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Interesting scenario Larry Send a noteboard - 14/09/2012 10:16:11 PM
i've read both the trilogies and remember them with great warmth. I wouldn't read them again though and I definitely read them at the right time (early teens, playing RPG games etc)

I don't see what's wrong with them, they're no different to a comic book film or CGi fest or pop CD or chippy tea. it's not going to benefit your mind or body in any great way, but i enjoy it.


As I said above, I only read them (and reviewed them in this fashion) because a woman (okay, the one who controls rabid squirrels ;)) "asked" me to do so :P Otherwise, I'd have no interest, since I didn't when I was growing up, as these sorts of stories rarely, if ever, appeal to me. Matters of taste and all (although I do understand some of their appeal to others) :D

with no history of playing RPG/D&D games. you (one) wouldn't pick them out for their cover art unless the cover art appealed to them (others). once picking it up, the blurb wouldn't appeal to a passing bookshelf peruser. so you (actually you) are completely and utterly, unforgivably not the target audience.


Unforgivably? :P Maybe totally not, but unforgivably sounds rather like I'm being condemned to Hell for not being a target D&D person :P

in fact it's not even the quality of the writing. would you have enjoyed those trilogies had they have been written (takes 10 minutes to research someone) by William Shakespeare...that shouldn't have needed research really, but you get my point


Interesting question. There are subject matters that I really do not enjoy reading (say, the profile of a pedophile), yet Vladimir Nabokov in Lolita wrote a classic. So perhaps the authors can, to a limited degree, transcend the chosen literary genre?

would any writer have made that content interest to you? plus imagine if it was a dante or milton or james joyce. it would have been at least double again the length and possibly in prose (what rhymes with Guenhwyvar?) and would you really have enjoyed slogging through Raistlin's stream of consciousness using that stream of consciousness technique that James Joyce (born 1882, died 1941) perfected?


I like to think that my own humble sonnet was a bit more interesting than what Weis and Hickman wrote ;) But that's a good point. I think it depends upon reader tastes. I like a story written with a good style to it (one that fits the tale or perhaps transforms it), as style is integral to a tale (even Weis and Hickman have a style; it's just a very poorly-presented one :P) and I think Joyce so totally could have invented words that rhyme with Guenhwyvar :P
Illusions fall like the husk of a fruit, one after another, and the fruit is experience. - Narrator, Sylvie

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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 2531 Views
Certainly one of the most original, you get points for that. Legolas - 09/09/2012 10:39:00 PM 1767 Views
Well... Larry - 09/09/2012 10:57:25 PM 1772 Views
A review of a D&D bestiary could be more dire. Stephen - 09/09/2012 11:29:17 PM 1607 Views
Perhaps Larry - 09/09/2012 11:50:20 PM 1697 Views
Hey now. Owlbears are awesome. lord-of-shadow - 11/09/2012 02:35:28 AM 1961 Views
That page is painful to behold Stephen - 11/09/2012 03:09:29 AM 1699 Views
They are popular as they are fun, easy reading books Wibble - 10/09/2012 12:11:24 AM 1689 Views
"Popular", "Fun," and "Easy" doesn't have to be equated with poorly-written Larry - 10/09/2012 12:16:27 AM 1923 Views
Poorly written by what standard? Wibble - 10/09/2012 12:29:17 AM 1774 Views
By the standards of what I enjoyed as a nine year-old? Larry - 10/09/2012 01:04:12 AM 1749 Views
So like I said, by the standards of Elitist Literary Snobs Wibble - 11/09/2012 12:03:08 AM 1810 Views
Nice attempt at sophistry, but alas, it fails Larry - 11/09/2012 12:38:24 AM 1764 Views
Was that meant to make any sense? Wibble - 11/09/2012 01:43:13 AM 1950 Views
Re: Was that meant to make any sense? Larry - 11/09/2012 01:54:23 AM 1740 Views
I'm with Wibble on this (big surprise) HyogaRott - 12/09/2012 03:07:53 PM 1807 Views
Heh. James - 12/09/2012 03:43:52 PM 1969 Views
Pretty much so Larry - 12/09/2012 04:19:35 PM 1924 Views
When did you put up that header? Stephen - 12/09/2012 04:35:20 PM 1742 Views
I didn't put it up Larry - 12/09/2012 04:51:32 PM 1651 Views
I shall tread lightly so. Stephen - 12/09/2012 06:15:51 PM 1771 Views
Larry - 12/09/2012 07:25:29 PM 1624 Views
+6 health? What game are you playing? Tom - 12/09/2012 07:52:52 PM 1671 Views
The Game of Life? Larry - 12/09/2012 08:23:53 PM 1725 Views
Re: Pretty much so HyogaRott - 12/09/2012 08:50:57 PM 1758 Views
You apparently do not read my blog/reviews much Larry - 12/09/2012 09:07:18 PM 1785 Views
Actually, I read them almost never HyogaRott - 13/09/2012 03:07:48 PM 1794 Views
I think my IQ dropped a little bit when I parsed what you said Larry - 13/09/2012 04:16:21 PM 1766 Views
Yep, your usual rebuttal... *NM* HyogaRott - 17/09/2012 02:14:56 PM 895 Views
No, not really Larry - 17/09/2012 06:25:15 PM 1618 Views
Yes, Yes, wrap yourself in arrogance and declare yourself correct until your opposite gets bored... HyogaRott - 17/09/2012 11:12:17 PM 1880 Views
Nah, I just wipe my ass with arrogance Larry - 18/09/2012 12:23:44 AM 2120 Views
The last word with me is rather difficult to obtain HyogaRott - 18/09/2012 02:48:03 PM 1724 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 1705 Views
Defensive much? *NM* Larry - 10/09/2012 10:31:17 PM 927 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 1733 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 865 Views
For the record, I wasn't trying to be condescending in my response. Tom - 11/09/2012 05:52:29 PM 1762 Views
He never said you couldn't enjoy it. Stephen - 10/09/2012 11:10:11 PM 1850 Views
Indeed Larry - 10/09/2012 11:17:20 PM 1692 Views
But they aren't. Wibble - 10/09/2012 11:48:14 PM 1739 Views
Prove it. *NM* Stephen - 11/09/2012 03:12:17 AM 876 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 1703 Views
You didn't read what I said very well then Larry - 11/09/2012 03:16:21 AM 1698 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 1730 Views
It's not like any of us have ever been innocent 100% of the time Larry - 11/09/2012 03:49:22 PM 1715 Views
I believe that they were not meant for adults. Tom - 10/09/2012 12:30:05 AM 1735 Views
Very few of my friends were reading the books; some played the game, though Larry - 10/09/2012 01:06:07 AM 1705 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 1769 Views
Interesting point Larry - 11/09/2012 12:41:01 AM 1696 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 1770 Views
Not aware of it at all until now Larry - 12/09/2012 11:18:57 PM 1730 Views
How is that possible? Tom - 12/09/2012 11:28:33 PM 1733 Views
My dad was (and is) influenced by Evangelicals Larry - 13/09/2012 12:17:36 AM 1606 Views
Wait, so you didn't read the Chronicles first? Tom - 13/09/2012 02:12:13 PM 1618 Views
No Larry - 13/09/2012 02:18:03 PM 1677 Views
Well, it's sort of like starting Jordan at Lord of Chaos Tom - 13/09/2012 05:18:23 PM 1709 Views
Oddly enough, I started WoT at CoS in November 1997 Larry - 13/09/2012 05:56:04 PM 1623 Views
Chronicles is considerably weaker Werthead - 13/09/2012 11:14:38 PM 1733 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 1847 Views
12 modules, not 15 Tom - 14/09/2012 02:55:39 PM 1883 Views
These threads are so much better than the rape threads! *NM* Dan - 12/09/2012 04:03:01 AM 960 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 805 Views
When do we get to see some alexandrines? *NM* Stephen - 12/09/2012 12:41:29 PM 862 Views
Or quatrains? Larry - 12/09/2012 03:25:13 PM 1611 Views
And having now finished Dragonlance: Legends, its very own sonnet Larry - 13/09/2012 12:31:51 PM 1686 Views
At least you didn't read the Baldur's Gate novelizations beetnemesis - 14/09/2012 04:29:17 AM 1630 Views
Sssssh! Larry - 14/09/2012 05:10:19 AM 1685 Views
People become lesbians for no reason! beetnemesis - 17/09/2012 04:34:20 PM 1546 Views
I think my IQ dropped further upon learning of this Larry - 17/09/2012 06:29:29 PM 1576 Views
Baldurs Gate wooooo! Foxhead - 14/09/2012 04:13:34 PM 1814 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 2047 Views
Is the review dire because of the subject or the sonnet form? Foxhead - 14/09/2012 04:24:37 PM 1741 Views
Both Larry - 14/09/2012 04:36:59 PM 1654 Views
it would be unusual for someone to just randomly pick books like that up Foxhead - 14/09/2012 05:05:37 PM 1965 Views
Interesting scenario Larry - 14/09/2012 10:16:11 PM 1660 Views
Re: Interesting scenario Foxhead - 15/09/2012 09:55:59 AM 1909 Views
Re: Interesting scenario Larry - 17/09/2012 06:28:57 PM 1573 Views
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