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koz
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USA
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 Posted - 05 Apr 2007 : 08:00:40
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| I just finished Promise of the Witch-King. While not up to my expectations as far as Salvatore's work, I did find it to be a very enjoyable read. A lot of new subplots and characterization were added to both main characters, especially Entreri. It was a big departure from what I have come to expect from Mr. Salvatore but well done. The new characters were well fleshed out and the lead in to Road of the Patriarch was very well done. Looking forward to see where this ends up. Next up is Soldiers of Ice. |
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initiate
Learned Scribe
Canada
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Posted - 06 Apr 2007 : 17:25:56
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Aye, Promise of the Witch King is an interesting beast. Definitely something of a departure for Salvatore. Just last eve I at last received my copy of Depths of Madness, and I shall start the novel later today. I hope to join the book club discussions with my impressions today as well, but the best laid plans oft do go astray, and I cannot predict what horrors might beset me once I venture in to the very bowels of insanity!
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yargarth
Seeker
USA
58 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2007 : 07:55:40
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| I have all of Salvatores stuff, Year of the dragons I-III, and almost done w/ elminster series. |
"You take a step, then another. That's the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey at all, it's a remaking of your own mind."
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Mazrim_Taim
Learned Scribe
341 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2007 : 19:15:45
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| Once I am done with my current fantasy series, I'm going to attempt to get caught up by reading those Realms books that I've purchased recently. Mainly the rest of the Wizards series, but also the Waterdeep novel and Evermeet. The latter two being books I've heard great things about. |
And if the PCs DO win their ways through all the liches to Larloch, “he” will almost certainly be just another lich (loaded with explosive spells) set up as a decoy, with dozens of hidden liches waiting to pounce on any surviving PCs who ‘celebrate’ after they take Larloch down. As the REAL Larloch watches (magical scrying) from afar. Myself, as DM, I’d be wondering: “Such a glorious game, so many opportunities laid out before your PCs to devote your time to, and THIS fixation is the best you can come up with? Are you SURE you’re adventurers?” -Ed Greenwood
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36968 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2007 : 20:24:37
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| I'm working my way thru the Sembia series, right now. I'm partway thru Black Wolf. |
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laethyn
Acolyte
USA
30 Posts |
Posted - 07 Apr 2007 : 21:17:43
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| I'm so far behind it's ridiculous. I'm currently caught up with everything to the release of the final novel in Thomas M Reids Scions of Arrabar. Everything since then ... I've just been to broke, and have had to little time. |
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koz
Seeker
USA
68 Posts |
Posted - 10 Apr 2007 : 04:40:26
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| I finished Soldiers of Ice last night. While not great I thought it was an ok read. It seemed quite rushed at the end though. It was interesting to see the "villains" take on events for a change. |
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Kyrene
Senior Scribe
South Africa
765 Posts |
Posted - 12 Apr 2007 : 14:56:23
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| Finished Mistress of the Night. Like The Yellow Silk a very good, solid and enjoyable read. I wish Don Bassingwaithe would write more FR novels. I just started with a FR novel hearking back to 1987... Did ffolks even have game rules back then? |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36968 Posts |
Posted - 12 Apr 2007 : 16:40:43
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I didn't realize how many Realms novels there were, until I just cataloged all mine... I've got 174, not including the hardcovers I've yet to catalog!  |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 13 Apr 2007 : 07:11:20
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Originally posted by Kyrene
Finished Mistress of the Night. Like The Yellow Silk a very good, solid and enjoyable read. I wish Don Bassingwaithe would write more FR novels. I just started with a FR novel hearking back to 1987... Did ffolks even have game rules back then?
Working from memory here, but as I recollect; The first Forgotten Realms campaign setting was published in '87. The novel Darkwalker on Moonshae was published earlier the same year and was the first item published to bare the Forgotten Realms logo. Until then the Realms had been limited to the pages of Dragon. |
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Lady Kazandra
Senior Scribe
Australia
921 Posts |
Posted - 14 Apr 2007 : 14:33:55
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I didn't realize how many Realms novels there were, until I just cataloged all mine... I've got 174, not including the hardcovers I've yet to catalog!
Which is something the Sage and I really need to get around to doing. When I went looking for a few older Realms novels the other day . . . I noticed they were piled together with several MechWarrior: Dark Age and Dragonlance novels. 
We need to order our books a little better I think.
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laethyn
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 14 Apr 2007 : 15:04:14
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I believe that's correct. Seems to me I recall the first 3 products were in the following order:
1. Darkwalker on Moonshae (Absolutely fantastic novel (and trilogy!))
2. FRCS
3. The Crystal Shard
But, I may have been struck by a feeblemind spell, and not recall things correctly. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36968 Posts |
Posted - 14 Apr 2007 : 16:15:44
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Originally posted by Lady Kazandra
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
I didn't realize how many Realms novels there were, until I just cataloged all mine... I've got 174, not including the hardcovers I've yet to catalog!
Which is something the Sage and I really need to get around to doing. When I went looking for a few older Realms novels the other day . . . I noticed they were piled together with several MechWarrior: Dark Age and Dragonlance novels.
We need to order our books a little better I think.
Dragginglance I can forgive, but MW:DA? Wow, I don't know if anyone can forgive that...  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Dusk
Acolyte
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Posted - 15 Apr 2007 : 07:40:57
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| with the newest one i just picked up i should have all 190 books curently out, and having read around 140 and some of the stuff in dragon |
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 15 Apr 2007 : 20:35:13
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Originally posted by laethyn
Seems to me I recall the first 3 products were in the following order:
It goes Darkwalker on Moonshae, Forgotten Realms Campaign Set; then FR1 Waterdeep and the North, FR2 Moonshae, and N5 Under Illefarn in some order; then the 1988 products, including the novels The Crystal Shard, Black Wizards, and Spellfire. |
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Dusk
Acolyte
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Posted - 16 Apr 2007 : 00:00:57
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| Treasure Hunt came first and was set around the moonshaes(came out in 86) |
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green knight
Seeker
USA
50 Posts |
Posted - 18 Apr 2007 : 02:46:25
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thanks to the wonders of paperbackswap.com I now am missing only one book (Baldurs Gate two: throne of Bhaal) to have a complete collection. I still need to upgrade about six or seven to hardcovers from paperbacks also.
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Abulon
Acolyte
Canada
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Posted - 04 May 2007 : 21:08:05
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I’ve finished Cormyr (Cormyr saga book 1), great book. Currently reading Realms of Valor and enjoy it pretty much so far. Next will be (in order)
The city of Ravens (The Cities series),
Beyond the High Road (Comyr saga book 2)
Death of the Dragon (Cormyr saga book 3)
Temple Hill (The Cities series)
Prince of Lie
The Ring of winter
The Moonshae Trilogy
Shadowbred (The Twilight War, Book 1)
I think it’s a pretty good line up for the next weeks!
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36968 Posts |
Posted - 04 May 2007 : 21:59:58
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| The Sembia series has gotten a lot of hype... But so far, I've not found the books to be terribly impressive. I'm nearing the end of Sands of the Soul, but I've temporarily put it aside for a library book that finally came in yesterday. |
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Mazrim_Taim
Learned Scribe
341 Posts |
Posted - 05 May 2007 : 00:37:32
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I just finished City of Splendors and now am into Unclean.
The former was excellent, and the latter is shaping up to be pretty good as well. |
And if the PCs DO win their ways through all the liches to Larloch, “he” will almost certainly be just another lich (loaded with explosive spells) set up as a decoy, with dozens of hidden liches waiting to pounce on any surviving PCs who ‘celebrate’ after they take Larloch down. As the REAL Larloch watches (magical scrying) from afar. Myself, as DM, I’d be wondering: “Such a glorious game, so many opportunities laid out before your PCs to devote your time to, and THIS fixation is the best you can come up with? Are you SURE you’re adventurers?” -Ed Greenwood
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 06 May 2007 : 23:31:41
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
The Sembia series has gotten a lot of hype... But so far, I've not found the books to be terribly impressive. I'm nearing the end of Sands of the Soul, but I've temporarily put it aside for a library book that finally came in yesterday.
I did not care for that book myself. Most of Tazi's novel didn't even take place in Sembia. Also, having a character like Tazi is a great chance to have a novel all about a rogue skulking around the seedier parts of the city at night, but we never got that novel either. |
"Instead of asking why we sleep, it might make sense to ask why we wake. Perchance we live to dream. From that perspective, the sea of troubles we navigate in the workaday world might be the price we pay for admission to another night in the world of dreams."
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Kyrene
Senior Scribe
South Africa
765 Posts |
Posted - 07 May 2007 : 08:37:56
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Originally posted by Kyrene
Finished Mistress of the Night. Like The Yellow Silk a very good, solid and enjoyable read. I wish Don Bassingwaithe would write more FR novels. I just started with a FR novel hearking back to 1987... Did ffolks even have game rules back then?
Well, I got about ¼ into Darkwalker on Moonshae, but had to put it down due to a bad case of 'campiness'. It is really starting to show its age, more so since large parts of the Realms have since then been fleshed out. My wife -- who has absolutely zero Realms knowledge, but generally impeccable taste -- enjoyed it immensely, so it just goes to show that it is a good novel. I'll probably finish it at a later stage, since I tend to finish a book once I start it, even if I don't like it -- folks will remember what I thought of Blackstaff. I doubt very much that I'll get the other two books in the trilogy though -- if they're even in print still. |
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Victor_ograygor
Master of Realmslore
Denmark
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 07 May 2007 : 18:10:38
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Queen of the Depths - It's got pirates! And dragon turtles!
Year of the Rogue Dragons trilogy - It's got ...dragons!
The Black Bouquet - It's got thieves, a ranger, and a really nasty Sharran monk! |
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J D Dunsany
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
180 Posts |
Posted - 08 May 2007 : 16:29:44
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
The Sembia series has gotten a lot of hype... But so far, I've not found the books to be terribly impressive. I'm nearing the end of Sands of the Soul, but I've temporarily put it aside for a library book that finally came in yesterday.
I did not care for that book myself. Most of Tazi's novel didn't even take place in Sembia. Also, having a character like Tazi is a great chance to have a novel all about a rogue skulking around the seedier parts of the city at night, but we never got that novel either.
I'm gonna dissent away here, if that's okay. I thought that 'Sands of the Soul' was an intriguing novel with the main characters being well-drawn and memorable - particularly Tazi's love interest - who is so well-drawn I can't even remember his name!  The ending, in particular, was terrifically impressive and I was rather annoyed that they didn't follow it up in 'The Crimson Gold' which, although fun (and I love Thay - I mean, I wouldn't want to live there, but... well, you know what I mean), doesn't strike me as quite as involving a book as 'SotS'.
That said, Rinonalyrna (look, I'll be honest with you, I've resisted the temptation to shorten your name to 'Rino' so many times on this board, but it is gonna happen one day, trust me  ), I know what you mean about Tazi's non-thief like moments in the book. (She does a lot of ranger-like trekking for a start.) But, I think that's the point - she's embarking on a journey of discovery that takes her away from her familiar environs and the kind of thing she would normally do there. I do seem to remember she does a bit of sneaking around, though, doesn't she? (I don't know, it's been a while since I read this book and the memory plays tricks...)
And, wooly, my friend, are you honestly telling me that you read 'Black Wolf' and were not utterly blown away?!?!?!? I'm sorry, but that is one of the most mature and well-crafted FR novels I have ever read. Loved it. ('Heirs of Prophecy' and 'Shadow's Witness' are a bit weaker, I'll grant you.)
Best!
JDD
PS: Rinonalyrna, I'm just messing about. Your name's too lovely to shorten in such a vulgar manner. |
"How content that young woman looks, don't you think? How content, and yet how flammable." - Lemony Snicket, The Unauthorized Autobiography |
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Ergdusch
Master of Realmslore
Germany
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Posted - 09 May 2007 : 13:29:07
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Ladies and Gents!
Its been a while since my last post. Be it as it may - I use this post to say "Hello" to all those that remember me and will drop a line to my current Fr novel explorations.
Done with the Last Mythal series. There are interisting parts in it but overall it was not quite the read I expected.
Done with the Anthology of the Last Mythal - Realms of the elves. Loved the irst stories and the last. However, unfortunatelly thestory by Ed was not quite the breathtaker.
So nowI await my birthday with new books to read - I believe to get Blackstaff. As it always will be - I am way behind reading! No surprise to me!!!
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J D Dunsany
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
180 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2007 : 11:27:56
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
The Sembia series has gotten a lot of hype... But so far, I've not found the books to be terribly impressive. I'm nearing the end of Sands of the Soul, but I've temporarily put it aside for a library book that finally came in yesterday.
I did not care for that book myself. Most of Tazi's novel didn't even take place in Sembia. Also, having a character like Tazi is a great chance to have a novel all about a rogue skulking around the seedier parts of the city at night, but we never got that novel either.
Well you get plenty of that in 'Shadow's Witness', iirc...
With a long series like 'Sembia' with what is essentially an ensemble cast of recurring characters, the challenge is to keep things fresh - there are already too many evil wizard types as antagonists in the series, for example.
Best!
JDD
*thinks "Should have just edited my previous post..." * |
"How content that young woman looks, don't you think? How content, and yet how flammable." - Lemony Snicket, The Unauthorized Autobiography |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36968 Posts |
Posted - 13 May 2007 : 12:09:52
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So far, I continue to find the Sembia books underwhelming... Not bad, but not great, either. I'm enjoying them more than the WotSQ books, but that's really not saying much. 
I know both of those series are really popular with many readers, but I simply can't see why.
I'm on the last book of the Sembia series, but I set it aside for the Best of Elaine, which I found at the store yesterday. I'm thoroughly enjoying that one -- I've read over half of it, thus far. I've noted several minor changes in the older tales, like tweaks to dialogue and such. |
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J D Dunsany
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13 May 2007 : 13:58:26
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
So far, I continue to find the Sembia books underwhelming... Not bad, but not great, either. I'm enjoying them more than the WotSQ books, but that's really not saying much.
I know both of those series are really popular with many readers, but I simply can't see why.
I'm on the last book of the Sembia series, but I set it aside for the Best of Elaine, which I found at the store yesterday. I'm thoroughly enjoying that one -- I've read over half of it, thus far. I've noted several minor changes in the older tales, like tweaks to dialogue and such.
Well, the last one didn't really work for me at all, to be honest, so I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't like it.
As for me, 'Lady of Poison' is proving to be... well, interesting, rather than gripping or exciting. But 'interesting' is okay... |
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How up to date are you with reading FR novels?
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