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Needless to say, once I finish reading the Icewind Dale trilogy, I'm done with D&D Larry Send a noteboard - 14/09/2012 12:38:47 AM
Because if I remember, the reader was pretty much knocked over the head with Raistlin's change to evil.


I only read what Dunja "suggested" to me, if I wanted to understand her fascination with Raistlin. Considering she thinks this particular trilogy is the "pinnacle" of D&D, I shudder to consider how bad the other novels in this setting are xx(


CHRONICLES is literally a succession of game modules - 15 of them, I believe - turned into three books. However, they didn't have space in the novels to cover them, so you have these slightly odd bits where major chunks of plot happen off-screen between chapters.

My abiding memory of the trilogy is a sequence in which the characters meet some gnomes who lived in fear of a fake dragon made of wicker and their female leader fell in love with Raistlin. It was a particularly random storyline.

Also, LEGENDS is definitely not the pinnacle of D&D fiction. The best piece of D&D fiction is PLANESCAPE: TORMENT, which as a computer game probably falls outside your remit (though worth a look as it is probably the single most literary computer game ever written, bar none). Lynn Abbey's novel I mentioned earlier is also quite a lot better.


Interesting backstory to the older trilogy and to what may be better than Legends. I'd have to ask her if she's played the computer game or read this other book; I suspect not for the former and don't know for the latter.
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

Je suis méchant.
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This may be one of the most dire reviews you shall ever read Larry - 09/09/2012 09:12:25 PM 2426 Views
Certainly one of the most original, you get points for that. Legolas - 09/09/2012 10:39:00 PM 1665 Views
Well... Larry - 09/09/2012 10:57:25 PM 1676 Views
A review of a D&D bestiary could be more dire. Stephen - 09/09/2012 11:29:17 PM 1513 Views
Perhaps Larry - 09/09/2012 11:50:20 PM 1607 Views
Hey now. Owlbears are awesome. lord-of-shadow - 11/09/2012 02:35:28 AM 1858 Views
That page is painful to behold Stephen - 11/09/2012 03:09:29 AM 1614 Views
They are popular as they are fun, easy reading books Wibble - 10/09/2012 12:11:24 AM 1592 Views
"Popular", "Fun," and "Easy" doesn't have to be equated with poorly-written Larry - 10/09/2012 12:16:27 AM 1833 Views
Poorly written by what standard? Wibble - 10/09/2012 12:29:17 AM 1684 Views
By the standards of what I enjoyed as a nine year-old? Larry - 10/09/2012 01:04:12 AM 1634 Views
So like I said, by the standards of Elitist Literary Snobs Wibble - 11/09/2012 12:03:08 AM 1697 Views
Nice attempt at sophistry, but alas, it fails Larry - 11/09/2012 12:38:24 AM 1639 Views
Was that meant to make any sense? Wibble - 11/09/2012 01:43:13 AM 1849 Views
Re: Was that meant to make any sense? Larry - 11/09/2012 01:54:23 AM 1642 Views
I'm with Wibble on this (big surprise) HyogaRott - 12/09/2012 03:07:53 PM 1718 Views
Heh. James - 12/09/2012 03:43:52 PM 1864 Views
Pretty much so Larry - 12/09/2012 04:19:35 PM 1818 Views
When did you put up that header? Stephen - 12/09/2012 04:35:20 PM 1655 Views
I didn't put it up Larry - 12/09/2012 04:51:32 PM 1551 Views
I shall tread lightly so. Stephen - 12/09/2012 06:15:51 PM 1675 Views
Larry - 12/09/2012 07:25:29 PM 1524 Views
+6 health? What game are you playing? Tom - 12/09/2012 07:52:52 PM 1584 Views
The Game of Life? Larry - 12/09/2012 08:23:53 PM 1634 Views
Re: Pretty much so HyogaRott - 12/09/2012 08:50:57 PM 1668 Views
You apparently do not read my blog/reviews much Larry - 12/09/2012 09:07:18 PM 1690 Views
Actually, I read them almost never HyogaRott - 13/09/2012 03:07:48 PM 1700 Views
I think my IQ dropped a little bit when I parsed what you said Larry - 13/09/2012 04:16:21 PM 1661 Views
Yep, your usual rebuttal... *NM* HyogaRott - 17/09/2012 02:14:56 PM 842 Views
No, not really Larry - 17/09/2012 06:25:15 PM 1499 Views
Yes, Yes, wrap yourself in arrogance and declare yourself correct until your opposite gets bored... HyogaRott - 17/09/2012 11:12:17 PM 1783 Views
Nah, I just wipe my ass with arrogance Larry - 18/09/2012 12:23:44 AM 2041 Views
The last word with me is rather difficult to obtain HyogaRott - 18/09/2012 02:48:03 PM 1591 Views
Don't try to argue with them. They've made their judgments. They are better than you. lord-of-shadow - 10/09/2012 09:36:17 PM 1616 Views
Defensive much? *NM* Larry - 10/09/2012 10:31:17 PM 882 Views
Perhaps. It's annoying, because I tend to agree with you guys - you and Tom and Stephen. lord-of-shadow - 11/09/2012 02:32:28 AM 1627 Views
The odd thing that there wasn't any belittling on my part -see other response. *NM* Larry - 11/09/2012 03:17:36 AM 801 Views
For the record, I wasn't trying to be condescending in my response. Tom - 11/09/2012 05:52:29 PM 1639 Views
He never said you couldn't enjoy it. Stephen - 10/09/2012 11:10:11 PM 1752 Views
Indeed Larry - 10/09/2012 11:17:20 PM 1607 Views
But they aren't. Wibble - 10/09/2012 11:48:14 PM 1644 Views
Prove it. *NM* Stephen - 11/09/2012 03:12:17 AM 812 Views
He also went on to compare liking the books to having the standards of a nine-year-old. lord-of-shadow - 11/09/2012 02:34:18 AM 1604 Views
You didn't read what I said very well then Larry - 11/09/2012 03:16:21 AM 1599 Views
You're right. In the context of this thread, I'm basically acting like a raving lunatic. lord-of-shadow - 11/09/2012 02:48:19 PM 1639 Views
It's not like any of us have ever been innocent 100% of the time Larry - 11/09/2012 03:49:22 PM 1609 Views
I believe that they were not meant for adults. Tom - 10/09/2012 12:30:05 AM 1640 Views
Very few of my friends were reading the books; some played the game, though Larry - 10/09/2012 01:06:07 AM 1611 Views
Basically, both get dubious kudos for trying something new by the dire standards of the day. Werthead - 10/09/2012 11:38:22 PM 1672 Views
Interesting point Larry - 11/09/2012 12:41:01 AM 1599 Views
Are you aware of the game's alignment rules? Some of the novels struggle with this. Werthead - 12/09/2012 10:58:37 PM 1670 Views
Not aware of it at all until now Larry - 12/09/2012 11:18:57 PM 1625 Views
How is that possible? Tom - 12/09/2012 11:28:33 PM 1598 Views
My dad was (and is) influenced by Evangelicals Larry - 13/09/2012 12:17:36 AM 1517 Views
Wait, so you didn't read the Chronicles first? Tom - 13/09/2012 02:12:13 PM 1532 Views
No Larry - 13/09/2012 02:18:03 PM 1593 Views
Well, it's sort of like starting Jordan at Lord of Chaos Tom - 13/09/2012 05:18:23 PM 1621 Views
Oddly enough, I started WoT at CoS in November 1997 Larry - 13/09/2012 05:56:04 PM 1531 Views
Chronicles is considerably weaker Werthead - 13/09/2012 11:14:38 PM 1619 Views
Needless to say, once I finish reading the Icewind Dale trilogy, I'm done with D&D Larry - 14/09/2012 12:38:47 AM 1755 Views
12 modules, not 15 Tom - 14/09/2012 02:55:39 PM 1798 Views
These threads are so much better than the rape threads! *NM* Dan - 12/09/2012 04:03:01 AM 915 Views
You're just waiting to see if I'll use hexameter in the next one *NM* Larry - 12/09/2012 04:32:31 AM 745 Views
When do we get to see some alexandrines? *NM* Stephen - 12/09/2012 12:41:29 PM 809 Views
Or quatrains? Larry - 12/09/2012 03:25:13 PM 1501 Views
And having now finished Dragonlance: Legends, its very own sonnet Larry - 13/09/2012 12:31:51 PM 1607 Views
At least you didn't read the Baldur's Gate novelizations beetnemesis - 14/09/2012 04:29:17 AM 1538 Views
Sssssh! Larry - 14/09/2012 05:10:19 AM 1595 Views
People become lesbians for no reason! beetnemesis - 17/09/2012 04:34:20 PM 1465 Views
I think my IQ dropped further upon learning of this Larry - 17/09/2012 06:29:29 PM 1489 Views
Baldurs Gate wooooo! Foxhead - 14/09/2012 04:13:34 PM 1726 Views
Eh, Star Wars Expanded Universe I could see reading. Some of them are supposed to be good beetnemesis - 17/09/2012 04:37:05 PM 1966 Views
Is the review dire because of the subject or the sonnet form? Foxhead - 14/09/2012 04:24:37 PM 1646 Views
Both Larry - 14/09/2012 04:36:59 PM 1562 Views
it would be unusual for someone to just randomly pick books like that up Foxhead - 14/09/2012 05:05:37 PM 1870 Views
Interesting scenario Larry - 14/09/2012 10:16:11 PM 1569 Views
Re: Interesting scenario Foxhead - 15/09/2012 09:55:59 AM 1826 Views
Re: Interesting scenario Larry - 17/09/2012 06:28:57 PM 1485 Views
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