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Thalian
Acolyte

Canada
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Posted - 28 Dec 2010 :  20:59:48  Show Profile  Visit Thalian's Homepage Send Thalian a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
I have seen O Loves timeline over at the FR Library, but the last it was updated was 2008 or something like that. Does anybody have a more recent list of all FR novels in a chronological order?

Ayrik
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Canada
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Posted - 29 Dec 2010 :  00:12:37  Show Profile Send Ayrik a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Which chronological order? Realms Dale Reckoning or publishing dates?

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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High

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Posted - 29 Dec 2010 :  01:19:58  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Either or both, really, since we all seem to be lacking a coherent and up-to-date chronological listing for Realms novels.

Obviously, chronological listings are often harder to compile, given that not all anthologies/novels feature Realms dates. And you can't always judge where a novel falls in a chronological time-frame, based solely on its content.

But, in answer to your question, Thalian, I don't think an up-to-date listing actually exists. O-Love's wonderful site continues to update for new novel Realms, as I recall, so determining publishing order shouldn't be too difficult. Just look at the month/year release info for each novel.

Chronologically, however, that's a different story.

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Ayrik
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Posted - 29 Dec 2010 :  02:49:10  Show Profile Send Ayrik a Private Message  Reply with Quote
In-Realms dating is a bit more challenging, since the events in the novels often overlap and tend to converge around (or be linked to) events in other Realms fiction (in other novels, in D&D game books, in other sources). There are also large gaps where "nothing" happens, or more accurately, where the only written chronology of events is presented later as an historical summary.

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BEAST
Master of Realmslore

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Posted - 05 Jan 2011 :  23:30:21  Show Profile  Visit BEAST's Homepage Send BEAST a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I offer my own Salvatore chronological list, in my sig, and I have called on fans of other Realms authors to do likewise.

At least with RAS's stuff, there are a lot more time clues in there than most people realize. And they don't necessarily agree with the official dates that the publishers have imposed...

"'You don't know my history,' he said dryly."
--Drizzt Do'Urden (The Pirate King, Part 1: Chapter 2)

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