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Dinnin
Seeker
Australia
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 Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 06:00:53
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Poll Question:
Just wondering who everyone thinks is the best forgotten realms author?
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 06:08:59
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First vote goes to Ed Greenwood.
With Honorable Mentions to Paul S. Kemp, Elaine Cunningham, That Erik guy, Richard Baker, and Erin M. Evans(God Catcher rocked!). |
"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 20 Apr 2010 06:12:54 |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Sill Alias
Senior Scribe
Kazakhstan
588 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 06:17:43
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| 1-st vote for Elaine Cunningham. |
You can hear many tales from many mouths. The most difficult is to know which of them are not lies. - Sill Alias
"May your harp be unstrung, your dreams die and all your songs be unsung." - curse of the harper, The Code of the Harpers 2 ed.
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Quale
Master of Realmslore
1757 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 11:13:36
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Paul Kemp
not in the poll, my favorite authors are Grubb & Novak, then Lowder, some of early Salvatore and one of the authors from the mongol trilogy, don't remember
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36892 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 11:44:55
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I had to vote for Elaine. But it would have been a toss-up if Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb had been on the list.  |
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
3248 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 13:52:08
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Missing a LOT of names on that list:
Troy Denning, Jeff & Kate, Jaleigh Johnson, Rosemary Jones, James Lowder, Douglas Niles, Mel Odom, Steven Schend, Brian Thomson...
In the future, I'd recommend NOT including a poll question on a thread like this, just to be fair to those of us that have a favorite author that you may not have heard of.
As for my favorite, it's a tie among Elaine, RAS, Ed, Steven, Jeff & Kate and Brian Thomson*.
*I think Wooly cries a little bit everytime I rank Once Around the Realsm as one of the best books of the Realms. |
I actually DO know everything. I just have a very poor index of my knowledge.
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sfdragon
Great Reader
2285 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 14:12:29
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| where is the all of the above choicE? |
why is being a wizard like being a drow? both are likely to find a dagger in the back from a rival or one looking to further his own goals, fame and power
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 14:14:32
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| Well this was tough. Ed is the best on Realms knowledge, source material, etc... but I can't count him as the best for the novels IMO. All the other authors are fantabulastic, so I just used numbers as a tie breaker and went with Salvatore (no I'm not a "fanboy") since his sales are the highest. |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 16:15:29
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Leaves me with mixed feelings answering this question.
Even though I do not have to think long to give my vote to Paul S. Kemp, there are so many other authors I really really enjoy, just to mention a few such as Elaine, Byers, Lowder, Grubb and others. |
"You make an intriguing offer, one that is very tempting. It would seem that I have little alternative than to answer thusly: DISINTEGRATE!" Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick 625 |
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GRYPHON
Senior Scribe
USA
527 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 20:11:13
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| Elaine Cunningham... |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 20 Apr 2010 : 22:18:55
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| Ed Greenwood. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36892 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2010 : 00:37:19
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quote:
Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
*I think Wooly cries a little bit everytime I rank Once Around the Realsm as one of the best books of the Realms.
I've not read the book in like 10 years or more, and I don't recall any particular feelings about it.
I will say, though, that there have been some very popular books/series that I didn't like -- including one that I wanted to throw across the room, because the ending made me that angry. I shan't say any more on that topic, but it's seeing references to those books and their writer(s) as the best that make me cry a little. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2010 : 01:02:16
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I will say, though, that there have been some very popular books/series that I didn't like -- including one that I wanted to throw across the room, because the ending made me that angry. I shan't say any more on that topic, but it's seeing references to those books and their writer(s) as the best that make me cry a little.
Indeed.
It's especially disturbing when these particular sources become discussion topics at the gaming table. It's one of the few times when I avoid any kind of direct input for fear of rattling a few cages. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2010 : 01:43:24
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| I voted for Richard Lee Byers. I love his Dissolution and the Haunted Lands. In terms of the number of books I have read, Ed tops the list (at least for FR). So he's my second. Third is Troy Denning, then Elaine Cunningham... |
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Patrakis
Learned Scribe
Canada
256 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2010 : 02:41:59
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My best Realms writer is Salvatore. ANd my favorite series are the trilogy (the Ten towns trilogy) and the cleric quintet.
Pat |
Dancing is like standing still, but faster.
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2010 : 03:40:31
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Originally posted by dennis
I voted for Richard Lee Byers. I love his Dissolution and the Haunted Lands. In terms of the number of books I have read, Ed tops the list (at least for FR). So he's my second. Third is Troy Denning, then Elaine Cunningham...
If you like Byers and haven't read The Black Bouquet yet, then I can strongly recommend it! |
"You make an intriguing offer, one that is very tempting. It would seem that I have little alternative than to answer thusly: DISINTEGRATE!" Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick 625 |
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Halidan
Senior Scribe
USA
470 Posts |
Posted - 21 Apr 2010 : 16:22:42
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| While Ed Greenwood is probably my favorite author, too many other good authors missed the poll - including the man who originally got me reading Realms fiction, Jim Ward. The original Pools trilogy was great. |
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Of the Moon
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, boldly ride,"
The shade replied,
"If you seek for Eldorado!"
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swifty
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
517 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2010 : 17:06:04
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| i voted for thomas reid simply for the fact that he wrote scions of arrabar and wrote the best wotsq novel.after that id go with either rich baker or ras.im sorry but ed greenwood would be bottom of my list. |
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Blueblade
Senior Scribe
USA
804 Posts |
Posted - 22 Apr 2010 : 17:14:52
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Different strokes, different strokes, swifty; he's at the top of mine. :}
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 24 Apr 2010 : 03:41:25
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quote:
Originally posted by skychrome
quote:
Originally posted by dennis
I voted for Richard Lee Byers. I love his Dissolution and the Haunted Lands. In terms of the number of books I have read, Ed tops the list (at least for FR). So he's my second. Third is Troy Denning, then Elaine Cunningham...
If you like Byers and haven't read The Black Bouquet yet, then I can strongly recommend it!
Thanks, I will read it. |
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froglegg
Learned Scribe
317 Posts |
Posted - 24 Apr 2010 : 18:00:11
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I voted for Mr. Greenwood because with out him the Realms would not be here. As for second place just look at my sig.
John |
Long live Alias and Dragonbait! Kate Novak and Jeff Grubb the Realms need you more then ever!
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Marquant Volker
Learned Scribe
Greece
273 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2010 : 10:47:10
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| Can i have 2 votes? :-P |
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Archimedes of Syracuse
Acolyte
USA
28 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2010 : 12:24:00
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| I had to vote for lisa smedman, she does a wonderful job of making you feel close to the character. like he or she was one of your close friends. its very refreshing to come home from work sit down open up a book and feel like you checking in on a friend. seeing how they grow and the choices that they make etc. she also has a way of making every detail vivid to you like your in the book, and she does this without bogging down her pages with sentence after sentence of detail. she keeps it simple yet not so at the same time(hard to describe). anyways my vote is for her because house of serpents is by far the best FR series iv read. arvin is to this day my favorite FR character. and Zelia was such an amazingly written villian |
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Archimedes of Syracuse
Acolyte
USA
28 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2010 : 12:25:44
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| Sorry for the double post. but i just saw that richard baker has zero votes!!!!!!!!! has anyone read the last mythal? great series. |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 26 Apr 2010 : 17:13:32
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Originally posted by Archimedes of Syracuse
Sorry for the double post. but i just saw that richard baker has zero votes!!!!!!!!! has anyone read the last mythal? great series.
Got it on my shelf for quite some time already, but could not motivate myself yet to start it. I know I should... |
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Alisttair
Great Reader
Canada
3054 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2010 : 17:50:05
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Originally posted by Archimedes of Syracuse
Sorry for the double post. but i just saw that richard baker has zero votes!!!!!!!!! has anyone read the last mythal? great series.
I could have easily voted for him. Like I said, sale numbers were my tie-breaker, else I would have had to not vote. Baker's novels are fantastic!! |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36892 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 00:03:56
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quote:
Originally posted by Archimedes of Syracuse
Sorry for the double post. but i just saw that richard baker has zero votes!!!!!!!!! has anyone read the last mythal? great series.
I have. I like those books, and reread them just a few months ago.
But in my opinion, no Realms author compares to Elaine or Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 01:04:44
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quote:
Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Archimedes of Syracuse
Sorry for the double post. but i just saw that richard baker has zero votes!!!!!!!!! has anyone read the last mythal? great series.
I have. I like those books, and reread them just a few months ago.
And I'll admit that I just haven't read them yet.
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But in my opinion, no Realms author compares to Elaine or Jeff Grubb and Kate Novak.
Indeed. While I can appreciate elements of Baker's FR fiction, I grew up on a steady diet of Ed Greenwood and Elaine Cunningham Realmslore. It's a difficult process for me to add to that listing of great FR authors.
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Tren of Twilight Tower
Seeker
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Posted - 27 Apr 2010 : 02:51:36
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Originally posted by Archimedes of Syracuse
Sorry for the double post. but i just saw that richard baker has zero votes!!!!!!!!! has anyone read the last mythal? great series.
D'oh! I did not intend to vote at first, as there is so many good FR authors. Now, after reading your message I wanted to vote for Richard Baker, alas, since I viewed results of pool, it wouldn't allow me to vote any longer...
Personally, am biased with Ed. It is not only that I like to read his books, but he created realms too - how do you beat that?
Following Ed is a group of excellent writers, Richard Baker being one of them. Will not mention anyone else, as I would likely miss somebody.
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