| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
Uzzy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
618 Posts |
 Posted - 04 Dec 2006 : 19:28:59
|
Hmm. Currently reading Evermeet (it rocks!) and I've been looking for books to read after it. I'm torn between getting some of the older books and newer ones. Mainly thinking of getting either Simbuls Gift, Tymora's Luck and Azure Bonds, seeing as I've heard plenty of good things about them. Or getting Blackstaff and Shadowbred.
Actually getting the books isn't a problem. Already checked on Ebay and Amazon for availability. Just wondering which I should pick! 
|
|
|
Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
USA
7106 Posts |
Posted - 04 Dec 2006 : 19:32:24
|
| All of them. |
"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."
--Richard Greene (letter to Time) |
 |
|
|
Kuje
Great Reader
USA
7915 Posts |
Posted - 04 Dec 2006 : 19:37:39
|
| I'd go with all of them as well. :) |
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
Scribe for the Candlekeep Compendium |
|
|
|
Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36804 Posts |
Posted - 04 Dec 2006 : 19:51:46
|
I can only recommend novels I've read... Azure Bonds is one of the best Realms novels around. Tymora's Luck is another awesome one. It does reference the earlier Finder's Stone Trilogy (which Azure Bonds started), but it's not necessary to have read that earlier trilogy (it does help to read Finder's Bane, though, which is the first book of the Lost Gods trilogy; Tymora's Luck is the third. The second book, Fistandantilus Returns, is a Dragginglance book that I feel can be skipped, since it does little more for the trilogy than intro a single character).
And of course, Blackstaff is a great one, too.
The other books you list, I've not read. I've heard good things about Shadowbred, though. |
Candlekeep Forums Moderator
Candlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms Lore
http://www.candlekeep.com -- Candlekeep Forum Code of Conduct
I am the Giant Space Hamster of Ill Omen!  |
Edited by - Wooly Rupert on 04 Dec 2006 19:52:34 |
|
|
|
Besshalar
Learned Scribe
Finland
166 Posts |
Posted - 04 Dec 2006 : 20:18:58
|
| What they said all of them. |
The large print giveth , and the small print taketh away.
-Tom Waits |
|
|
|
Erik Scott de Bie
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
4598 Posts |
Posted - 04 Dec 2006 : 21:56:15
|
I shall echo what has been said and urge you to read all of them.
But if a suggested *order* is what you're looking for, start with Azure Bonds (which I think provides a very good opening to the Realms), finish that trilogy, then follow Wooly's advice and read Finder's Bane and then Tymora's Luck.
Shadowbred is good as a standalone start, but it's also nice to have read the other Erevis Cale books first (Shadow's Witness, Twilight Falling, Dawn of Night, Midnight's Mask).
I have not read Simbul's Gift, so I couldn't speak to that one.
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" |
|
|
|
Reefy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
892 Posts |
Posted - 04 Dec 2006 : 23:00:03
|
| I'd agree with Erik, start with Azure Bonds and then read the rest of the trilogy. Blackstaff is a great stand-alone novel though, and would be where I'd suggest you turn next. |
Life is either daring adventure or nothing. |
|
|
|
Alaundo
Head Moderator
United Kingdom
5695 Posts |
Posted - 04 Dec 2006 : 23:02:38
|
Well met, Uzzy
Hmmmm, some good advice. I agree with Erik regarding Shadowbred. Buy the book forthwith, by all means, but certainly read the preceeding Cale novels beforehand.
Again, Azure Bonds is an essential read, but ye may wish to read subsequent Alias novels before Tymora's Luck.
Only Simbul's Gift is a tome which I would say ye wouldn't be missing anything by leaving until another time.
Let us know how ye get on  |
Alaundo
Candlekeep Forums Head Moderator
Candlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms Lore
http://www.candlekeep.com -- Candlekeep Forum Code of Conduct
An Introduction to Candlekeep - by Ed Greenwood
The Candlekeep Compendium - Tomes of Realmslore penned by Scribes of Candlekeep
|
|
|
|
The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31774 Posts |
|
|
Jorkens
Great Reader
Norway
2950 Posts |
Posted - 05 Dec 2006 : 09:35:04
|
| All of them is the simple answer, but I would recommend Azure Bonds and Blackstaff myself. I have not read Shadowbred, but people seem to like it; Tymoras luck I did not like personally, but most people do so chances are you would enjoy it. |
|
|
|
Uzzy
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
618 Posts |
Posted - 05 Dec 2006 : 15:23:15
|
All of them will be read eventually! 
I was really asking to see if I should get older books before newer books. Suppose its true in the case of series like Shadowbred (which would seem to have lots of books set before it that it would help to read) but mostly I see that I should just go for the good books! So I'm going to grab Azure Bonds and Blackstaff for now. Thanks for the advice! |
Edited by - Uzzy on 05 Dec 2006 15:24:34 |
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
New or Old
