Pushing LJ's posting limits... with a post about books. :)

[tek2way]

I finished R.A. Salvatore's Dragonslayer's Return tonight. As dlyman29 said, it's easily his best work. I absolutely loved this story. I wish he could do more like it. I wouldn't want to see more sequels per se, but I always love the time/dimension displaced traveller stories, moreso when they involve fantasy elements. Now, I think I'm going to read Neil Gaiman's Coraline next. I should be done with that by Thursday. After that, I'm going to finish Ian Irvine's Dark is the Moon and The Way Between the Worlds. After that, I believe I have some Thomas Covenant stuff by Stephen Donaldson to read. :)

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Re: told ya so

[tek2way.livejournal.com]

I probably WOULD read the D&D novels, except for the price: $5.99 for a 200 page book? I almost feel ripped off looking at it in the store. Which one would be your favorite so far? I might consider one of them, to "test the waters", such as it is.

Re: told ya so

[a1057soul.livejournal.com]

actually, I made the $5.99 payment for each, and can't say i regret it... i've bought worse (Elaine Cunningham's Magewar series for example which I still haven't finished). If I had to pick one... City of Fire... but I like Krusk so I was a bit prejudiced... Oath of Nerull would be 2nd because of the really cool mage trails that take place.

Actually as soon as I see the new ones, I grab them immediately...

Re: told ya so

[tek2way.livejournal.com]

Well, if they keep Krusk as funny as he was in some of the WotC support material. (One of their online columns - Gamestoppers - had Krusk in it, and wow, was it hilarious.)

I'll consider getting that one at least. We'll see what happens from there. Thanks for the tip.

Re: told ya so

[a1057soul.livejournal.com]

unfortunately, no (I wish). the author made Krusk a bit dour (taking in the half part of the half-orc), but quite a bit on the wry side but not the classic big dumb barbarian... almost rangeresque, which is in keeping with the 3e version in my mind. But the gnome in Oath of Nerull was quite humorous... wisecracking and lighthearted.

honestly the books are worth it just for the extended characterizations of the archtypes. they really flesh out the classes quite a bit.

Re: told ya so

[tek2way.livejournal.com]

*nods* Okay. No big dumb barbarians. Check. *sigh* I'll still go ahead and pick up one of them, just to give them a go.

For now, though, my plate is rather full. :)