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Darkstar Daimonizomal
Acolyte
USA
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 Posted - 27 Jul 2009 : 03:05:21
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In the month of July, I have read Forsaken House, Farthest Reach, and Final Gate of the Last Mythal Trilogy, the last book of the Empyrean Odyssey Trilogy, the Crystal Mountain, and Downshadow.
Rosemary, I have read all of your FR novels and enjoyed them all. 
I love the personal touch of you (and other authors) coming on the forum and providing feedback.
I have never experienced that before and think it is awesome!
I really wish I had found Candlekeep Forum back in 2006 when I first started reading FR novels.
Candlekeep is a great forum and a wealth of knowledge!
(There is so much knowledge here in the forum, I feel almost stressed out - in a good way - trying to catch-up with all of the lore and what not.)
~ Darkstar
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swifty
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
517 Posts |
Posted - 28 Jul 2009 : 11:51:58
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| just finished under fallen stars.relly enjoyable book.not quite sure why there is a fair bit of negativity about this series.iakhovas is one of the most charismatic villains theres been and bloody falcane is also intriguing.cant wait for the return of mel odom. |
go back to sleep america.everything is under control.heres american gladiators.watch this.shuttup. BILL HICKS. |
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Lord Necro
Acolyte
18 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2009 : 18:02:56
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Hehe, I am just reading whatever books of the series I can get my hands on :P
Gets pretty confusing sometimes! |
"Time? time has no meaning to the dead..." ~ Necro Lazerus, Male Moon Elven Shade/Lich.
"Life is but a cloak we wear fleetingly.." ~ Etrius Lazerus, Male Moon Elven Shade. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36996 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2009 : 18:33:30
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Not reading any Realms novels at the moment... I'm currently rereading Faerie Tale, then I'm going to dip back into BattleTech for the first time in a couple of years by going thru Wolves on the Border and Wolf Pack (I love the Dragoons!). After that, I'll hit the Lord of the Rings for the first time since the first movie came out. At least, this is the tentative short-term reading list. 
But I am going to be reading something Realms-related! I'm not big on rereading sourcebooks, but I've decided to reread Secrets of the Magister. I'll prolly go into Planescape after that. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2009 : 01:08:58
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Re-reading my way through Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time."
It's interesting how much my opinion of his earlier books has changed this time around. I didn't particularly care for Eye of the World or The Great Hunt when I first read them. But now, years later, I'm actually starting to enjoy the "roughness" of his early work.
Also trying to read Champions of Ruin while waiting for my copy of The Rebellion Era Campaign Guide to arrive.
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swifty
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
517 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2009 : 10:32:41
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Originally posted by The Sage
Re-reading my way through Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time."
It's interesting how much my opinion of his earlier books has changed this time around. I didn't particularly care for Eye of the World or The Great Hunt when I first read them. But now, years later, I'm actually starting to enjoy the "roughness" of his early work.
Also trying to read Champions of Ruin while waiting for my copy of The Rebellion Era Campaign Guide to arrive.
my god.that would take me the best part of 15 years.i never got past the fires of heaven.i even heard rumours of a live action film. |
go back to sleep america.everything is under control.heres american gladiators.watch this.shuttup. BILL HICKS. |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2009 : 13:23:39
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Originally posted by swifty
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Originally posted by The Sage
Re-reading my way through Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time."
It's interesting how much my opinion of his earlier books has changed this time around. I didn't particularly care for Eye of the World or The Great Hunt when I first read them. But now, years later, I'm actually starting to enjoy the "roughness" of his early work.
Also trying to read Champions of Ruin while waiting for my copy of The Rebellion Era Campaign Guide to arrive.
my god.that would take me the best part of 15 years.i never got past the fires of heaven.i even heard rumours of a live action film.
Took me between early April and last week - with seven or eight other books "on the side" at the same time |
There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2009 : 14:48:48
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I finished the first two books in a little under a week. But that's because I set aside just about everything else I should've been reading as well -- like comics, non-fiction books, and magazines.
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2009 : 14:57:13
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Finished Escape from Undermountain last night.
Truly entertaining read! I really like Undermountain and the oldschool realms! |
"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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swifty
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
517 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2009 : 22:10:02
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Originally posted by The Sage
I finished the first two books in a little under a week. But that's because I set aside just about everything else I should've been reading as well -- like comics, non-fiction books, and magazines.
i love to see a read off between yourself and ed. |
go back to sleep america.everything is under control.heres american gladiators.watch this.shuttup. BILL HICKS. |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jul 2009 : 00:54:03
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Originally posted by swifty
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Originally posted by The Sage
I finished the first two books in a little under a week. But that's because I set aside just about everything else I should've been reading as well -- like comics, non-fiction books, and magazines.
i love to see a read off between yourself and ed.
Heh. I doubt I could ever approach Ed's reading schedule.  |
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skychrome
Senior Scribe
713 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jul 2009 : 14:52:02
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| Now starting Azure Bonds (Finder's Stone Trilogy Book 1). Makes a very good first impression so far. |
"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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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jul 2009 : 19:34:34
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Originally posted by The Sage
I finished the first two books in a little under a week. But that's because I set aside just about everything else I should've been reading as well -- like comics, non-fiction books, and magazines.
Heh. I've also decided to make audio-recordings of myself reading them (for my own private needs - I listen to a lot of books at work), and something tells me that at my current rate of one chapter a day, it's going to take a loooong time before I'm done. Also - "Cairhienin" is a lot more difficult to pronounce once you've had three glasses of wine. |
There is a rumour going around that I have found god. I think is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
31799 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2009 : 01:05:10
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Originally posted by Kajehase
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Originally posted by The Sage
I finished the first two books in a little under a week. But that's because I set aside just about everything else I should've been reading as well -- like comics, non-fiction books, and magazines.
Heh. I've also decided to make audio-recordings of myself reading them (for my own private needs - I listen to a lot of books at work), and something tells me that at my current rate of one chapter a day, it's going to take a loooong time before I'm done. Also - "Cairhienin" is a lot more difficult to pronounce once you've had three glasses of wine.
I actually tried doing something like that for my reading of all the Tolkien books. But I couldn't get through most of the pronunciations in The Silmarillion . |
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Lady Kazandra
Senior Scribe
Australia
921 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2009 : 05:35:27
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You can always borrow Baby's First Tolkien from Narnra's shelf.  |
"Once upon a time the plural of 'wizard' was 'war'." -- The Last Continent, by Terry Pratchett |
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swifty
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
517 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2009 : 10:31:03
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Originally posted by The Sage
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Originally posted by swifty
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Originally posted by The Sage
I finished the first two books in a little under a week. But that's because I set aside just about everything else I should've been reading as well -- like comics, non-fiction books, and magazines.
i love to see a read off between yourself and ed.
Heh. I doubt I could ever approach Ed's reading schedule.
seriously though.for someone like myself who has to take a break after 60 or 70 pages jordans books are just too long.i was falling behind on my realms novels.i never did find out what happened to padan fain. |
go back to sleep america.everything is under control.heres american gladiators.watch this.shuttup. BILL HICKS. |
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mnb128
Learned Scribe
USA
130 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2009 : 03:42:15
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Finished up Prince of Lies last night and thought it was excellent. It's unfortunate that I have no more Lowder books to read that take place in the realms. The only thing that disappointed me was that Manshoon was nowhere to be seen, but I did love the little cameo appearance from Kaveron Ebonhand.
Next up is Crucible. |
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Vierna
Acolyte
7 Posts |
Posted - 03 Aug 2009 : 17:10:04
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At the moment I am so behind in reading but am in the middle of the Erevis Cale trilogy by Paul Kemp. Finished Twilight Falling and moving on to Dawn of Night.
Kemp is fast becoming one of my favorite authors. I have read most of the short stories but I still have to locate one in an old issue of Dragon Magazine.
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"Part Well...Regret Nothing" ~ Paul Kemp The Erevis Cale Trilogy |
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BARDOBARBAROS
Senior Scribe
Greece
581 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2009 : 22:07:35
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I finished reading the STAR OF CRUSRAH which is a strange but good novel....
Now i'm going to read the SHADOW STONE!!! |
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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swifty
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
517 Posts |
Posted - 09 Aug 2009 : 23:18:57
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| i really enjoyed shadow stone.the opening was a bit like harry potter but good book none the less. |
go back to sleep america.everything is under control.heres american gladiators.watch this.shuttup. BILL HICKS. |
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Mr. Coyote
Acolyte
USA
7 Posts |
Posted - 13 Aug 2009 : 17:39:37
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| I own 54 FR novels and have read 20 or so. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2009 : 19:58:55
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Just finished The Crystal Mountain......great start....rushed and dissapointing ending.
After reading this and being let down, I looked over at my shelf with every pre-spellplague novel, I realized how much I enjoyed everyone and realized how much $ I could save if I just started re-reading them from the start. So that's it. This was my last new FR novel (except any Ed may scribe) and it left me wanting more, so I choose to step back in time to a place where I felt better about the realms! |
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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Elsenrail
Seeker
Poland
72 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2009 : 11:14:33
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Hi all. I've been following this forum for a couple of years.
I will support the Realms regardless the edition number and the changes. When I read a post-Spellplague novel I really do feel different - the mood is different. However, it's still the world I love. There are some authors whose works I will follow, like Paul S. Kemp, Richard Lee Byers, Mark Sehestedt, James P. Davies... and RAS (yes, yes, he was my "first" ;), it's a matter of being sentimental). What I like about the Realms is how they constantly change, evolve - they're a living setting.
I've just finished "The Pirate King". I was greatly impressed. |
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DragonReader
Senior Scribe
USA
371 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2009 : 15:20:12
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| I recently finished "The Pirate King" by RAS. That was my 58th FR novel read. I still have 20 more on my shelf waiting... |
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Christopher_Rowe
Forgotten Realms Author
USA
879 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2009 : 15:46:28
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| That made me wonder how many I've read. I come up with 54, mostly from the first four years and the last two years. And I've bought around 40 in the last year sprinkled along the timeline that I'm working my way through. |
My Realms novel, Sandstorm, is now available for ordering. |
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Brimstone
Great Reader
USA
3290 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2009 : 18:26:49
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60 and 1/2 (currently reading Downshadow) Realms novels read.
29 awaiting to be read.
My collection is still growing. |
"These things also I have observed: that knowledge of our world is
to be nurtured like a precious flower, for it is the most precious
thing we have. Wherefore guard the word written and heed
words unwritten and set them down ere they fade . . . Learn
then, well, the arts of reading, writing, and listening true, and they
will lead you to the greatest art of all: understanding."
Alaundo of Candlekeep |
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Iluvrien
Acolyte
United Kingdom
49 Posts |
Posted - 18 Aug 2009 : 20:18:29
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| Working through a re-read of Elfshadow (making notes this time) before picking up one I have never read before, Cloak of Shadows. Still adoring Elfshadow and I suspect I shall enjoy Cloak too. |
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The Red Walker
Great Reader
USA
3567 Posts |
Posted - 25 Aug 2009 : 15:51:25
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Read them all but 2.
Plague of Spells and City of the Dead.
Anyone have a guess or know how many novels there are currently?
Next up, I think I will pull out all of Elaine's and re-read those!
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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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DragonReader
Senior Scribe
USA
371 Posts |
Posted - 25 Aug 2009 : 18:04:13
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| I count 228 novels (including anthologies) |
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swifty
Senior Scribe
United Kingdom
517 Posts |
Posted - 21 Sep 2009 : 18:10:55
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| blimey its all gone a bit quiet here.just started master of chains.disapointed with the sea devils eye.the trilogy started off really well but just seem to run out of steam. |
go back to sleep america.everything is under control.heres american gladiators.watch this.shuttup. BILL HICKS. |
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How up to date are you with reading FR novels?
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