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Sam Vimes
Acolyte
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 Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 03:07:07
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Hello
I am starting to read some of the Forgotten Realm stuff, I have read the Icewind Dale Trilogy, and I have been wanting to read the Cleric books, If I just read the first book, whatever its called Canticle I think.
Anyway if I read just that book, will there be a cliffhanger at the end or will it be ok if I did that.
I am confused help.
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
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Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 04:44:53
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Well, each leads into the other, but they can be read independently - each is also a self-contained story (with an over-arching storyline concerning the 'real' villain behind the scenes, who isn't confronted until book 5).
So you will have an ending to that particular book's story - no worries there - but you will probably want to read the rest eventually. Reading the first one without the others is easiest - it gets a bit harder after that (I know, because I re-read them, and lost the first two, so had to start with #3). |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Firestorm
Senior Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 13:31:39
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Originally posted by Markustay
Well, each leads into the other, but they can be read independently - each is also a self-contained story (with an over-arching storyline concerning the 'real' villain behind the scenes, who isn't confronted until book 5).
So you will have an ending to that particular book's story - no worries there - but you will probably want to read the rest eventually. Reading the first one without the others is easiest - it gets a bit harder after that (I know, because I re-read them, and lost the first two, so had to start with #3).
I think you mean book 4. lol
After book 4, I was like "What are they going to do now?", but then a surprise villain suddenly entered the picture. |
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Sam Vimes
Acolyte
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Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 17:24:23
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| Thank You, I am still trying to figure out all the series, and which ones a noob should read. |
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Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 20:25:38
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There are no noobs, only future friends of the Realms.  |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
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Synthalus
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 20:28:50
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| Hear Hear Markustay Well Said Indeed! |
"That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die."
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 23:35:28
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They all lead into the next one. Canticle ends with a lot of little story elements which are continued and developed in In Sylvan Shadows, and so on. To get the whole picture, you kinda need to read them all. It's especially important that you read the 5th book in the series, The Chaos Curse, if you want to understand it when Cadderly shows up in the Drizzt books, later on. And if you're gonna do that, then you might as well read all 5.
BTW, if you click the link in my signature, you can see a list of all of RAS's Realms stories in chronological order. You can see where "The Cleric Quintet" fits in with all the Drizzt books, for example. |
"'You don't know my history,' he said dryly."
--Drizzt Do'Urden (The Pirate King, Part 1: Chapter 2)
<"Comprehensive Chronology of R.A. Salvatore Forgotten Realms Works"> |
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Aryalómë
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 23 Feb 2011 : 01:39:59
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| There aren't any noobs in FR XD We really don't care if someone is new to it, if they are new to it, we try to help them out onstead of laugh at tjem. I am guessing you were from WoW? And there aren't any books you need to read, I haven't even read one Drizzt book, wait, scratch that, I read the graphic novel to Homeland. My favorite books in te FR universe are te The Last Mythal teilogy, Elves of Evermeet, Stardeep, The Lady Penitent teilogy, among many others. Welcome to the Forgotten Realms :) |
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Sam Vimes
Acolyte
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Posted - 24 Feb 2011 : 04:27:36
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| I have read Dragonlance, and thats about it, What are the Good Series to read in FR Series of stuff, That is really what I want to know, what I should read and what I should not waste my time on. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 24 Feb 2011 : 05:49:00
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Originally posted by Sam Vimes
I have read Dragonlance, and thats about it, What are the Good Series to read in FR Series of stuff, That is really what I want to know, what I should read and what I should not waste my time on.
Though we never quite reached a consensus, this is a topic that was discussed at length in the Experienced help for recommending FR Novels thread. Perusing that scroll may be helpful for you. 
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Aryalómë
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 24 Feb 2011 : 11:06:46
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| Uhhhh whichever ones interest you that you want to read? You don't HAVE to do anything in FR. You can even mix around the lore so it suites you! I don't personally do this (but I have analternate FR world) because I like sticking to canon, even though it po's me at times lol |
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