| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
 Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 15:49:35
|
Well I would say that I'd buy it. Two for me(one in the Kindle and hopefully one for the bookshelf complete with autors scibble ), one for my 85 year old Grandfather(who I just learned is a voracious fiction reader...how'd that old farmer keep that a secret form the family? We thought he just read the farmer's almanac and farm mags),one for my mother, one for my oldest Uncle, one for my cousin, one for my daughter, one for my son(they want their own books, not dad's!), one for the local library and even one to ship to a random deserving scribe at Candlekeep(10 copies sold sounds better to me than 9)
Who better(Ed has enough on his plate for the next decade or so) to tell a character drive, non-RSE novel of the forest kingdom than Brian (Garen Thal)? Set it in any time , but I think right after the sundering has settled down would be ideal. Let him have a blank palate going forward for his ideas. We know much of Cormyr...but much more than what's been told is still unknown.
What say you Scribes? WotC is listening like never before, now is the time for us to ask for something for "one of our own". He's far too humble to trumpet himself, so I will take up the task.
If you havent picked up When the Hero Comes Home Yet...You really should...it's only $3.99 for kindle and $2.99 ePub from Dragon Moon Press...There is not only Brian's wonderful tale One and Twenty Summers....there are Ed and Erik Scott de Bie tales as well. Those three stood out for me, but the whole anthology is worthy.
|
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
|
|
|
Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 17:23:52
|
Hear hear!
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" |
 |
|
|
Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 17:27:52
|
| Indeed... |
"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."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
|
|
|
Markustay
Realms Explorer extraordinaire
USA
15724 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2012 : 18:56:13
|
Of course I'd buy a novel by Brian.
I love Cormyr, and I enjoy Brian's writing, but even if that weren't the case, I still know he is a writer/designer who has the Realms best interest at heart.
Cormyr and the Dales is pretty-much my 'stomping grounds' when I run D&D. Anything and everything about that area I whole-heartedley support. Being written by Brian is just a guarantee I'll like it. |
"I have never in my life learned anything from any man who agreed with me" --- Dudley Field Malone
|
|
|
|
The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 08 Sep 2012 : 02:28:17
|
Brian Cortijo writing a 'Cormyr-based' novel would be the ideal dream for many fans of the Forest Kingdom.
I'll gladly support any initiative for Wizards to take heed and consider the potential for such a work.
And just as an added sweetener... I'd love to see the work being supported by further supplementary material from Brian, Ed, Krash, and the many other past Lorelords who have helped shape Cormyr over the last 25+ years.
I'd pay top gold coin for that kind of purchase. |
Candlekeep Forums Moderator
Candlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms Lore
http://www.candlekeep.com -- Candlekeep Forum Code of Conduct
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium -- Volume IX now available (Oct 2007)
"So Saith Ed" -- the collected Candlekeep replies of Ed Greenwood
Zhoth'ilam Folio -- The Electronic Misadventures of a Rambling Sage |
|
|
|
Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 08 Sep 2012 : 02:37:03
|
Brian is my go-to guy when scripting anything Cormyr-related, whether it's dealing with the Fire Knives of Westgate, political maneuvering far from Suzail, or ancient lore. Also, having seen the Lineage, I guarantee this is the guy. 
He has my endorsement.
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" |
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
|
|
A tale of Cormyr, by Brian Cortijo? What say you?
