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skychrome
Senior Scribe
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 Posted - 15 Sep 2010 : 16:48:57
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Don't know if these here have already been posted (?):
Elminster Ascending: Sage of Shadowdale / November 2, 2010
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Sword of the Gods: Forgotten Realms: The Abyssal Plague / Bruce Cordell / April 5, 2011
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"You make an intriguing offer, one that is very tempting. It would seem that I have little alternative than to answer thusly: DISINTEGRATE!" Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick 625 |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 18 Sep 2010 : 00:03:24
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Originally posted by skychrome
Don't know if these here have already been posted (?):
Sword of the Gods: Forgotten Realms: The Abyssal Plague / Bruce Cordell / April 5, 2011
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I enjoyed his Plague of Spells. So I might read this as well.
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 21 Sep 2010 : 22:29:53
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Originally posted by dennis
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Originally posted by skychrome
Don't know if these here have already been posted (?):
Sword of the Gods: Forgotten Realms: The Abyssal Plague / Bruce Cordell / April 5, 2011
HERE
I enjoyed his Plague of Spells. So I might read this as well.
I have that one unread on the shelf. Saw it starts in Starmantle... guess I should really start reading it! |
"You make an intriguing offer, one that is very tempting. It would seem that I have little alternative than to answer thusly: DISINTEGRATE!" Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick 625 |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 29 Nov 2010 : 14:30:15
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Originally posted by skychrome
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
Dawnbringer a Forgotten Realms Novel, May 3rd 2011.
By Samantha Henderson
Hmmmm....
Amazon:Reading level: Young Adult
Seems that this is not precisely focused on CKs age average.
'Tis WotC's way of 'going with the flow.' So many YA novels these days focus on angels and vampires that they've become like mosquitoes in a swamp. |
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Tarrok of Halruaa
Acolyte
United Kingdom
37 Posts |
Posted - 13 Feb 2011 : 17:24:05
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I thought that as no-one else has updated this topic for a while I'd summarise the release schedule for 2011 so far:
March - Sandstorm - Christopher Rowe
April - Sword of the Gods - Bruce R. Cordell - The Abyssal Plague
May - Dawnbringer - Samantha Henderson
June - The Spectral Blaze - Richard Lee Byers - Brotherhood of the Griffon 3
July - The Darker Road - Jaleigh Johnson - Unbroken Chain
August - Bury Elminster Deep - Ed Greenwood - The Sage of Shadowdale 2
September - Shadowbane - Erik Scott De Bie
October - Neverwinter Wood - RA Salvatore - Neverwinter 2
November - Cry of the Ghost Wolves - Mark Sehestedt - Chosen of Nendawen 3
November - Brimstone Angels - Erin M Evans - Neverwinter Nights 1 |
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ErinMEvans
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
294 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2011 : 06:56:34
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This is likely a very late comment, but:
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
Dawnbringer a Forgotten Realms Novel, May 3rd 2011.
By Samantha Henderson
Hmmmm....
Amazon:Reading level: Young Adult
Seems that this is not precisely focused on CKs age average.
That YA stamps shows up on most Realms books, depending on who's selling it. It's the seller's call, not the publisher's, weird as that sounds. I know The God Catcher was listed as YA in many places, despite the fact that it has no teenagers, vampires, or angels. :)
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 21 Feb 2011 : 16:46:19
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Originally posted by ErinMEvans
This is likely a very late comment, but:
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
Dawnbringer a Forgotten Realms Novel, May 3rd 2011.
By Samantha Henderson
Hmmmm....
Amazon:Reading level: Young Adult
Seems that this is not precisely focused on CKs age average.
That YA stamps shows up on most Realms books, depending on who's selling it. It's the seller's call, not the publisher's, weird as that sounds. I know The God Catcher was listed as YA in many places, despite the fact that it has no teenagers, vampires, or angels. :)
Not late at all! Good too see you here Erin...hopefully we will see more of you in these halls?
P.S. Loved The God Catcher! |
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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ErinMEvans
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 22 Feb 2011 : 03:00:25
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Not late at all! Good too see you here Erin...hopefully we will see more of you in these halls?
With Brimstone Angels coming up, it does seem more likely. Glad you enjoyed The God Catcher! |
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Elsenrail
Seeker
Poland
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jun 2011 : 22:39:37
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Aerial skyships? Are they Halruaan spoils the witches somehow managed to salvage? |
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Tyrant
Senior Scribe
USA
586 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 00:25:58
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| Another new book has turned up on Amazon. Venom in Her Veins by Tim Pratt. The Amazon page features a longer description but the basics are that it features a Yuan Ti pureblood who is mistaken for a human child and adopted by a human family. It sounds like things are okay until she realizes that she isn't human. I've wanted to see more of the Yuan Ti since I read the House of Serpents trilogy so I will be looking into this one. |
Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me.
-The Sith Code
Teenage Sith zombies, Tulkh thought-how in the moons of Bogden had it all started? Every so often, the universe must just get bored and decide to really cut loose. -Star Wars: Red Harvest |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 02:15:26
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Originally posted by Tyrant
Another new book has turned up on Amazon. Venom in Her Veins by Tim Pratt. The Amazon page features a longer description but the basics are that it features a Yuan Ti pureblood who is mistaken for a human child and adopted by a human family. It sounds like things are okay until she realizes that she isn't human. I've wanted to see more of the Yuan Ti since I read the House of Serpents trilogy so I will be looking into this one.
Neat.
I'm not familiar with Pratt's work, but yuan-ti are among my favourite of the various scaly-folk. So I'll be looking forward to this. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 16 Jun 2011 : 04:09:11
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I'm not sure. I was never fond of the scaly folks. So probably I will pass---unless some other interesting tidbits come along. |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
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Posted - 20 Jun 2011 : 07:57:56
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| It's interesting by the description so i will wait to see it ... |
BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 20 Jun 2011 : 08:05:25
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Originally posted by skychrome
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Originally posted by The Red Walker
Dawnbringer a Forgotten Realms Novel, May 3rd 2011.
By Samantha Henderson
Hmmmm....
Amazon:Reading level: Young Adult
Seems that this is not precisely focused on CKs age average.
I also do not like this Young Adult Reading level on the FR books .... |
BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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Cronje
Seeker
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Posted - 20 Jun 2011 : 13:10:03
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| Young Adult Reading is fine with me. There are novels for the younger readers (the Netheril Trilogy, The Stowaway...) and more adult novels, such as Ed Greenwood's or R.A. Salvatore's. It's good that Wizards is trying to appeal to more readers, because more readers will give them us more fans. |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 21 Jun 2011 : 06:00:09
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All FR novels in amazon.com are MIS-labelled with YA reading level. |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
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Posted - 21 Jun 2011 : 08:18:28
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Originally posted by Dennis
All FR novels in amazon.com are MIS-labelled with YA reading level.
Which are these that are mis-labelled ???
Because there are and novels which are not labelled as YA and others that have the label reading level YA... |
BARDOBARBAROS DOES NOT KILL.
HE DECAPITATES!!!
"The city changes, but the fools within it remain always the same" (Edwin Odesseiron- Baldur's gate 2) |
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 21 Jun 2011 : 08:55:12
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Counselors and Kings, Haunted Lands, Brotherhood of the Griffon, Twilight War, Return of the Archwizards, all the Realms of X anthologies, The Abolethic Sovereignty... In short, ALL. |
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Tyrant
Senior Scribe
USA
586 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 05:23:12
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My Amazon searching has turned up an interesting entry. A new book by Bruce Cordell, called Spinner of Lies. It appears to be a sequel to Sword of the Gods. Here is the description, which has a very interesting second paragraph:
"Demascus is once again chasing memories of his past lives, as he and Riltana follow the trail of paintings that possess slivers of Oghma God of Knowledge’s power. But Madri, returned as an ethereal mass, is also on the hunt, and she has dark secrets of her own. Nothing is as it seems and Demascus must decide for himself where his allegiance lies. Right after his momentous rematch with archrival Kalkan!
Spinner of Lies kicks off the 2012 Schemes of the Spider Queen Encounters season with unforeseeable events that will have bold, sweeping ramifications across the Underdark."
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Peace is a lie, there is only passion. Through passion, I gain strength. Through strength, I gain power. Through power, I gain victory. Through victory, my chains are broken. The Force shall free me.
-The Sith Code
Teenage Sith zombies, Tulkh thought-how in the moons of Bogden had it all started? Every so often, the universe must just get bored and decide to really cut loose. -Star Wars: Red Harvest |
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Neo2151
Learned Scribe
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 12:12:43
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Originally posted by Dennis
All FR novels in amazon.com are MIS-labelled with YA reading level.
To be totally fair, how do you mean "mis-labeled?" 
What I mean to say is that, in my experience with the Realms (which, up until the time jump for 4th Edition, was about 15 books shy of all of them!) there were only a handful of "Adult" themed stories and/or novels.
I'll go ahead and say Greenwood is about the only author who really does any adult writing for the Realms, and by the standards of an "adult" tag, he's usually pretty tame about it (sure, there were a couple really dark stories that Salvatore gave us about Wulfgar, but those only lasted for a few books.) Any sexual themes (at all!) are done by Greenwood and pretty much nobody else, and all the violence is very PG to PG13 at worst.
So, take this with a grain of salt if you want, or call me jaded (and believe me, I am!) but if I want "adult themed fantasy" I'm not coming to the Forgotten Realms to get it. I'll be in Westeros or Hyboria.  |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 13:04:21
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Originally posted by Neo2151
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Originally posted by Dennis
All FR novels in amazon.com are MIS-labelled with YA reading level.
To be totally fair, how do you mean "mis-labeled?"
What I mean to say is that, in my experience with the Realms (which, up until the time jump for 4th Edition, was about 15 books shy of all of them!) there were only a handful of "Adult" themed stories and/or novels.
I'll go ahead and say Greenwood is about the only author who really does any adult writing for the Realms, and by the standards of an "adult" tag, he's usually pretty tame about it (sure, there were a couple really dark stories that Salvatore gave us about Wulfgar, but those only lasted for a few books.) Any sexual themes (at all!) are done by Greenwood and pretty much nobody else, and all the violence is very PG to PG13 at worst.
So, take this with a grain of salt if you want, or call me jaded (and believe me, I am!) but if I want "adult themed fantasy" I'm not coming to the Forgotten Realms to get it. I'll be in Westeros or Hyboria.
There's a difference between something being adult or not, and young adult. Young adult often implies teenaged readers, while saying something is adult often implies not only a mature audience, but one that is willing to read about sex and/or dark themes. There is a middle ground, and that's where most FR fiction falls. |
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Neo2151
Learned Scribe
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 13:30:40
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
There's a difference between something being adult or not, and young adult. Young adult often implies teenaged readers, while saying something is adult often implies not only a mature audience, but one that is willing to read about sex and/or dark themes. There is a middle ground, and that's where most FR fiction falls.
What's the official categorization for such a group? Because for the life of me, I wasn't aware there was an official age group between "Young Adult" and "Adult" 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young-adult_fiction
My point was that FR very easily falls under a Young Adult tag, and was simply pointing that out. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
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Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 14:57:40
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Originally posted by Neo2151
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
There's a difference between something being adult or not, and young adult. Young adult often implies teenaged readers, while saying something is adult often implies not only a mature audience, but one that is willing to read about sex and/or dark themes. There is a middle ground, and that's where most FR fiction falls.
What's the official categorization for such a group? Because for the life of me, I wasn't aware there was an official age group between "Young Adult" and "Adult"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young-adult_fiction
My point was that FR very easily falls under a Young Adult tag, and was simply pointing that out.
Your link explains it. YA is 14-21. Most FR novels do not target that specific audience -- but they also don't specifically target the audience that wants sex and/or mature themes, which is what "adult" fiction generally entails. We're not talking age groups, we're talking labels -- unless you're going to accept that 14 year olds are adults.
So if you're not targeting only teenagers, and you're not targeting only people who want sex and dark themes, then there is in fact a middle ground. |
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Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
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Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 15:23:25
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Originally posted by Neo2151
I'll go ahead and say Greenwood is about the only author who really does any adult writing for the Realms, and by the standards of an "adult" tag, he's usually pretty tame about it (sure, there were a couple really dark stories that Salvatore gave us about Wulfgar, but those only lasted for a few books.) Any sexual themes (at all!) are done by Greenwood and pretty much nobody else, and all the violence is very PG to PG13 at worst.
Wow, you clearly don't read my novels, I think. 
I recommend starting with Ghostwalker. Just the prologue should do it, I think. In fact, here's a free sample: http://www.o-love.net/realms/samples/sam_fig2.pdf
And here's the companion story I wrote for the novel (also free): http://o-love.net/realms/samples/sam_fig2_2.pdf
Also, you might consider some Paul S. Kemp as well. Just a suggestion.
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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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Neo2151
Learned Scribe
USA
113 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2011 : 18:21:13
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
Wow, you clearly don't read my novels, I think.
I recommend starting with Ghostwalker. Just the prologue should do it, I think. In fact, here's a free sample: http://www.o-love.net/realms/samples/sam_fig2.pdf
And here's the companion story I wrote for the novel (also free): http://o-love.net/realms/samples/sam_fig2_2.pdf
Also, you might consider some Paul S. Kemp as well. Just a suggestion.
Cheers
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Elsenrail
Seeker
Poland
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Dennis
Great Reader
9933 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2011 : 08:36:29
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An intriguing title. An interesting blurb. A really cool cover. I can't wait to read it! |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 02 Aug 2011 : 00:53:25
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| Wow, I did not know there were to be more than 3 books! Great! Any plans for a 5th book or even more? |
"You make an intriguing offer, one that is very tempting. It would seem that I have little alternative than to answer thusly: DISINTEGRATE!" Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick 625 |
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Dennis
Great Reader
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Posted - 02 Aug 2011 : 01:13:42
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Originally posted by skychrome
Wow, I did not know there were to be more than 3 books! Great! Any plans for a 5th book or even more?
Richard said it's going to be six books. |
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