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Eh, Star Wars Expanded Universe I could see reading. Some of them are supposed to be good beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 17/09/2012 04:37:05 PM
It's a huge setting, with decades to mature.

The Baldur's Gate books, on the other hand, try extremely hard to just retell the plot of the game. Except instead of deepening the characters and giving the story more complexity, it's almost literally, "The main character is a guy who hits stuff with his sword. He's not too smart, so he doesn't try to understand all this jibber-jabber about "taint" and "souls." He has a friend who suddenly turns into a lesbian because lesbians are Hot."
I amuse myself.
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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 2476 Views
Certainly one of the most original, you get points for that. Legolas - 09/09/2012 10:39:00 PM 1695 Views
Well... Larry - 09/09/2012 10:57:25 PM 1711 Views
A review of a D&D bestiary could be more dire. Stephen - 09/09/2012 11:29:17 PM 1543 Views
Perhaps Larry - 09/09/2012 11:50:20 PM 1636 Views
Hey now. Owlbears are awesome. lord-of-shadow - 11/09/2012 02:35:28 AM 1890 Views
That page is painful to behold Stephen - 11/09/2012 03:09:29 AM 1646 Views
They are popular as they are fun, easy reading books Wibble - 10/09/2012 12:11:24 AM 1622 Views
"Popular", "Fun," and "Easy" doesn't have to be equated with poorly-written Larry - 10/09/2012 12:16:27 AM 1862 Views
Poorly written by what standard? Wibble - 10/09/2012 12:29:17 AM 1721 Views
By the standards of what I enjoyed as a nine year-old? Larry - 10/09/2012 01:04:12 AM 1675 Views
So like I said, by the standards of Elitist Literary Snobs Wibble - 11/09/2012 12:03:08 AM 1745 Views
Nice attempt at sophistry, but alas, it fails Larry - 11/09/2012 12:38:24 AM 1678 Views
Was that meant to make any sense? Wibble - 11/09/2012 01:43:13 AM 1889 Views
Re: Was that meant to make any sense? Larry - 11/09/2012 01:54:23 AM 1682 Views
I'm with Wibble on this (big surprise) HyogaRott - 12/09/2012 03:07:53 PM 1752 Views
Heh. James - 12/09/2012 03:43:52 PM 1901 Views
Pretty much so Larry - 12/09/2012 04:19:35 PM 1856 Views
When did you put up that header? Stephen - 12/09/2012 04:35:20 PM 1686 Views
I didn't put it up Larry - 12/09/2012 04:51:32 PM 1584 Views
I shall tread lightly so. Stephen - 12/09/2012 06:15:51 PM 1708 Views
Larry - 12/09/2012 07:25:29 PM 1557 Views
+6 health? What game are you playing? Tom - 12/09/2012 07:52:52 PM 1610 Views
The Game of Life? Larry - 12/09/2012 08:23:53 PM 1663 Views
Re: Pretty much so HyogaRott - 12/09/2012 08:50:57 PM 1705 Views
You apparently do not read my blog/reviews much Larry - 12/09/2012 09:07:18 PM 1722 Views
Actually, I read them almost never HyogaRott - 13/09/2012 03:07:48 PM 1731 Views
I think my IQ dropped a little bit when I parsed what you said Larry - 13/09/2012 04:16:21 PM 1695 Views
Yep, your usual rebuttal... *NM* HyogaRott - 17/09/2012 02:14:56 PM 866 Views
No, not really Larry - 17/09/2012 06:25:15 PM 1537 Views
Yes, Yes, wrap yourself in arrogance and declare yourself correct until your opposite gets bored... HyogaRott - 17/09/2012 11:12:17 PM 1816 Views
Nah, I just wipe my ass with arrogance Larry - 18/09/2012 12:23:44 AM 2069 Views
The last word with me is rather difficult to obtain HyogaRott - 18/09/2012 02:48:03 PM 1624 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 1646 Views
Defensive much? *NM* Larry - 10/09/2012 10:31:17 PM 898 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 1669 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 821 Views
For the record, I wasn't trying to be condescending in my response. Tom - 11/09/2012 05:52:29 PM 1675 Views
He never said you couldn't enjoy it. Stephen - 10/09/2012 11:10:11 PM 1790 Views
Indeed Larry - 10/09/2012 11:17:20 PM 1637 Views
But they aren't. Wibble - 10/09/2012 11:48:14 PM 1680 Views
Prove it. *NM* Stephen - 11/09/2012 03:12:17 AM 834 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 1644 Views
You didn't read what I said very well then Larry - 11/09/2012 03:16:21 AM 1635 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 1672 Views
It's not like any of us have ever been innocent 100% of the time Larry - 11/09/2012 03:49:22 PM 1647 Views
I believe that they were not meant for adults. Tom - 10/09/2012 12:30:05 AM 1678 Views
Very few of my friends were reading the books; some played the game, though Larry - 10/09/2012 01:06:07 AM 1644 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 1710 Views
Interesting point Larry - 11/09/2012 12:41:01 AM 1626 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 1695 Views
Not aware of it at all until now Larry - 12/09/2012 11:18:57 PM 1667 Views
How is that possible? Tom - 12/09/2012 11:28:33 PM 1631 Views
My dad was (and is) influenced by Evangelicals Larry - 13/09/2012 12:17:36 AM 1550 Views
Wait, so you didn't read the Chronicles first? Tom - 13/09/2012 02:12:13 PM 1565 Views
No Larry - 13/09/2012 02:18:03 PM 1621 Views
Well, it's sort of like starting Jordan at Lord of Chaos Tom - 13/09/2012 05:18:23 PM 1650 Views
Oddly enough, I started WoT at CoS in November 1997 Larry - 13/09/2012 05:56:04 PM 1564 Views
Chronicles is considerably weaker Werthead - 13/09/2012 11:14:38 PM 1655 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 1793 Views
12 modules, not 15 Tom - 14/09/2012 02:55:39 PM 1829 Views
These threads are so much better than the rape threads! *NM* Dan - 12/09/2012 04:03:01 AM 934 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 770 Views
When do we get to see some alexandrines? *NM* Stephen - 12/09/2012 12:41:29 PM 826 Views
Or quatrains? Larry - 12/09/2012 03:25:13 PM 1535 Views
And having now finished Dragonlance: Legends, its very own sonnet Larry - 13/09/2012 12:31:51 PM 1633 Views
At least you didn't read the Baldur's Gate novelizations beetnemesis - 14/09/2012 04:29:17 AM 1568 Views
Sssssh! Larry - 14/09/2012 05:10:19 AM 1617 Views
People become lesbians for no reason! beetnemesis - 17/09/2012 04:34:20 PM 1491 Views
I think my IQ dropped further upon learning of this Larry - 17/09/2012 06:29:29 PM 1516 Views
Baldurs Gate wooooo! Foxhead - 14/09/2012 04:13:34 PM 1757 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 1993 Views
Is the review dire because of the subject or the sonnet form? Foxhead - 14/09/2012 04:24:37 PM 1677 Views
Both Larry - 14/09/2012 04:36:59 PM 1595 Views
it would be unusual for someone to just randomly pick books like that up Foxhead - 14/09/2012 05:05:37 PM 1905 Views
Interesting scenario Larry - 14/09/2012 10:16:11 PM 1608 Views
Re: Interesting scenario Foxhead - 15/09/2012 09:55:59 AM 1863 Views
Re: Interesting scenario Larry - 17/09/2012 06:28:57 PM 1515 Views
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