinal Deimos
Phew.... Ok panic attack over....
Thanks for clearing that up... Of a minute there I was a tad jittery
Apologies again. I did not mean for you to suddenly think Mr. Salvatore had finally decided to listen to some posters on WOTC boards regarding, "Who would win in a fight, Elminster or Drizzt?" |
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Trafaldi
Learned Scribe
264 Posts |
Posted - 09 Nov 2003 : 18:59:12
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Originally posted by Rad
Not impressed so far!
I guess im a getting a bit sick of reading pages and pages of descriptives of how one drow dispatches a dozen orcs, each in turn with a different move.
Quite bland up to now, still, ill continue and hopefully it will pick up soon.
I actually enjoyed it. I can understand how you got tired of reading the killing of orcs. But this was in all actuallity a way for Salvator to tempt Drizzt's sanity, making the book more interesting. This was really a book on how many could deal with a loss and still survive. |
Some believe there is something more after death, if you really want to find out... go kill yourself and stop pestering me. |
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DrizzitFan
Acolyte
Singapore
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Posted - 10 Nov 2003 : 01:42:04
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Hail n well met
I actually quite enjoyed this title too.
There was quite a bit on the Dwarves and their war-master/warlord as well as portraying the relationships between the Companions more intimately - Catt n Wulfie coming to terms with each other on their separate love lives, Regis maturing from that cheeky opportunistic halfing from Icewind Dale and a surprise comeback from my fav dwarf (after Flint from that other world) And finally, our main man, ehm elf, ehm drow coming to grips with his pseudo-personality, kinda reminds me of Clacker, or Sorak (from Athas, sorry, can't remember that other world ), just not as pronounced. And can anyone spell possible romance/ relationship for him...... Hee Hee Hee (poor Doo-Dad too).
RAS is very descriptive, he seems to want to mesmerise his readers with his dazzling scimitar work , sometimes to the point of writing repetitively..... One must admit though, he's work are gems for FR IMHO, Paul Kemp (Cale) is the other writer whose work I am eagerly anticipating. And Elaine Cunningham of course. 
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The Cardinal
Senior Scribe
Canada
647 Posts |
Posted - 10 Nov 2003 : 02:19:58
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Hmmmmm.. A drow gone insane?... Perhaps there is hope for Drizzt yet, eh? Mwa ha ha ha ha! Oh, I must find this book... After i finish The Thousand Orc book....Ho hum.. oh well...
" All things come to he who waits... and I have waited so very long for this moment..." |
It has to be Certain, the Gods Hate Me. For whatever irrevokable Fate, I have been made the walking Joke. Either that, or Beshaba is overlyfond Of Me.
-Unknown |
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Arion Elenim
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 10 Nov 2003 : 06:20:46
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Okay, people: Innovindil...
Is it gonna happen?
Dear gods, I hope so... |
My latest Realms-based short story, about a bard, a paladin of Lathander and the letter of the law, Debts Repaid. It takes place before the "shattering" and gives the bard Arion a last gasp before he plunges into the present.http://candlekeep.com/campaign/logs/log-debts.htm |
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The Hand
Acolyte
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Posted - 27 Nov 2003 : 07:20:26
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| I have to say that I like the Character shifts. Regis being the Leader. I'm glad that there is a Super Orc bad guy,...thats something I think could have an interesting twist on it...I also especially like the relationship brewing between Drizzt and Innovindel. and how it kinda happened. I think Innovindel would be an interesting match for Drizzt, she could bring Drizzt into Elven culture and she has a lifespan to match his own even tho she is 230 yrs older...i think it's time Drizzt traded up and i think the way R. A. Salvatore did it was smoothe, keeping the intergrity of the character with the factor that life is unexpected...I try to picture in my head what Innovindel would actually look like and I keep envisioning Deedlit from the Anime, Record of Lodoss War...if anybody know of where there are some conceptual sketches of Drizzt, Innovindel or any of the Companions of the Hall, or Entreri..(Anybody from those books, really) then I'd like to know...presonally i liked the book and the direction its going...I'll leave with a question that I've thought alot about myself (even tho it's unrelated) who would win in a fight: Drizzt Do'Urden(tne Hunter) or Kenshin Himura (Hitokiri Battousai) from the anime Rurouni Kenshin...? |
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 27 Nov 2003 : 11:41:10
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Well after finishing the novel, I guess it wasnt THAT bad. I wouldnt rave about it as its very much the same most of the way thorough..... you could sum the story up in three words (rearrange the following: fight orcs dwarves). Strangely, I thought Drizzt had quite a minor part in the whole novel and was written about very sparcely.
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Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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The Lone Drow
