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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
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 Posted - 19 Aug 2004 : 16:31:56
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Originally posted by konzer
I have just over 90 books. Trying to convince a friend to sell me his full harper series.
In what condition and for how much? |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36797 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2004 : 16:51:55
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Originally posted by konzer
I have just over 90 books. Trying to convince a friend to sell me his full harper series.
I have the whole series, myself... A couple of the books aren't worth the effort of acquiring, but most are, at the least, pretty good. |
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 Aug 2004 : 17:30:21
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by konzer
I have just over 90 books. Trying to convince a friend to sell me his full harper series.
I have the whole series, myself... A couple of the books aren't worth the effort of acquiring, but most are, at the least, pretty good.
Which ones dont you think are worth the effort, Wooly? I have the complete collection and the only one I havent read is Finders Bane. Just curious as to which are your least favorite. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36797 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2004 : 18:01:59
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Originally posted by Lord Rad
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by konzer
I have just over 90 books. Trying to convince a friend to sell me his full harper series.
I have the whole series, myself... A couple of the books aren't worth the effort of acquiring, but most are, at the least, pretty good.
Which ones dont you think are worth the effort, Wooly? I have the complete collection and the only one I havent read is Finders Bane. Just curious as to which are your least favorite.
Soldiers of Ice, was, by far, my least fave of the group.
I didn't like Crypt of the Shadowking or Curse of the Shadowmage, either. Especially some of the characters' names... I seriously dislike repeated sounds in a first and last name. And no, that wasn't my only complaint, but it's the one that comes most readily to mind. I don't think I've read those books since they were published. |
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Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 19 Aug 2004 18:03:50 |
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 19 Aug 2004 : 19:08:01
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| I have a dog-eaten copy of Once Around the Realms, a copy of Errand of Mercy with its cover removed, and several pages I tore out of a friend's copy of Sojourn. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
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Posted - 19 Aug 2004 : 19:13:18
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Originally posted by Faraer
I have a dog-eaten copy of Once Around the Realms, a copy of Errand of Mercy with its cover removed, and several pages I tore out of a friend's copy of Sojourn.
Errand of Mercy? Aroo? What's that about and who wrote it?
Edit: Nevermind, it's Star Trek. :) |
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2004 : 19:21:40
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| Fourth Double Diamond Triangle Saga book. I forgot to mention my near-illegible photocopy of a proof copy of The Coral Kingdom, a few sentences copied out of Crown of Fire, and a beautiful new paperback of Come Endless Darkness. But that's all. |
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 19 Aug 2004 : 19:48:53
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Originally posted by Faraer
Fourth Double Diamond Triangle Saga book.
Ah right, well there is a Star Trek book by that name also. :) I had forgotten about those Double Diamond novelettes, and it's been many years since I even looked at them. |
For some of us, books are as important as almost anything else on earth. What a miracle it is that out of these small, flat, rigid squares of paper unfolds world after world, worlds that sing to you, comfort and quiet and excite you... Books are full of the things that you don't get in real life - wonderful, lyrical language, for instance, right off the bat. - Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Lina
Senior Scribe
Australia
469 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2004 : 08:00:15
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Add another 2 (got them yesterday) onto my collection.
Does anyone know is Ed's A Dragons Ascention is a stand alone novel or part of a series? |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 22 Aug 2004 : 16:24:44
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Maybe not, but no Realms novel collection is complete without Ed's excellent Aglirta books, which are more like the Realms (especially the early Realms, and places like the Border Kingdoms) than many a Realms-logoed novel.
The Kingless Land (2000)
The Vacant Throne (2001)
A Dragon's Ascension (2002)
The Dragon's Doom (2003)
The Silent House (2004) |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31726 Posts |
Posted - 23 Aug 2004 : 09:00:48
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That's an interesting point, Faraer.
I can definitely see the similarites and possibilities for connections between the Realms, and the Aglirta. I might start re-reading through my Border Kingdoms tome, in the hope of identifying any actual connections that may now be evident given the amount of time that has passed since the articles from Poly.
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 23 Aug 2004 : 15:34:44
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It's not that the Aglirta baronies correspond to specific border kingdoms, but the overall feel and setup in those books -- freewheeling adventure, constant surprises (rather than what are now Realms institutions), shifting and contested petty realms, mostly human foes with monsters as spice -- is similar to the early Realms campaigns and, perhaps, to the Realms of the first half of the 14th century DR.
Your Border Kingdoms tome, like my copy, is missing entries for P-Z, no? |
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DDH_101
Master of Realmslore
Canada
1272 Posts |
Posted - 23 Aug 2004 : 19:34:55
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I just added 3 FR books to my collection:
Evermeet
Forsaken House
The Rage |
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Moonharp
Acolyte
Canada
38 Posts |
Posted - 23 Aug 2004 : 20:05:27
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I remember reading the Band of Four some time ago, and now, when I look back at it through a hazy veil (I do not remember all that much, as the novels were not the most favorite of mine) there are many simillarities between Aglitra and the Realms. However, I think this is a simillarity in a good way, instead of just copying because of lack of ideas. Somehow Aglitra reminds me most of the Dales, but I am not sure why.
I have not read the latest volume... is it good, or at least a decent continuation of the previous four? Since its Ed, I guess it is...
One of the things I liked the most in those books was the cover art  .
As for my number of Realms books, I have very little, as it has been told to me since ever that buying books which you can get in the library is been a waste of money... a claim which I widely dissapprove of... I am making up for the my past lack... buying everything I find, even if it is mostly old tomes (hey, the writing is still the same)...
Perhaps when I win the lottery I will buy every single book, and in new version too... |
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Strahd Von Zarovich
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
135 Posts |
Posted - 23 Aug 2004 : 20:48:43
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Originally posted by Lord Rad
[brI have the whole series, myself... A couple of the books aren't worth the effort of acquiring, but most are, at the least, pretty good.
I would say that Escape from Undermountain has to be the worst FR book I have read so far. I was looking forward to reading this to get a taste for Skullport and Undermountain, but was very dissapointed.
I think Paul Kemp painted a much better picture in the novel Dawn of Night, in the Cale Trilogy.
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Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 23 Aug 2004 : 21:17:33
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Originally posted by Moonharp
I have not read the latest volume... is it good, or at least a decent continuation of the previous four? Since its Ed, I guess it is...
One of the things I liked the most in those books was the cover art .
The 5th book basically details the Silvertree family, as well as the creation of the Silent House, amongst other things. I'm only on the second family member that's detailed though since I reread the previous 4 before starting book 5. |
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Edited by - Kuje on 23 Aug 2004 21:19:03 |
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konzer
Acolyte
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Posted - 23 Aug 2004 : 21:41:21
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
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Originally posted by konzer
I have just over 90 books. Trying to convince a friend to sell me his full harper series.
In what condition and for how much?
They are all in pretty good shape. The price is the dispute. Even though I can get them cheap if I do a search, I feel like it would just save myself the headache and time.
I already own all of Elaine's book from the series, trying to get a hold of the others. Even if most of them are eh, or worse... My goal, just like a lot of others is own all the books in the FR series. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 24 Aug 2004 : 04:37:15
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Originally posted by Faraer
Your Border Kingdoms tome, like my copy, is missing entries for P-Z, no?
Yes, it is. A shame really, although Ed makes up for that lacking, in the other areas of the Realmslore...
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Edited by - The Sage on 24 Aug 2004 04:38:14 |
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