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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
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Ashe Ravenheart
Great Reader
USA
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Eilserus
Master of Realmslore
USA
1446 Posts |
 Posted - 23 Sep 2013 : 22:32:34
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BEAST
Master of Realmslore
USA
1714 Posts |
Posted - 23 Sep 2013 : 23:36:52
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| Yeah, ever since the video game deal went south, he has poured himself into Realms stuff, and has basically committed to doing two books a year for the forseeable future. He's all in! |
"'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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Artemas Entreri
Great Reader
USA
3131 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2013 : 00:05:54
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Originally posted by Ashe Ravenheart
Just remember that Amazon's dates have no basis in reality. 
... and subject to change based on the position of the stars. |
Some people have a way with words, and other people...oh, uh, not have way. -Steve Martin
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Tanthalas
Senior Scribe
Portugal
508 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2013 : 01:04:12
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| I could swear I have read something about this here before. I remember mentioning that it was strange that we'd get a synopse for this book when The Companions wasn't even out. |
Sir Markham pointed out, drinking another brandy. "A chap who can point at you and say 'die' has the distinct advantage". |
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Lilianviaten
Senior Scribe
489 Posts |
Posted - 24 Sep 2013 : 05:17:58
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Originally posted by BEAST
Yeah, ever since the video game deal went south, he has poured himself into Realms stuff, and has basically committed to doing two books a year for the forseeable future. He's all in!
Can't say I'm upset about that. I love all his characters (even Dahlia)! And I'm certain that he's brought Drizzt's old gang back for an epic quest. Maybe they will team with Jarlaxle, Entreri, and Co., or maybe they will have separate goals. Either way, something BIG is about to go down! |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 25 Sep 2013 : 03:28:59
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WotC is indeed looking at more books with the Sundering Six post-Sundering, and it's logical to assume Bob would lead that pack.
Whether WotC is considering expanding their fiction line to include more than six authors . . . well, your guess is as good as mine.
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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" |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 25 Sep 2013 : 14:33:10
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
WotC is indeed looking at more books with the Sundering Six post-Sundering, and it's logical to assume Bob would lead that pack.
Whether WotC is considering expanding their fiction line to include more than six authors . . . well, your guess is as good as mine.
Cheers
Well my fingers are crossed for Elaine and Erik to both resurface with realms novels.
And we knew Bob was doing two novels a years for the forseeable future....I just didnt realize how time has flown....if this new one comes out in Mar, that does not leave much time for a second novel by him, so I am guessing it must be nearly complete. I am very curious to see if he revs ups Drizzt into hyperdrive with two a year or his second will feature different characters old or new. I will still hope we get that book about Zaknafien......but something totally new would be really welcome. |
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
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Tanthalas
Senior Scribe
Portugal
508 Posts |
Posted - 25 Sep 2013 : 18:37:18
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I agree with The Red Walker.
I want to read more Shadowbane (though I wouldn't mind new characters either), and there's plenty of other Realms authors not included in The Sundering that I would like to see again. |
Sir Markham pointed out, drinking another brandy. "A chap who can point at you and say 'die' has the distinct advantage". |
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Lilianviaten
Senior Scribe
489 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 00:40:13
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Originally posted by Tanthalas
I agree with The Red Walker.
I want to read more Shadowbane (though I wouldn't mind new characters either), and there's plenty of other Realms authors not included in The Sundering that I would like to see again.
Indeed. In the firestorm of hate for 4e, it's often been overlooked how good the novels were. I'm willing to say that this is the strongest group of writers WOTC has had working together at any given time. Of course, I still want Elaine back, and I would strongly consider giving my left hand for another Liriel Baenre trilogy.
Wouldn't mind an update on good old Elaith either. An interaction between him and Lilten (Erik's character) in Waterdeep would be well worth reading. |
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jornan
Learned Scribe
Canada
256 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 02:54:49
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I sure hope we see FR books by several other previous authors in the future, any one of these in no particular order would please me a great deal:
Elaine Cunningham
Lisa Smedman
Richard Baker
Jeleigh Johnson
Steven Schend
Mark Sehestedt
Thomas M Reid
Rosemary Jones |
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
2708 Posts |
Posted - 26 Sep 2013 : 03:14:39
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| I agree with you, Jornan, and there are series I would like to see continue to (or follow-ups) by those authors, such as Empyrean Odyssey, Hand of Nenadwen (sp?),Unbroken Chain, just to list a few. |
Sweet water and light laughter |
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jornan
Learned Scribe
Canada
256 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2013 : 03:20:35
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Totally
Elaine: Elaith, Danilo, Arilyn or Liriel. Enough said.
Lisa Smedman: Guilded Ruin (Bring on the dwarves) or Lady Penitent and even house of serpents.
Richard Baker: Bring on Jack Ravenwild and I would love to see a sequel to Blades of the Moonsea. That trilogy blew me away.
Jeleigh Johnson: Unbroken Chain sequel
Steven Schend: Black Staff Legacy
Mark Sehestedt: I second a Hand of Nenadwen sequel
Thomas M. Reid: Definitely an empyrean Odyssey sequel and I quite enjoyed his Scions of Arrabar.
Rosemary Jones: City of the dead sequel...thats not a novella and doesn't cost me more than a full length paperback.
You know I would read a sequel to Christopher Rowe's Sandstorm too. |
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jornan
Learned Scribe
Canada
256 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2013 : 03:21:22
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Totally
Elaine: Elaith, Danilo, Arilyn or Liriel. Enough said.
Lisa Smedman: Guilded Ruin (Bring on the dwarves) or Lady Penitent and even house of serpents.
Richard Baker: Bring on Jack Ravenwild and I would love to see a sequel to Blades of the Moonsea. That trilogy blew me away.
Jeleigh Johnson: Unbroken Chain sequel
Steven Schend: Black Staff Legacy
Mark Sehestedt: I second a Hand of Nenadwen sequel
Thomas M. Reid: Definitely an empyrean Odyssey sequel and I quite enjoyed his Scions of Arrabar.
Rosemary Jones: City of the dead sequel...thats not a novella and doesn't cost me more than a full length paperback.
You know I would read a sequel to Christopher Rowe's Sandstorm too. |
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
2708 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2013 : 03:40:10
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Sweet water and light laughter |
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Tanthalas
Senior Scribe
Portugal
508 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2013 : 20:26:06
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Authors that Jornan didn't mention but that I'd also like to see again writing for the realms:
Bruce R. Cordell: Though I was just ok with his Abolethic Sovereignty books, I really enjoyed his Sword of the Gods books and hope to see more of them.
Tim Pratt: Venom in her Veins was a great book. I'd really like to see more of the characters. |
Sir Markham pointed out, drinking another brandy. "A chap who can point at you and say 'die' has the distinct advantage". |
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jornan
Learned Scribe
Canada
256 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2013 : 23:09:07
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| You know, I considered putting Bruce Cordell on there and to be honest I've enjoyed quite a few of his books and Sword of the Gods was an unexpected surprise...However I can't reconcile the fact that I'm pretty sure he was instrumental in implementing the spellplague, the 100 year time jump and the "darker" turn of the realms with 4e. So I'm not sure how much I want someone who was part of the problem attempting to be part of the solution if you get what I mean. |
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Tanthalas
Senior Scribe
Portugal
508 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2013 : 03:15:44
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/shrug
Unlike most, the only problem I had with the Spellplague was the 100 years time jump.
One of my fears with The Sundering is that they'll toss out all the good stuff of 4e to fix something that really wasn't broken. All this to try and appease part of the fanbase that simply can't be appeased. I mean, I still see people complaining about Cyric for crying out loud. |
Sir Markham pointed out, drinking another brandy. "A chap who can point at you and say 'die' has the distinct advantage". |
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jornan
Learned Scribe
Canada
256 Posts |
Posted - 28 Sep 2013 : 04:20:14
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| Agreed on the time jump, and there were quite a few things I did enjoy about it....there was just too much of an overhaul. The FR have always been a place that could have many aspects of fantasy from High Fantasy to Dark fantasy to Horror Fantasy, whatever....but 4e just went too far the the dark and doing things like completely removing Maztica and replacing it with an entirely different world was stupid....it was like they created a new setting and instead of trying to sell that setting they just attached it on to the FR. The lame thing is is that Toril has room for more continents without removing any of the existing ones. |
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joeplummer
Acolyte
USA
5 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 11:29:46
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| have to agree the time jump was annoying mainly because it killed the chance of immediate sequels to some of my favorite trilogies, ie Counselors & Kings, and some of the stand alone novels, Shield of Weeping Ghosts, The Fighters, Sembia, I would love to read more about Talbot Uskevren |
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sagechan
Acolyte
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 19:11:46
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Richard Baker is writing the Sundering comic series Thieves of Calimport, so hopefully he'll get brought back in. I've said many times the Sundering is the most apt event for a short story collection. All the others mentioned above could have gotten involved that way.
4e Realms lost the feel and the time jump was more annoying than the Spellplague itself, but the novel side really was excellent. |
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jornan
Learned Scribe
Canada
256 Posts |
Posted - 03 Oct 2013 : 22:28:34
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| I have to agree, I could have dealt with the spellplague itself, the time jump was just soooo ill conceived. All it did was create a situation where authors had to get creative to figure out how to make their characters survive. It was funny who it was marketed as a "NEW" beginning but and more time was spent explaining the time jump and the changes in each book that the history became convoluted more than easily accessible. |
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CorellonsDevout
Great Reader
USA
2708 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2013 : 03:34:35
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| Aside from the time jump, the most annoying part of the Spellplague was the killing of some of the gods. |
Sweet water and light laughter |
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sagechan
Acolyte
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2013 : 05:35:52
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| I just finished reading Cutter, Bob's newest comic miniseries, I like what it sets up for this new book. |
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charger_ss24
Learned Scribe
USA
108 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2013 : 06:27:50
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Originally posted by sagechan
I just finished reading Cutter, Bob's newest comic miniseries, I like what it sets up for this new book.
I don't know if I'll ever read it...I would rather read a short story about Tos'un and Cutter rather than comics. |
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Seravin
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1304 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2013 : 17:02:39
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Originally posted by jornan
I have to agree, I could have dealt with the spellplague itself, the time jump was just soooo ill conceived. All it did was create a situation where authors had to get creative to figure out how to make their characters survive. It was funny who it was marketed as a "NEW" beginning but and more time was spent explaining the time jump and the changes in each book that the history became convoluted more than easily accessible.
So true about making the authors go through jumps and hurdles to explain how characters of the shorter lived races survived the time jump.
Easily the worst part of the Spellplague was the time jump.
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Garen Thal
Master of Realmslore
USA
1105 Posts |
Posted - 04 Oct 2013 : 17:07:17
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Originally posted by Seravin
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Originally posted by jornan
I have to agree, I could have dealt with the spellplague itself, the time jump was just soooo ill conceived. All it did was create a situation where authors had to get creative to figure out how to make their characters survive. It was funny who it was marketed as a "NEW" beginning but and more time was spent explaining the time jump and the changes in each book that the history became convoluted more than easily accessible.
So true about making the authors go through jumps and hurdles to explain how characters of the shorter lived races survived the time jump.
Easily the worst part of the Spellplague was the time jump.
If it's any consolation, most of that stuff is on the table now. The remaining Sundering novels either deal with post-jump characters (Erin's Farideh, and the new protagonists from The Reaver and The Sentinel), or characters that were nigh-immortal anyway (Elminster in The Herald). While we might see some clever re-introductions down the road, I don't know that most characters from before the jump that weren't expected to survive such a gap in time are going to make it back on stage any time soon, if ever. |
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jornan
Learned Scribe
Canada
256 Posts |
Posted - 05 Oct 2013 : 15:55:39
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| If WotC would open up the novel line to be written in any era of the Realms, the time jump could be solved without an author having to come up with a clever way around it. The characters could just be written about before or during the initial onslaught to the spellplague. |
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sagechan
Acolyte
USA
33 Posts |
Posted - 07 Oct 2013 : 00:48:19
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Originally posted by jornan
If WotC would open up the novel line to be written in any era of the Realms, the time jump could be solved without an author having to come up with a clever way around it. The characters could just be written about before or during the initial onslaught to the spellplague.
I understand why the don't, many good reasons. But agree that it would be nice to see something on occasion, and its been done before with Ed's Knights of Myth Drannor trilogy, Arcane Age, and to a lesser extent (since they contained then era appropriate parts) Cormyr and Evermeet. |
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Night of the Hunter....new Drizzt novel
