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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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 Posted - 12 Jan 2010 : 16:41:12
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I would suggest reading CotD first, if only to understand Rosemary's RotD story that much better. 
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
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Posted - 12 Jan 2010 : 16:45:51
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
I would suggest reading CotD first, if only to understand Rosemary's RotD story that much better.
Cheers
Ah damn...there ya go....throwing us another curveball and getting all logical and stuff
I think that is a solid idea...but Im salivating to read Ed;s Manshoon story too.... |
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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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jan 2010 : 16:56:41
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I cannot help you in that regard. If I hadn't already picked up the anthology, I would probably be falling over myself right about now.
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 - 12 Jan 2010 : 19:21:18
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
I cannot help you in that regard. If I hadn't already picked up the anthology, I would probably be falling over myself right about now.
Cheers
RoTD is that good ehh? Your not helping Most of the Realms of.... I have liked alot, usually a couple of gems alongside 5 or six very strong stories, an ejoyable one or two and usually one that just makes me scratch my head and ponder what could have been. Would you say RoTD exceeds that expectation?
I like to finish a series if I have it and I have one more Norrell and Strange to go.....But I think think longer I go without reading a Realms book the stronger the pull to read one is getting! |
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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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jan 2010 : 20:27:41
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I haven't actually read all of RotDead, so I can't really give a fair answer to that question. What I will say is that the Realms series--like all anthologies--feature a wide range of stories that are as varied as the authors themselves. So you'll probably have a similar experience reading this anthology as previous ones.
I can only really attest to my own story, which I had a ball writing, and I think it shows. (Particularly the dream sequence and the there's-an-angry-mob-at-the-door-to-see-you scene.) Otherwise, to each his/her own!
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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" |
Edited by - Erik Scott de Bie on 12 Jan 2010 20:31:24 |
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Kyrene
Senior Scribe
South Africa
757 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2010 : 08:32:18
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Well I managed to get my mitts on this one in record time (I think Sage's copy made its way to South Africa, therefore he had to wait  ). I can comment on a few things:
The chronological (in Realms time) order that used to prevail previous anthologies is gone. Not that it matters that much as I used to read each anthology from start to finish anyway.
If you don't like the 'New Realms' or don't want to read anything post-Spellplague, you should probably not get this anthology. More than half of the stories are set in the fifteenth century.
That being said, only one of the four stories I have read thusfar have had endless elements prevalent to the 'New Realms' 'canon'. (Primordials, Dawn Titans, Brown Dragons, Abeir, etc). The other post-Spellpague story was a blast (Resurrection Agent by Erin Evans).
We should probably start discussing this in the Book Club, rather than in this scroll, as the first four stories have been a very mixed bag of pre-/post-Spellplague and good/mediocre.
Was it worth gettting? Yeah, I'd say so, even if only 1 out of 4 was really excellent up to this point. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31773 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2010 : 14:04:38
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Originally posted by Kyrene
Well I managed to get my mitts on this one in record time (I think Sage's copy made its way to South Africa, therefore he had to wait ).
It wouldn't surprise me, since I'm still waiting for my copy. 
Interestingly, my other orders -- DL's The Fate of Thorbardin and the WARHAMMER Shadow King novel -- arrived on time. |
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Steven Schend
Forgotten Realms Designer & Author
USA
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Posted - 18 Jan 2010 : 18:50:33
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| Debating whether to get someone to drive me to the bookstore to get this.....or just have someone pick me up a copy. Steven does not like being unable to drive; also, typing one-handed is irritating. |
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Matt James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
918 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jan 2010 : 19:29:22
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31773 Posts |
Posted - 19 Jan 2010 : 00:19:16
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Originally posted by Steven Schend
Debating whether to get someone to drive me to the bookstore to get this.....or just have someone pick me up a copy. Steven does not like being unable to drive; also, typing one-handed is irritating.
Heh.
I'd offer to send you one, but you'll probably find yourself purchasing your own copy by the time my shipment to you arrives. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jan 2010 : 18:57:33
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I'm pleased to see discussion threads in this here forum. Glad you guys are enjoying it!
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 - 22 Jan 2010 : 20:11:45
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
I'm pleased to see discussion threads in this here forum. Glad you guys are enjoying it!
Cheers
It was not easy....but I have forced myself to read from page one and not skip right to the stories by Ed and yourself. So far so good! |
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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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2010 : 00:10:39
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| 'Body in a Bag' is pretty good, Erik. |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Edited by - Brimstone on 23 Jan 2010 00:10:59 |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3287 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2010 : 05:27:47
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| 'Body in a Bag' made me think of some 'Goth' teenagers and what they would be doing in the Realms. |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 23 Jan 2010 : 19:39:51
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Originally posted by Brimstone
'Body in a Bag' made me think of some 'Goth' teenagers and what they would be doing in the Realms.
Quite intentional.
And well--really just the one, with the other trying to romance outside his social clique.
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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 - 25 Jan 2010 : 16:21:25
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Originally posted by Rosemary Jones
Just got a copy from Amazon.com and now I've got "Jessie's girl" stuck in my head. Snicker.
My story is set in the spring before the events happening in City of the Dead. Oh, and one of the characters is descended from a certain 3E novel that also has a C in the title.
Hmmm....I missed the connection somehow......how about a hint? |
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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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 25 Jan 2010 : 17:09:05
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
It was not easy....but I have forced myself to read from page one and not skip right to the stories by Ed and yourself. So far so good!
Uh oh . . . no pressure, then!
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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Kyrene
Senior Scribe
South Africa
757 Posts |
Posted - 26 Jan 2010 : 07:51:30
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
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Originally posted by Rosemary Jones
Just got a copy from Amazon.com and now I've got "Jessie's girl" stuck in my head. Snicker.
My story is set in the spring before the events happening in City of the Dead. Oh, and one of the characters is descended from a certain 3E novel that also has a C in the title.
Hmmm....I missed the connection somehow......how about a hint?
Ash |
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