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scererar
Master of Realmslore
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 Posted - 25 Mar 2006 : 08:56:58
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Originally posted by SheriffJoe
Whoops....looks like I started a new topic too soon!! Sorry guys!
Mark has been editing the Eberron books and has Tales of the Last War coming out next month. I THINK Frostfell is his first novel, though I can't be sure! Anyway, I'm looking forward to this series. Hopefully it's as good a series as The Fighters has been.
I think Wizards is trying to keep specific authors in specific realms. Baker, Bassingthwaite and Forbeck seem to be Eberron authors now, while Bolme, De Bie, Kemp, Lebow and Smedman, among others, remain in the Realms.
This is a good thing...especially if you are a fan of all these guys (and gals)! 
So far I have been a fan of them all. crossings "worlds" or whatever could be good, just would need to ensure the authors were familar with each particular setting, at least with what they were currently writing about. |
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Alaundo
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 02 Jul 2006 : 22:49:02
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I wonder when we'll ever see the cover art for Frostfell and Darkvision.  |
"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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Kajehase
Great Reader
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Posted - 02 Jul 2006 : 23:55:43
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I wonder when we'll ever see the cover art for Frostfell and Darkvision.
Ask, and ye shall receive (partly at least): Darkvision |
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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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Jul 2006 : 01:16:36
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Originally posted by Kajehase
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I wonder when we'll ever see the cover art for Frostfell and Darkvision.
Ask, and ye shall receive (partly at least): Darkvision
Cool, thanks! And we have...a lady with red hair. =-|
Seriously, thanks though.
Turns out, Darkvision is about the character Ususi from Cordell's other book, Lady of Poison. |
"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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Edited by - Rinonalyrna Fathomlin on 03 Jul 2006 01:17:46 |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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7106 Posts |
Posted - 03 Jul 2006 : 01:33:03
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I also want to mention that I love the style of these wizard covers--I don't really know how to describe this, but they seem both modern and "retro" at the same time...kind of like a throwback to older covers that actually give you a good idea of what these characters might really look like.
Compare them to the characters on the Fighter's series covers--they are pretty much all a blur and highly stylized (same goes for some of the other new covers). |
"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) |
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KnightErrantJR
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Jul 2006 : 01:39:38
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 03 Jul 2006 : 04:07:29
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Originally posted by KnightErrantJR
Hm . . . guess I'll be reading Lady of Poison before I get Darkvision . . .
May help, unless Bruce Cordell is using a different Ususi who--by strange coincidence--also happens to be a Deep Imaskari wizard who lives away from her people, just like the one in Lady of Poison. ;)
Anyway, I though Lady of Poision was quite a good book, so it's worth the read in any case. |
"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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Mark S.
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 17:51:28
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I wonder when we'll ever see the cover art for Frostfell and Darkvision.
I saw the final cover of FROSTFELL a couple of weeks ago. The Art Director literally just finished it. I suspect it will be up at Wizards.com, Amazon, or even Random House fairly soon. It looks great! All of the Wizards covers look outstanding. I love 'em.
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Alaundo
Head Moderator
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Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 20:15:08
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Originally posted by Mark S.
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Originally posted by Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
I wonder when we'll ever see the cover art for Frostfell and Darkvision.
I saw the final cover of FROSTFELL a couple of weeks ago. The Art Director literally just finished it. I suspect it will be up at Wizards.com, Amazon, or even Random House fairly soon. It looks great! All of the Wizards covers look outstanding. I love 'em.
Well met
Thank ye for the info, Mark, and welcome to Candlekeep 
if anyone stumbles upon this image, return here forthwith  I'm very happy with the look of the covers in this series and i'm sure it will be equally as stunning as the first three. |
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Mark S.
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 05 Jul 2006 : 21:48:14
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Originally posted by Erik Scott de Bie
I don't have my book with me, but isn't "Frostfell" also a spell in Frostburn? Basically a mini-ice age?
Yup. The title of Wizards 4, Frostfell, is in reference to the spell, not the region.
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Mark S.
Forgotten Realms Author
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Posted - 07 Jul 2006 : 23:57:49
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if anyone stumbles upon this image, return here forthwith I'm very happy with the look of the covers in this series and i'm sure it will be equally as stunning as the first three.
Well, there's a tiny image on page 13 of the Random House catalogue here:
http://www.randomhouse.biz/international/PDFs/PDF2006/Dec_On_Sale_web.pdf
Not the best picture quality by any means, but there it is.
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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7106 Posts |
Posted - 08 Jul 2006 : 00:17:45
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| That picture is...kinda cool, from what I can see of it. |
"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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O Love
Acolyte
Germany
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Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 20:17:23
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Originally posted by Alaundo
if anyone stumbles upon this image, return here forthwith
Uh uh, pick me! 
"Frostfell" cover (37 kB)
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Kuje
Great Reader
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Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 20:36:41
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Originally posted by O Love
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Originally posted by Alaundo
if anyone stumbles upon this image, return here forthwith
Uh uh, pick me!
"Frostfell" cover (37 kB)
I'm getting a page not found error. :) |
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
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O Love
Acolyte
Germany
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Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 21:00:58
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Originally posted by Kuje
I'm getting a page not found error. :)
Link corrected, sorry.  |
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Kuje
Great Reader
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7915 Posts |
Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 21:24:40
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Originally posted by Xysma
Try this http://www.o-love.net/realms/head_wiz.html#Darkvision
I like this cover best of the four.
Very cool. :) |
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Wandering_mage
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 04 Aug 2006 : 21:47:18
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Both Darkvision and Frostfell have awesome covers. I hope they are good books too. 
I wonder why they haven't picked up a book on Tulrun or the Mistmaster. There are some cool stories just waiting to be told.  |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 01:11:52
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Originally posted by O Love
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Originally posted by Alaundo
if anyone stumbles upon this image, return here forthwith
Uh uh, pick me!
"Frostfell" cover (37 kB)
Mod Edit: Link repaired.
I like it.
Kind of reminds me of those "hypothetical" wolfens that were supposedly attached to the SJ setting.
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 05 Aug 2006 : 01:43:49
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Originally posted by Kuje
Very cool. :)
Literally. Although that mage looks rather snooty. |
"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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Wandering_mage
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 06 Aug 2006 : 22:47:57
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Although that mage looks rather snooty.
That could be said about a lot of mages.  Like that doesn't get said often right? I couldn't help myself. I had to say it, Mystra forgive me. |
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Rinonalyrna Fathomlin
Great Reader
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Posted - 06 Aug 2006 : 23:01:30
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Originally posted by Wandering_mage
That could be said about a lot of mages.
Yeah, but of all the mages on the Wizard covers (indeed, out of most FR covers, period, that I can recall) this guy looks the most smug. |
"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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