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hammer of Moradin
Senior Scribe
USA
758 Posts |
 Posted - 08 Apr 2004 : 18:49:33
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| I have read about 30 titles, but own most of the novels going way back. The only recent titles are Salvatore's books. Overall I probably have over 100. I better get off here and start reading! |
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Feiht
Acolyte
USA
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Posted - 08 Apr 2004 : 19:15:52
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Josh, are you asking for total novels, including reprints and hardcovers as well as paperbacks and collector's editions, or just titles?
I believe there are 153 different titles out there in a total of 208 books. That includes reprints (canticle, song and swords, avatar, starlight and shadows, etc) and counting those published in both hardcover and paperback and those in trade paperback. It does also count collector's editions and boxed sets. It does not count audio or club books and the like. |
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Bruce Donohue
Learned Scribe
Canada
131 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2004 : 02:46:37
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| So far I have read almost every title, and the last one that I read was The Rage and the Sample Chapter of Elminster's Daughter. The ones that I have not read are Druid Queen series |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2004 : 04:02:50
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| Finished The Rage earlier this week. Awaiting Elminster's Daughter with a great deal of anticipation. |
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Josh Davids
Seeker
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Posted - 09 Apr 2004 : 06:25:55
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| feiht you answered the question, just the number of titles is all i was looking for. i don't buy reprints of novels unless they are like the spellfire unedited, if it is a special edition three books in one don't bother if i have the originals. i am a stickler for keeping my books in good condition so rarely do i have to buy another one if it wears out, the exception to that are three books i have, Legend of Huma, Spellfire and Streams of Silver will need new copies in a few years just because dad took them to warzones with him, a rucksack isn't all too kind on a book. so i got just 50 or so to track down, missing mostly the newer ones so just a few old ones. hmm not too hard then. thanks for the help. |
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Lord Rad
Great Reader
United Kingdom
2080 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2004 : 09:44:51
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
Finished The Rage earlier this week. Awaiting Elminster's Daughter with a great deal of anticipation.
I think its about time you headed over to The Rage thread and posted your review, Sirius  |
Lord Rad
"What? No, I wasn't reading your module. I was just looking at the pictures"
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Feiht
Acolyte
USA
36 Posts |
Posted - 09 Apr 2004 : 18:41:17
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| Me, I have and read all the titles (I am in the process of reading The Rage, been slow at reading this week since it is spring break). I would like to collect every book, with all the reprints and editions and etc. So all 208 books. I have, I think, 30 more to go. |
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Myst
Acolyte
34 Posts |
Posted - 20 May 2004 : 14:47:19
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Hey I would Love some insight.....Here's What I've read. Keep in mind I Only plan On reading FR novels Until I've read them all.
All Drizzt books except Lone Drow
Songs and Swords
Starlight and Shadows
All Eliminsters except last 2 (El in Hell and El's Daugther)
I just started like 10 months ago now I'm headed toward reading El in Hell and Lone Drow and Then maybe Evermeet
Here's the request for insight What else should I read???
Keep in mind I try to go from author to author so I guess after Evermeet I'll go back to Ed and Read El's Daughter But What next from RAS and then EC??? |
"The Cure to Ignorance is Knowledge"
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Myst
Acolyte
34 Posts |
Posted - 20 May 2004 : 14:59:10
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| Oh Opps I also read the Avatar Trilogy and the Shadow of the Avatar Trilogy |
"The Cure to Ignorance is Knowledge"
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 20 May 2004 : 15:12:50
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| Dawn of Night is on its way to me and will hopefully get here next week. Thus, I'm currently reading Twilight Falling again. |
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Myst
Acolyte
34 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2004 : 17:39:55
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I am sure there are certain novels that are a must read for someone who is trying hard to know all that is the Forgotten Realms. It's kinda like being a Guitar Junkie and not knowing any Jimi H. you know?
Here's my list of read books [again] and a few I plan to read are there any suggetions on stuff I must read that I've missed.
Avatar Trilogy
[The Orignal]
I was curious is the new Avatar Trilogy vastly different from the original?? And I haven't read the Cyric books should I read the New Avatar books and then Cyric books or is it all the same??
The Shadow of the Avatar Trilogy
Elminster's first three novels
[Making of a Mage, Myth Drannor and Temptation]
All Drizzt books except for Lone Drow
Songs and Swords novels
[Elfshadow, Elfsong, Silver Shadows, THornHold, Dream Spheres]
Starlight and Shadows Trilogy
[Daughter of the Drow, Tangled Webs, WindWalker]
I plann on reading in the next few (3) weeks
The Cleric Quintet-Elminster in Hell- Lone Drow-Elminster's Daugther [if the Cormyr novels aren't nessary]-Cyric novels
Then I'll be reading the Cormyr novels-The War of the Spider Queen-The Return of the Arch Wizards.....blah blah balh I'm gonna be exhuasted by the time I reach a year of non-stop reading lol.(august makes a year since I started)
So any suggestion of FR novels to read plzz let me have it I'll added to the list |
"The Cure to Ignorance is Knowledge"
-Aristotle- |
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
USA
2066 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2004 : 19:41:35
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If you have time, I would suggest reading in the following order:
Cormyr: A Novel, Beyond The High Road, Death of a Dragon, and then Elminster's Daughter.
Elminster's Daughter is perfectly standalone (and a fantastic read), but it does contain spoilers for the series above.
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2004 : 20:00:51
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I don't think the reissued Avatar books are textually different.
Spellfire, with its follow-ups Crown of Fire and Hand of Fire, is the best introduction to the Realms.
I think the advantage of reading Cormyr: A Novel before Elminster's Daughter is as much in how its backstory chapters give Cormyr emotional resonance as its modern-era events. |
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Myst
Acolyte
34 Posts |
Posted - 25 May 2004 : 02:39:33
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| Thx fellow adeventures for all the help!! |
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Melfius
Senior Scribe
USA
516 Posts |
Posted - 27 May 2004 : 03:03:39
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Got 'em all. Read 'em all. Waiting for more!
Melfius - Pixie-Priest of Puck |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 28 May 2004 : 18:26:07
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I just finished Dawn of Night and am about to read a short story by Richard Lee Byers in Dragon #320 featuring Taegan from The Rage.
After that, the next FR novel I'll read will be Extinction. I wish to read this novel a second time in anticipation of Annihiliaton being released. |
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Valondil the Ranger
Learned Scribe
USA
109 Posts |
Posted - 31 May 2004 : 22:03:23
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I'm WAY behind I only started reading FR about a year ago and have been reading other stuff besides FR in between. So far I've read the Icewind Dale Trilogy, DET, the Legacy, the Thousand Orcs, the Magehound, and Venom's Taste.
I have the rest of the Legacy of the Drow at hand and waiting to be cracked open. Also, I have Elfshadow and the Floodgate waiting patiently along with the Halls of Stormweather to introduce me to Sembia. I plan on spending most of my time over the summer catching up with FR.
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Lauzoril
Seeker
Finland
71 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 11:49:03
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I currently have Elminster's Daughter underway. Great book.
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"Death to the enemies of Bane."
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 15:19:09
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Originally posted by Lauzoril
I currently have Elminster's Daughter underway. Great book.
How far into it are you Lauzoril? There is a thread for it within FR Novels. After you finish the novel please share your thoughts on it. |
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Yoshimo
Seeker
88 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jun 2004 : 23:59:56
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Originally posted by Lauzoril
I currently have Elminster's Daughter underway. Great book.
I really want to read that book. I would like to see how it fairs as well. |
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Lauzoril
Seeker
Finland
71 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jun 2004 : 22:51:32
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I've just begun Chapter 5. I'll give my impression of it once I've read it. After that, it's on to Dawn of Night.
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"Death to the enemies of Bane."
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 07 Jun 2004 : 01:37:01
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Originally posted by Lauzoril
I've just begun Chapter 5. I'll give my impression of it once I've read it. After that, it's on to Dawn of Night.
Looking forward to hearing your comments on both novels. |
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Thelonius
Senior Scribe
Spain
730 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jun 2004 : 15:00:34
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| I've just started reading the Avatar's Trilogy (Should i use a TM after the name?) and i'm close to finish the Destiny's Tables (I don't know if it's the correct translation. I'm going to take the Legacy of Drow and some Elsminster's books if i find them. |
"If you are to truly understand, then you will need the contrast, not adherence to a single ideal." - Kreia
"I THINK I JUST HAD ANOTHER NEAR-RINCEWIND EXPERIENCE"- Discworld's Death frustrated after Rincewind scapes his grasp... again.
"I am death, come for thee" - Nimbul, from Baldur's Gate I just before being badly spanked
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Thelonius
Senior Scribe
Spain
730 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jun 2004 : 15:07:36
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Does anyone suggest something different for a novice reader (novice FR reader of course)?  |
"If you are to truly understand, then you will need the contrast, not adherence to a single ideal." - Kreia
"I THINK I JUST HAD ANOTHER NEAR-RINCEWIND EXPERIENCE"- Discworld's Death frustrated after Rincewind scapes his grasp... again.
"I am death, come for thee" - Nimbul, from Baldur's Gate I just before being badly spanked
Sapientia sola libertas est |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jun 2004 : 15:19:27
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Originally posted by Gion
Does anyone suggest something different for a novice reader (novice FR reader of course)?
Elfshadow by Elaine Cunningham |
Edited by - SiriusBlack on 08 Jun 2004 15:19:47 |
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Faraer
Great Reader
3308 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jun 2004 : 16:49:34
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I think the Avatar Trilogy is a bad place to start because (a) it's about upheaval to a world, which is much more meaningful if you know and love that world already by reading other books set there, and (b) it wasn't written by hugely Realms-immersed people (which at the time was really only Ed Greenwood and Jeff Grubb, as well as Ed's players) so it isn't vastly Realms-authentic, and badly mispresents a lot of characters -- which is apparently a purposeful effect of its unreliable point of view.
Elfshadow is a good recommendation, and Spellfire is *the* introductory Realms book -- written for just that purpose, and full of the things that make the Realms the Realms. Halls of Stormweather is another good starting point. |
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costas
Acolyte
Greece
8 Posts |
Posted - 17 Jun 2004 : 23:08:05
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hello everyone!!!
this is my first post and i would like to say that is it truly wonderfull to be able to have a forum were you can interact with your favorite authors , and for that i would like both the administrators of this message board but the authors as well.
Well now , i have started reading fr novels about 20 months ago (back then i didn't know what D&D was) i started off with the drizzt series. It was the only fr novel that was translated in Greek ( i forgot to mention that i'm greek ) and i have to say that the translation wasn't very good. Immediately i fell in love both with Salvatore's characters and the world itself. since not many other fr novels were translated in greek i started bying them in english (good for me )
so far i have at my library about 65 novels. mopre specificely i have read
The avatar trilogy and sequels
the cormyr trilogy (excellent)
the sembia series (some books were great others not so)
Kings and counselors trilogy
threat form the sea
starlight and shadows trilogy
evermeet
icewind dale
dark elf trilogy
path of darkness
legacy of the drow
the cleric quintet
shandril saga
i also have read the first books from
erevis cale trilogy
war of the spider queen
hunter's blade trilogy
and qurently i am reading Mr Reid's saphire cresent which so far i have enjoyed very much
i would suggest to a new reader to start off either with icewind dale or the comryr trilogy |
please cope with any spelling mistakes :) english is not my native language |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 18 Jun 2004 : 00:13:45
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Originally posted by costas
and qurently i am reading Mr Reid's saphire cresent which so far i have enjoyed very much
If you use the search feature, you should be able to find a thread or two devoted to that novel. I look forward to hearing your comments after you finish Mr. Reid's novel. |
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rumblebelly
Acolyte
Turkey
25 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jun 2004 : 18:57:44
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I got a friend up here who strongly insists that the Sembia books are
excellent. I havent read any Sembia books yet but I surely will. The prospect of a curious merchant family running the books instead o' gods and their avatars is quite appealing actually.
Anyone to give me a pre-info and state their comments about the books up here? |
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Sarta
Senior Scribe
USA
505 Posts |
Posted - 22 Jun 2004 : 19:27:40
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The Sembia series is very good, but don't expect a lot of talk about bean-counting. This is one family that is definitely extraordinary. I don't want to give away anything which may spoil the books for anyone who hasn't read them yet, but I'm sure you can find synopses on Amazon for example.
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How up to date are you with reading FR novels?
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