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DeadStar
Acolyte
Portugal
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 Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 16:51:37
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authentic and "old" feel to it? dont know if you're getting my point. like if it was a book that you yourself found somewhere in a dungeon, dusty and moldy, realistic, blah blah blah. maybe a bit like the D&D handbooks/corebooks (i think; i never owned or picked one so i'm just guessing they are like how i described, from some user reviews).
if there's no forgotten realms novel like that, is there any novel AT ALL? wether fr or not, i just want one like that. but it better damn be fantasy ;P
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 17:37:33
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You mean, a novel with ponderous, faux-archaic and pretentious prose in omniscient third person? I can direct you to plenty of badly written amateur fantasy for that.
If not, then be clearer, please. |
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DeadStar
Acolyte
Portugal
6 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 18:27:06
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| all that except the "badly written amateur" part. |
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
895 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 19:34:49
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| Go read Malory or Chaucer, then. As authentic as you can get and then some. |
Edited by - Winterfox on 05 Aug 2006 19:36:39 |
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Mace Hammerhand
Great Reader
Germany
2296 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 19:50:10
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| You'll also learn some ...was it middle english? reading Chauser... |
Mace's not so gentle gamer's journal My rants were harmless compared to this, beware! |
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DeadStar
Acolyte
Portugal
6 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 20:03:23
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| btw, what i described in the first post was about the book itself as an object, not the contents. you know, the cover, the printing, pages... not the text. |
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 20:19:15
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The nearest to a reproduction Realms artefact is perhaps Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue, though it's softback (and far too late-nineteenth-century-looking). Black Library publishes this kind of thing for the Warhammer world, such as The Life of Sigmar.
Yes, Chaucer is Middle English. |
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
895 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 21:18:19
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quote:
Originally posted by DeadStar
btw, what i described in the first post was about the book itself as an object, not the contents. you know, the cover, the printing, pages... not the text.
Uhm.
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Originally posted by Winterfox
You mean, a novel with ponderous, faux-archaic and pretentious prose in omniscient third person? I can direct you to plenty of badly written amateur fantasy for that.
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Originally posted by DeadStar
all that except the "badly written amateur" part.
My kingdom for clear communication. |
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DeadStar
Acolyte
Portugal
6 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 21:24:49
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| you have no kindgom |
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
895 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 22:05:17
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| Certainly not, on account of having no idea what a "kindgom" is. |
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DeadStar
Acolyte
Portugal
6 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 22:18:08
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| my bad, i meant kind gnome. |
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GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 22:18:25
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Ack! Winterfox!
Be nice. ;) |
Planescape Fanatic
"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
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Ignorance Personified
Seeker
USA
78 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2006 : 03:24:51
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quote:
Originally posted by DeadStar
authentic and "old" feel to it? dont know if you're getting my point. like if it was a book that you yourself found somewhere in a dungeon, dusty and moldy, realistic, blah blah blah. maybe a bit like the D&D handbooks/corebooks (i think; i never owned or picked one so i'm just guessing they are like how i described, from some user reviews).
if there's no forgotten realms novel like that, is there any novel AT ALL? wether fr or not, i just want one like that. but it better damn be fantasy ;P
I cannot think of any FR novel that is published in the manner you specify, but...
Try looking through the numerous editions of The Lord of the Rings that have been published on Amazon and other internet sites. In addition, E.R. Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros and T.H. White's The Once and Future King have most likely been published in the format you describe at some point.
If none of these options work, then try looking for Homer's epics, Ovid's Metamorphoses or Virgil's The Aenied or Beowulf or The Epic of Gilgamesh or Appolonios Rhodios' The Argonautika... (in any translation you find acceptable). I am sure you will find some edition that suits your tastes--although the price almost certainly will not. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 06 Aug 2006 : 03:34:01
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| Actually, I noticed that the FRCS sorta kinda looks like a "real book". |
"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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Rory
Seeker
79 Posts |
Posted - 10 Aug 2006 : 07:29:02
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| Horselords kinda felt like an old tale. |
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FridayThe13th
Learned Scribe
USA
132 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 01:36:40
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Originally posted by Ignorance Personified
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Originally posted by DeadStar
authentic and "old" feel to it? dont know if you're getting my point. like if it was a book that you yourself found somewhere in a dungeon, dusty and moldy, realistic, blah blah blah. maybe a bit like the D&D handbooks/corebooks (i think; i never owned or picked one so i'm just guessing they are like how i described, from some user reviews).
if there's no forgotten realms novel like that, is there any novel AT ALL? wether fr or not, i just want one like that. but it better damn be fantasy ;P
I cannot think of any FR novel that is published in the manner you specify, but...
Try looking through the numerous editions of The Lord of the Rings that have been published on Amazon and other internet sites. In addition, E.R. Eddison's The Worm Ouroboros and T.H. White's The Once and Future King have most likely been published in the format you describe at some point.
If none of these options work, then try looking for Homer's epics, Ovid's Metamorphoses or Virgil's The Aenied or Beowulf or The Epic of Gilgamesh or Appolonios Rhodios' The Argonautika... (in any translation you find acceptable). I am sure you will find some edition that suits your tastes--although the price almost certainly will not.
All those are good choices, that is, if you can stand old english and constant use of poetry. I read Beowulf myself and I can tell you it definatly has an old feel to it.
Oh, and if you can get them, try even obtaining some far east epics, like the Ramayana and Mahaberatba(I think that is how you spell it, anyway, its a story on Krishna.)And if you want to go really rare, add The Book of Enoch and the original, non-king James modified Bible. |
"The Lady of Pain? You mean Loviatar runs this place?"
-- Torilian Prime
"You guys should seriously rename yourselves The Horny Society, you popularity would soar."
-- A miscillaneous Kender to a member of the Horned Society
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GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 01:50:37
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Mahabharata.
Good read. |
Planescape Fanatic
"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
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FridayThe13th
Learned Scribe
USA
132 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 01:52:43
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Originally posted by GothicDan
Mahabharata.
Good read.
Yeah, I have read the shortened(I mean waaaayyyy shortened) version at my Indian friend's house. Love the overall plot.
Never have read the unshortened version though.(then again, that is pretty long ) |
"The Lady of Pain? You mean Loviatar runs this place?"
-- Torilian Prime
"You guys should seriously rename yourselves The Horny Society, you popularity would soar."
-- A miscillaneous Kender to a member of the Horned Society
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GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 03:23:47
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| The unshortened version, I think, si the longest Epic ever written. I haven't read it myself, but would be interested one day in reading a not-so-shortened version. |
Planescape Fanatic
"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
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Genis
Learned Scribe
USA
226 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 07:20:54
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| lol winterfox you have never seemed... ...your always....so sassy and like...dont mess with me...be nice lol |
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
895 Posts |
Posted - 11 Aug 2006 : 19:18:52
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quote:
Originally posted by Genis
lol winterfox you have never seemed... ...your always....so sassy and like...dont mess with me...be nice lol
I'm sorry, but this post has what to do with the topic exactly? |
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FridayThe13th
Learned Scribe
USA
132 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2006 : 05:26:32
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| Ok people, lets get back on topic shall we. If you are a big LOTR fan, you should check out The Silmarillion by J.R.R Tolkien. Iy is a great book that bascically details the entire first age of Middle-Earth with all the wars between the Valar and Morgoth the enemy. It is written in old-english and the mythology and philosophy behind it is quite cool. |
"The Lady of Pain? You mean Loviatar runs this place?"
-- Torilian Prime
"You guys should seriously rename yourselves The Horny Society, you popularity would soar."
-- A miscillaneous Kender to a member of the Horned Society
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quajack
Seeker
86 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2006 : 07:11:28
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| If you want a book to feel and appear old and musty, leave it in an undehumidified basement for a month. |
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Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
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Posted - 12 Aug 2006 : 07:15:41
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You just made a book-lover cry quajack.
E.R. Eddison and Lord Dunsany would be my best advise; great books from the days before Tolkien. I still don't quite get what your looking for here though. Why not just pick up some old legends and medieval tales if that's the type of stories your looking for.
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
895 Posts |
Posted - 12 Aug 2006 : 11:34:56
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Originally posted by FridayThe13th
It is written in old-english and the mythology and philosophy behind it is quite cool.
Uhm. No. Not in Old English. Not even Middle English. The Silm's written in plain, uncoded Modern English. |
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GothicDan
Master of Realmslore
USA
1103 Posts |
Posted - 13 Aug 2006 : 01:17:47
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Agreed.
Someone needs to read some Chaucer!
"Abrille" = April
"Drought" = Rain (?!) |
Planescape Fanatic
"Fiends and Undead are the peanut butter and jelly of evil." - Me
"That attitude should be stomped on, whenever and wherever it's encountered, because it makes people holding such views bad citizens, not just bad roleplayers (considering D&D was structured as a 'forced cooperation' game, and although successive editions are pointing it more and more towards a me-first, min-max game, the drift away from 'we all need each other to succeed' will at some point make it 'no longer' D&D)." - ED GREENWOOD |
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