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canikoblivan
Acolyte
Turkey
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 Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 12:40:54
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Hello there fellow scribes, I have just finished reading Key of Stars, the final book in the Abolethic Sovereignty trilogy and cannot decide on what I should read next.
Here are the novels that I own and haven't read yet:
-Unbroken Chain and Unbroken Chain: The Darker Road
-Sandstorm
-Dawnbringer
-The first three books of Brotherhood of the Griffon series
-The first two books of Chosen of Nendawen trilogy
-Blades of the Moonsea trilogy
-Elminster Must Die
-The Parched Sea
-Red Magic
Also, I'm seriously considering to start the Drizzt series from scratch as it's been 5 years since I last read The Silent Blade, I have all the books from the series that have been released so far and am not really sure if I can remember the storyline up to the Spine of the World.
Help me out! =)
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Edited by - canikoblivan on 22 Aug 2011 12:43:48
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 13:09:19
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I don't know if it works for you, but I usually read 4E and older edition novels alternately. So I suggest you grab Red Magic or The Parched Sea next.
By the way, have you already read The Haunted Lands trilogy? It would be better to read it first before you start with the The Brotherhood of the Griffon. Many of the main characters from TBotG were first introduced in THL. |
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canikoblivan
Acolyte
Turkey
43 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 13:17:14
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| Yes, I have read the Haunted Lands trilogy and absolutely loved it but since there are at least 3 more books coming up in the BotG series, I want to have all of the books before starting to read it (I hate it when other novels get in the way). |
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AdamBridger
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 15:06:02
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Originally posted by canikoblivan
Yes, I have read the Haunted Lands trilogy and absolutely loved it but since there are at least 3 more books coming up in the BotG series, I want to have all of the books before starting to read it (I hate it when other novels get in the way).
I believe (although I could be wrong) that the first trilogy and the second trilogy of the Brotherhood Of The Griffon Series, although being part of the same series will feature a different setting. As such I think you could get away with reading the 1st 3 books and then save up the next 3.
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AdamBridger
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
118 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 15:10:07
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I would recommend reading the Blades of the Moonsea Series next followed by the Unbroken Chain Series with maybe one or two of the standalone novels in between the Series.
You might want to consider saving the Chosen of Nendawen Series till December when the 3rd book is being released. Then you can read the trilogy all at once - my prefered way of reading as well. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 15:14:06
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Originally posted by AdamBridger
Then you can read the trilogy all at once - my prefered way of reading as well.
Reading out of order is fun, too. I do it often. |
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AdamBridger
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
118 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 15:44:49
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by AdamBridger
Then you can read the trilogy all at once - my prefered way of reading as well.
Reading out of order is fun, too. I do it often.
Do you mean starting with the second/third book? I've never knowingly done that.
However, I have done things such as read the Twilight War Trilogy before the Erevis Cale Trilogy as at the time I had never heard of Erevis Cale and never knew about the books. In hindsight I wish I had read the Erevis Cale Trilogy and the Sembia Series first as it would have enhanced my enjoyment of the later trilogies. |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
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Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 15:45:38
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I LOVED Parched Sea and Red Magic having read those recently. Old school realms for the win.
I would read those back to back. They are just fun, light reading. Ruha and Wynter are great characters. |
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AdamBridger
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
118 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 15:52:20
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Originally posted by Seravin
I LOVED Parched Sea and Red Magic having read those recently. Old school realms for the win.
I would read those back to back. They are just fun, light reading. Ruha and Wynter are great characters.
Unfortunately my collection doesn't stretch that far back at the moment  . I'm having a hard enough time keeping up with all the current books on sale of my favourite settings - let alone buying second hand out of print books. |
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canikoblivan
Acolyte
Turkey
43 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 16:25:41
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I'd like to thank every one of you for your wonderful insight. Having said that, the name Ruha sounds familiar, is she featured in any newer (still pre-4E) novels?
I think I will go with old school novels or the Unbroken Chain duology.
Also is anyone else feeling uncomfortable about the WotC taking the e-book route? My collection will always seem incomplete without the physical copies of Shadowbane, Venom in Her Veins etc. to me. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 17:11:43
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Originally posted by Seravin
I LOVED Parched Sea and Red Magic having read those recently. Old school realms for the win.
I would read those back to back. They are just fun, light reading. Ruha and Wynter are great characters.
On Ruha, I agree. But Wynter? To me he was so-so. Though thankfully he's not as annoying as the two other Harpers. The only reasons I keep rereading Red Magic is because it's always a pleasure visiting the "old" Thay and seeing Szass Tam and Maligor. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 17:22:31
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Originally posted by AdamBridger
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by AdamBridger
Then you can read the trilogy all at once - my prefered way of reading as well.
Reading out of order is fun, too. I do it often.
Do you mean starting with the second/third book? I've never knowingly done that.
However, I have done things such as read the Twilight War Trilogy before the Erevis Cale Trilogy as at the time I had never heard of Erevis Cale and never knew about the books. In hindsight I wish I had read the Erevis Cale Trilogy and the Sembia Series first as it would have enhanced my enjoyment of the later trilogies.
If I happen to read all the novels in a series, I read them in order, like TW and RotA. But I read immediately what's available. As in the case of the HL. Our local bookstores had Unholy when I came. The first two books were made available not until a few months later. So naturally (for me, that is), I read book 3 first, then jumped back to book and finally the 2nd book. Sometime after that, because I like them a lot, I reread them; and in my second reading, it's already in order.
At times I read a series out of order not for availability reasons, but for certain elements I'm looking for. For instance, I never intended to read the whole WotSQ saga. I first read Annihilation because I wanted to see Gromph in action, and most of the pages of that book were allotted for his "screen time." I was intrigued by a few happenings in that novel that eventually I decided to give the rest of the books a shot. |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1301 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 19:09:28
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I'd like to thank every one of you for your wonderful insight. Having said that, the name Ruha sounds familiar, is she featured in any newer (still pre-4E) novels?
Yes, Ruha is in at least one other Harper book "Veiled Dragon" which is almost universally despised though I liked it because it was set in an area of the realms not many people go to, and I like the Cult of the Dragon which featured heavily. Oddly the Shou Lung featured too...anyhoo. She was also mentioned briefly in one of the later Avatar series (book 4 or 5?).
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On Ruha, I agree. But Wynter? To me he was so-so. Though thankfully he's not as annoying as the two other Harpers. The only reasons I keep rereading Red Magic is because it's always a pleasure visiting the "old" Thay and seeing Szass Tam and Maligor.
Heh..I liked Wynter as he was the first non-human/demi-human character that was a major character. His being a pacifist while being forced to fight (and being good at it) was interesting too. But the best part of Red Magic for me was the insight into Thay and the cities/farms/villages. I loved reading about the markets and slave pens and orchards. Very cool lore there. And yes, the other two Harpers in that novel were sort of terribly annoying until the last few chapters.
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phranctoast
Learned Scribe
USA
151 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2011 : 20:14:03
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The Last Mythal trilogy is awesome.
House of Serpents was also pretty good. |
Currently reading: Spider and Stone by Jaleigh Johnson: Sequel to Mistshore |
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canikoblivan
Acolyte
Turkey
43 Posts |
Posted - 23 Aug 2011 : 09:40:12
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Ahh, yes, the 4th book of the Avatar series, that's where I remember Ruha from, thank you =)
I have read all the other releases that I haven't written here, I'm kinda obsessed with my FR collection, I'm probably missing 9-10 books in total.
Anyway, I've brought Sandstorm with me today, since it's shorter than a usual FR novel, I guess I will be done with it in a couple of days. =) |
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AdamBridger
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
118 Posts |
Posted - 23 Aug 2011 : 11:37:17
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Originally posted by canikoblivan
Anyway, I've brought Sandstorm with me today, since it's shorter than a usual FR novel, I guess I will be done with it in a couple of days. =)
I recently read Sandstorm and found it quite a shock as I believe it was the first pure 4th edition Realms book that I had read. To see the area surrounding Calimport so changed was very suprising and took some getting used to. |
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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 26 Aug 2011 : 18:55:09
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Originally posted by Dennis
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Originally posted by Seravin
I LOVED Parched Sea and Red Magic having read those recently. Old school realms for the win.
I would read those back to back. They are just fun, light reading. Ruha and Wynter are great characters.
On Ruha, I agree. But Wynter? To me he was so-so. Though thankfully he's not as annoying as the two other Harpers. The only reasons I keep rereading Red Magic is because it's always a pleasure visiting the "old" Thay and seeing Szass Tam and Maligor.
Parched Sea was great, and I loved Red Magic. Thay makes for some great wizardly intrigue |
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Yoss
Learned Scribe
USA
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Posted - 31 Aug 2011 : 23:45:14
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| I get all crazy OCD about reading things as close to "in order" as I can. Something just wouldn't let me dive into Erevis Cale until I finished the entirety (i.e. not just the PSK parts) of the Sembia series. And by I flew through everything RAS from Starless Night (which is about where I realized damn, Entreri is absolutely awesome and I'm getting a bit tired of Drizzt) til I could chronologically justify busting into the Sellswords. All this talk about Red Magic and The Parched Sea reminds me I really gotta light a fire under my buddy's you-know-what and get him to dig up those and the other books he keeps saying he'll let me borrow. Grrr. |
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