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May 3 2008 03:56pm
Quote (huGe-UNIT @ Sun, Dec 30 2007, 09:39pm)
I have finally completed the 14 book epic ( so far.. havent bought orc King yet)
Garunteed to be the best books you could read. obviously since your playing D2 you enjoi Fighting,magic and everyone running around backstabbing.
The Dark Elves are the supreme race of magic and intgriege.

edit: heres a book list for those that havent read them yet and might be interested.


Ekhm, what can I say? No! I havent found Drizzt books interesting at all ( I've read one or two of those, borrowed from a friend). There was nothing for me outstanding among other fantasy books. Of course this is only my opinion and you have yours, but please dont tell me that I'll love something that isnt worth it. In fact, these Drizzt books dont seem to be ambitious at all. I dont like books with computer game alike heroes, trivial and filled almost only with pure action descriptions which dont leave place for too much imagination.
Best books I can read? It all depends on your taste, but if I have to choose good books I would rather read S.King and T.Pratchett for their great skill of storytelling, I.Assimov and P.K.Dick for their impressive (and often dark) visions of the future , G.Wells and J.R.R.Tolkien for huge imagination and big contribution in building sf and fantasy standard of writing. There are more authors which books I like, but these are writers which books I find not only interesting, but also in many cases being work of arts.
Dont get me wrong. I dont say that Drizzt books are bad and R.A.Salvatore isnt a good writer. I just dont find him a genious writer and put him among writers making massive amounts of books for masses.
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May 3 2008 05:08pm
Quote (Kulith @ Fri, 25 Apr 2008, 04:27)
aren't you forgetting the cleric quintet series and the icewind dale trilogy on that list?

Anyways, ive read the dark elf trilogy, the icewind dale trilogy and the legacy of the drow.

To be honest, the dark elf trilogy was absolutely amazing. The icewind dale trilogy was pretty good, but the legacy of the drow wasn't that great. After reading the legacy of the drow I had to put the books down because I DESPISE the cattie-brie character. I hate her so bad, reading the books is painfull. It kinda left a stain on my opinion of the books. The dark elf trilogy was the best, and sojourn was the best book. Fucking cattie brie.


I agree that the dark elf trilogy was the best.. I don't feel the other books quite lived up to that one, but I still like all of them..
I've read Servant of the Shard which is the first book about Jarlaxle/Entreri, and you should definitely read those, I think it's called the Sellsword Trilogy.. I need to get the other two books!
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May 6 2008 04:16pm
I don't anyone should read the individual books. I just bought the trilogies which are 1000 pages or so. It's much better than reading the individual books.
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May 6 2008 04:33pm
Quote (huGe-UNIT @ Sun, Dec 30 2007, 02:39pm)
I have finally completed the 14 book epic ( so far.. havent bought orc King yet)
Garunteed to be the best books you could read. obviously since your playing D2 you enjoi Fighting,magic and everyone running around backstabbing.
The Dark Elves are the supreme race of magic and intgriege.

edit: heres a book list for those that havent read them yet and might be interested.


Could you pm a list of them to me,
like the actual name of the book/series/ect.
I'm interested in reading them.
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May 8 2008 05:21pm
love the r. a. salvatore books w/ drizzt in em. just got done reading sea of swords and bought the legacy series so im on that now.
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