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Bellua Aeneus Lacerta
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 22 Mar 2004 : 19:08:05
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Thanks for the more than personalized edition of "Homeland".
...and the cover is the best one yet
---Scimitars High!
--Aeneus
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 22 Mar 2004 : 20:00:05
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<insert envious smiley here> 
Sounds great Bellua (long time no see, by the way)
So whats the novel presentation like? I had asked to its format a couple of days ago. How are the annotations presented? |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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Bellua Aeneus Lacerta
Senior Scribe
USA
428 Posts |
Posted - 22 Mar 2004 : 23:16:36
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*from the cover*
--With an exclusive interview of the author, and an introduction by Ed G.,...etc--
No annotations that I've found,  |
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2004 : 08:33:50
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Originally posted by Bellua Aeneus Lacerta
*from the cover*
--With an exclusive interview of the author, and an introduction by Ed G.,...etc--
No annotations that I've found,
 Surely not!? This doesnt sound good at all!!! I was expecting a LOT from this release, maybe this will be one product with an FR logo that I wont be buying after all..... i have 3 copies of Homeland as it is! |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23 Mar 2004 : 08:43:10
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Originally posted by Rad
Surely not!? This doesnt sound good at all!!! I was expecting a LOT from this release, maybe this will be one product with an FR logo that I wont be buying after all..... i have 3 copies of Homeland as it is!
Well met
Now now, Rad. Realmslore is Realmslore, remember |
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fanatic
Acolyte
Austria
34 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2004 : 13:12:27
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so what is it that should make us buy the new edition of "homeland"?
arenīt there any commands in which r.a. explains how he got to letting his chars do what tehy do?
i tought: "Each title features annotations by the author......"
so whatīs new about that version?????? |
even fantasy has itīs limits
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 24 Mar 2004 : 15:21:51
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Originally posted by fanatic
so what is it that should make us buy the new edition of "homeland"?
arenīt there any commands in which r.a. explains how he got to letting his chars do what tehy do?
i tought: "Each title features annotations by the author......"
so whatīs new about that version??????
I think we've been led up the garden path with this one. Im not happy about this at all, The Dark Elf Trilogy was a great series and I was looking forward to quite a bit of extra background and information on RAS's writing within these versions  |
Lord Rad
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 26 Mar 2004 : 09:46:52
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This is indeed disturbing...
I was just looking over my copy of the personalised edition of "Homeland", and was disappointed by the lack of actual "personalised" background information.
As a collector, I will most likely purchase the other novels in the trilogy, but my excitement for these items has now dropped dramatically...
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2004 : 10:10:23
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Originally posted by The Sage
This is indeed disturbing...
I was just looking over my copy of the personalised edition of "Homeland", and was disappointed by the lack of actual "personalised" background information.
As a collector, I will most likely purchase the other novels in the trilogy, but my excitement for these items has now dropped dramatically...
Not quite on the same level and quality of the annotated DL novels you mentioned previously then Sage?
I think WotC must have initially set out with the intentions of producing the same format as the DL novels but RAS's schedule may have not allowed it. I suggest we quiz RAS on this issue over on his personal thread upon his return  It just doesnt add up to expectations. |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31777 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2004 : 12:18:18
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I'm not entirely sure on the exact details Rad, but if I remember correctly, Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis were approached 'especially' to craft their own notes and annotations for the 'Collector's Editions' of Chronicles and Legends. From what I can gather, if WotC had not approached the two authors, the DL Annotated novels would have come off the publisher's line in much the same way, and looked much like this new Homeland reprint...
Perhaps WotC did not make the same effort of asking RAS to include some nice 'fancy' extras for this series of reprints...
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 26 Mar 2004 : 14:11:43
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So what is in the novel then Sage? Other than the actual story itself, what other sections are contained within?
Although being a huge Realms collector, im thinking of giving these new reprints a miss....please try and talk me round!  |
Lord Rad
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Cool, cool, cool, and most excellent R.A.S.
