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Alaundo
Head Moderator
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SheriffJoe
Seeker
USA
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 Posted - 30 Jan 2006 : 22:39:20
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| So whatever happened to this? It still hasn't come out. Will it? :) |
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Murray Leeder
Forgotten Realms Author
Canada
228 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2006 : 23:34:19
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| My editor says yes. Soon, I hope! |
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Murray Leeder
Forgotten Realms Author
Canada
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Dhomal
Senior Scribe
USA
565 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jan 2006 : 07:48:50
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Hello-
Link not working ATM - hopefully it will get cleared up soon!
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I am collecting the D&D Minis. I would be more than willing to trade with people. You can send me a PM here with your email listed - and I can send you my minis list. Thanks!
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zauriel
Acolyte
Germany
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Dhomal
Senior Scribe
USA
565 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jan 2006 : 17:02:38
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Hello-
Thanks for the second link. It works fine. However - I dont see what the difference between the two is.....
Just a bit mystified I guess. :)
Dhomal |
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DragonReader
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USA
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Murray Leeder
Forgotten Realms Author
Canada
228 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jan 2006 : 23:29:09
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Great to see it up there at last!
I should note: the story takes place more than a millenium before Son of Thunder, but I think can be read both before or after it. It dramatizes some elements of the backstory, and I suppose it might make some of the developments in the novel less surprising to have read it first. I leave it to your discretion. |
Edited by - Murray Leeder on 01 Feb 2006 00:34:09 |
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PaulSKemp
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 01 Feb 2006 : 13:31:13
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Originally posted by Murray Leeder
Great to see it up there at last!
I should note: the story takes place more than a millenium before Son of Thunder, but I think can be read both before or after it. It dramatizes some elements of the backstory, and I suppose it might make some of the developments in the novel less surprising to have read it first. I leave it to your discretion.
I very much enjoyed the story, Murray. Well done!
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
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Posted - 01 Feb 2006 : 13:42:54
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Originally posted by PaulSKemp
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Originally posted by Murray Leeder
Great to see it up there at last!
I should note: the story takes place more than a millenium before Son of Thunder, but I think can be read both before or after it. It dramatizes some elements of the backstory, and I suppose it might make some of the developments in the novel less surprising to have read it first. I leave it to your discretion.
I very much enjoyed the story, Murray. Well done!
Paul
I agree, very nice story.
I would suggest reading the novel first. From my perspective, it would be better to have the main surprises unfold slowly in the novel than quickly in the short story.
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DragonReader
Senior Scribe
USA
371 Posts |
Posted - 01 Feb 2006 : 16:14:32
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| Excellent little tale! I enjoyed it very much. |
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Dhomal
Senior Scribe
USA
565 Posts |
Posted - 01 Feb 2006 : 16:55:08
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Hello-
Nice work. :)
I noticed that it was not all that long after printing it out - and decided to stay up a few extra minutes and read it last night.
What I found most striking however - was the last line. Is that meant metaphorically - or did he raelly beleive Divinity? I could beleive Divinity - as he had just felt touched by Tempus - it could be Tempus infusing him at that point. Kinda makes you wonder if Uthgar was originally, even if for not too long, a Deity underneath Tempus - much like Mystra and Savras.
So - when is the next novel due out? 
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I am collecting the D&D Minis. I would be more than willing to trade with people. You can send me a PM here with your email listed - and I can send you my minis list. Thanks!
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Murray Leeder
Forgotten Realms Author
Canada
228 Posts |
Posted - 01 Feb 2006 : 17:11:56
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Thanks you guys! I'd tend to agree with Eric, that it would be better to read it after the novel.
Dhomal, those are good questions and I don't really have an answer. I hoped the ending would raise such questions. It seems to me quite likely that Tempus earmarked Uthgar for ascension long before it actually happened, though.
I had also hoped that the ending of "The Bones of the Beast" would serve as a counterpoint to the very ending of Son of Thunder, both representing a kind of death/apotheosis dynamic, though very differently.
Next novel? None on the slate, I fear. Got some short fiction coming out soon though, I'll be sure to let you know. |
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DragonReader
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 01 Feb 2006 : 18:58:41
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Originally posted by Murray Leeder
It seems to me quite likely that Tempus earmarked Uthgar for ascension long before it actually happened, though.
That is kind of what I was thinking.
Any chance you will revisit Uthgar (the mortal incarnation) anytime? |
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Murray Leeder
Forgotten Realms Author
Canada
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Posted - 01 Feb 2006 : 19:33:31
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| It might be fun, but there are no current plans. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 10 Feb 2006 : 06:32:11
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I'm looking forward to this novel hitting my shores and I'm (just barely) resisting the temptation to read the short story: I always listen to Eric (Black Logan) Boyd - he's not one to be trifled with! 
Can't wait to see what you did to our buddy Uther/Uthgar. I did after all date his apotheosis!
-- George Krashos
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Murray Leeder
Forgotten Realms Author
Canada
228 Posts |
Posted - 10 Feb 2006 : 17:25:33
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| So I take it Son of Thunder's not yet been released in Australia? Do you know when it will be out? I await your reactions in any event. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 10 Feb 2006 : 21:43:04
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I just managed to read this story today. I got a serious Beowulf vibe.
Now I've GOTTA pick up Son of Thunder.
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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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Murray Leeder
Forgotten Realms Author
Canada
228 Posts |
Posted - 10 Feb 2006 : 22:01:34
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| Thanks, Erik. Beowulf is a good comparison. You know, I never told you how much I enjoyed Ghostwalker -- this is as good a time as any. It has a wild verve all its own while still having all the hallmarks of classic Realms. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 11 Feb 2006 : 18:15:15
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Why thank you, Murray! I'm glad you enjoyed. 
I'm getting the sense that the Fighters-Four is going really, really well.
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" |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 28 Jan 2020 : 12:14:06
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Sorry for the threadomancy. Does anyone have a copy of the "Character Profile: Kellin Lyme" piece that Murray wrote?
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Demzer
Senior Scribe
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
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Gary Dallison
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Demzer
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 28 Jan 2020 : 22:22:07
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Originally posted by Demzer
This one seems to work for me:
https://web.archive.org/web/20060624093304/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/fr/sonthundercp
Let me know if you want me to copy-paste the text on a doc file or something
Sorry, I'm an internet moron. All I get is the wayback page - not the article.
-- George Krashos
If you copy the entire line it should work.
Anyway I had your email address since you sent me a copy of the Zulkirs of Thay article awhile back so I've emailed you a doc file with the copy-paste.
Sent you a pm with my email address so you know it's not spam. |
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Murray Leeder
Forgotten Realms Author
Canada
228 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jan 2020 : 14:14:28
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Thanks for the interest! I can't do better than that waybackmachine link.
For some back ground, at the time there was a sort of trend of authors writing (for free, I might add) these web enhancement items so I figured I'd contribute one. In retrospect Kellin was probably a dull choice, but I had an affinity for the character (the academic, heh) and it allowed me to fill in her backstory a bit.
I wrote "Bones of the Beast" with the notion that it might land in Dragon Magazine. Not to be. Looking back, I wonder if it might have been better to fit into the novel itself as a prologue or something. Oh well. |
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
Australia
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Posted - 30 Jan 2020 : 00:21:45
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Hi Murray! I love "Bones of the Beast". Great read, super-respectful of the Realms and the source material and creating fallow ground to add more stuff ... as Eric Boyd and I might be doing at the moment. Cheers.
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"Because only we, contrary to the barbarians, never count the enemy in battle." -- Aeschylus |
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Murray Leeder
Forgotten Realms Author
Canada
228 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jan 2020 : 16:44:30
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| Thanks! I'm pretty sure I actually wrote "Bones of the Beast" before starting on Son of Thunder. If I had ever done a sequel, I would've liked to take Vell and Kellin to Ruathym to learn more about Uthgar's mortal life. |
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Son of Thunder: "The Bones of the Beast"
