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| Mystery_Man |
Posted - 09 Oct 2003 : 05:15:47
What are you top five Realms books
Excluding anything done by Salvatore. |
| 30 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| quajack |
Posted - 22 Jan 2007 : 18:41:17
Today, it's:
1. Evermeet
2. El: Making of a Mage
3. Master of Chains
4. Cormyr
5. Twilight Falling
6. Song of the Saurils (couldn't stop at five).
Top Series (by a single author):
1. Song and Swords
2. Finder's Stone
3. Dark Elf (RAS hater be damned)
4. Erevis Cale
5. Icewind Dale/House of Serpents
This is the opinion of someone who has read all but 10 FR novels. All in the last 3 years. Yeah, I've been busy. |
| koz |
Posted - 21 Jan 2007 : 03:51:18
1. Elfshadow
2. Azure Bonds
3. Prince of Lies
4. Rising Tide
5. City of Ravens
I have many more that I liked but I tried to limit myself to one book per author or series. |
| Enialus Meliamne |
Posted - 09 Jan 2007 : 10:21:42
Evermeet: The Island of Elves
Darkwalker on Moonshae
Black Wizards
Darkwell
Elfshadow
Favorite Series:
Moonshae Trilogy
Avatar Series
Songs and Swords
Starlight and Shadows
Counselors and Kings
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| Twilight |
Posted - 09 Nov 2006 : 06:51:54
1.The Yellow Silk
2.The Promise of the Witchking
3.The Siege
4.The Sorcerer
5.The Summoning
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| darkcrow |
Posted - 02 Nov 2006 : 01:10:48
1-Azure Bonds
2-Masquarde
3-Spellfire
4-Making of a Mage
5-Crucible |
| Xysma |
Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 19:53:00
Novels:
1. Elfsong
2. Dawn of Night
3. The Wyvern's Spur
4. The Night Parade
5. Swords of Eveningstar
Series:
1. Finder's Stone
2. Songs and Swords
3. Erevis Cale
4. Starlight and Shadows
5. House of Serpents
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| Marc |
Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 10:36:01
1. Forsaken House
2. Evermeet
3. Midnight's Mask
4. City of Splendors
5. Vanitys Brood
But I think the Blackstaff will surpass them all |
| Dart Ambermoon |
Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 05:42:01
This is insanely difficult to pick and I´m not sure I´d answer the same in two weeks, but here goes...
I, too, will split into stand-alone and series (just to be able to skirt some tough decisions *ahem*).
Stand Alone:
Elfshadow
Finder´s Bane
Crypt of the Shadowking
Evermeet
The Wyvern´s Spur
Series:
The Threat from the Sea
The Cormyr Trilogy
The Moonshae Trilogy
The Empires Trilogy
The Avatar Series (sure, part of it approaches written hell, but just for the lore and being the first I read)
Honorable mention (since it´s somewhat an off-shoot) belongs to "Once around the Realms" - Volo is Ao.
I have to say...there are many newer novels I really love, but those I´ve read thrice or more and still love go before them in my list. |
| TonyMontana1638 |
Posted - 01 Nov 2006 : 04:44:40
It's hard to pick individual books out of series', so I'll do this two ways:
First to answer the actual question
1. Evermeet: Isle of the Elves- The most brilliant piece of writing to come out of the Realms, I think it'd be an all-time fantasy classic if it wasn't "just another FR novel".
2. Tantras- Gotta love it when gods fight, but any of the Time of Trouble's novels could go here.
3. Silverfall- I'm such a sucker for the Seven Sisters... :p
4. Death of the Dragon- The best of a fantastic series
5. Spellfire- Classic
Now I'll do the best series as a whole
1. Time of Troubles (Shadowdale, Tantras, Waterdeep)- Most important, lore-wise, of any FR series and the best written.
2. Cormyr Trilogy- All fantastic novels, incredible depth to them all
3. Spellfire- Classic, I miss Shandril
4. The Last Mythal- I enjoyed it alot, I'm such a softie for elves...
5. The Hapers
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| zoso1977 |
Posted - 23 Oct 2006 : 19:45:00
Darkwalker on Moonshae (First FR novel I read when it first came out)
Azure bonds
Spellfire
Windwalker
Twilight falling |
| Victor_ograygor |
Posted - 23 Oct 2006 : 18:15:45
My top five Realms books
Daughter of the Drow
Tangled Webs
Windwalker
The prince of lies
The trail of Cyric the mad
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| Zimme |
Posted - 23 Oct 2006 : 17:45:48
The Liriel Baenrae triology, and the Erevis cale triology.
And yes I do realize that that is six books, but I cant help it, so forgive me! ;) I think the mood and the feel in those books are spectacular. sweeps you away to a place called faerun. |
| MerrikCale |
Posted - 09 Oct 2006 : 02:39:05
Icewind Dale Trilogy, Elfshadow, Curse of the Shadowmage, Mistress of the Night, the Cleric Quintet |
| Crust |
Posted - 08 Oct 2006 : 02:05:58
1. Elminster in Hell
2. Shadows of Doom
3. Silverfall
4. Stormlight
5. Elminster in Myth Drannor |
| Lord Teclis |
Posted - 07 Oct 2006 : 09:11:11
The Farthest Reach
Elminster in Myth Drannor
Insurrection
Daughter of the Drow
Blackstaff
This excludes all RAS novels as I would say that most of my five would have been one of his novels.
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| Galothean |
Posted - 28 Dec 2003 : 09:30:07
MY TOP 5:
1. The Crystal Shard by R.A. Slavatore
2. Elfshadow by Elaine Cunningham3. Pool of Radiance by James M. Ward and Jane Cooper Hong
4. Prince of Lies by James Lowder
5. Spellfire by Ed Greenwood |
| spikeyhairedone |
Posted - 15 Dec 2003 : 18:51:14
In no particular order:
The Wyvern's spur
Pool of radiance
Spellfire
Song of the Saurials
The Ogre's pact |
| mikhel |
Posted - 14 Dec 2003 : 05:10:29
very good question indeed!
1. Cormyr
2. Elminster in Myth Drannor
3. Daughter of the Drow
4. Once Around the Realms
5. Dark Elf Trilogy
Its hard to pick my top five as I am sure it will change every month or so, but here are my current top five. |
| Arthur |
Posted - 12 Dec 2003 : 04:50:17
Good question Friend.
1-Parched Sea
2-Spellfire
3-Elfshadow
4-Wyvern's Spur
5-HighRoad
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| Maecenus of Westgate |
Posted - 09 Dec 2003 : 14:16:26
Strange that there are so many Elaine Cunningham fans. I personally find her novels to be mediocre at best, but to each their own. Here is my list of faves though this is likely to change as I read more Forgotten Realms books.
1 -- Insurrection, by Thomas M. Reid (Part 2 of the War of the Spider Queen) -- Excellent story climaxing on the fall of the drow city, Ched Nasad!
2 -- Dissolution, by Richard Lee Byers (Part 1 of the War of the Spider Queen) -- This one got me hooked and now i'm an addict 
3 -- Curse of the Shadowmage, by Mark Anthony (Harpers book 11) -- Maybe its because I just finished this book but I found this to be very exciting and awe inspiring. If only there was a third book in this set (Crypt of the Shadowking was the first part)...Mark Anthony is a great author.
4 -- Condemnation, by Richard Baker (Part 3 of the War of the Spider Queen) -- Feed the addiciton. My only problem with this book were some of the inconsistencies, but otherwise...very good. 
5 -- The Parched Sea, by Troy Denning (Harpers book 1) -- This one I read quite a while ago but really enjoyed. It focuses on a group rarely talked about in the Realms, the Bedine. |
| Arivia |
Posted - 03 Dec 2003 : 10:50:24
quote:
Originally posted by Rad
Cale novels - second to none! 
Except for Starlight and Shadows. |
| Lord Rad |
Posted - 03 Dec 2003 : 10:12:17
quote:
Originally posted by Fearsn
Hello everyone, just stumbled apon this forum and figure I would throw my change your way. BTW, R.A. would have my top 5.
#1 Darkwalker on Moonshae - this is the book that got me started with fantasy novels in 1989, specifically FR. Great story by Douglas Niles
#2 Elfshadow - so much fun, this whole series is worth the read
#3 Shadow's Witness - Erevis Cale, got to love his character.
#4 Twilight Falling - Cale again
#5 Elfsong - Elaine is amazing
Welcome Fearsn
I also started on Darkwalker, I think many others did too. Its a nice gritty book!
I agree with Elfshadow and Elfsong being good books, but the series was let down big time by the last novel - The Dream Spheres! One of the worst FR novels ive read.
Cale novels - second to none! |
| Fearsn |
Posted - 03 Dec 2003 : 05:56:16
Hello everyone, just stumbled apon this forum and figure I would throw my change your way. BTW, R.A. would have my top 5.
#1 Darkwalker on Moonshae - this is the book that got me started with fantasy novels in 1989, specifically FR. Great story by Douglas Niles
#2 Elfshadow - so much fun, this whole series is worth the read
#3 Shadow's Witness - Erevis Cale, got to love his character.
#4 Twilight Falling - Cale again
#5 Elfsong - Elaine is amazing |
| Mystery_Man |
Posted - 24 Oct 2003 : 14:08:25
Cadderly could pimp slap Drizzt and take his lunch money on his worst day..
Just throwing that out there.   |
| William of Waterdeep |
Posted - 24 Oct 2003 : 01:48:41
quote:
Originally posted by Cardinal Deimos
Ok *phew* finally done the Icewind Dale trilogy moving on to umm the Dark Elf trilogy. Salvatore's work seems ok ( I really Like Wulfgar, Bruenor and Regis).... however while my respect for Artemis has grown ( how can one not admire the assasin?) My respect for Drizzt ( if there was any shred of it) has all but vanished... but perhaps I may see something I like so I move on. Oh, is there anymore required reading, I should be aware of?
Question: Does anyone know if there were anymore Lirial and Fydor stories after... Tangled Webs? I think it'd be so neat to hear more of their struggles on the surface... more so about what type of resistence they would encounter in Rashemen.
Maybe you will change your mind about Drizzt after Homeland unless you already have your mind made up.I hope this isn't the case, I would like to think that I am a fairly good judge of people and I think of you as open minded. |
| Jander Sunstar |
Posted - 23 Oct 2003 : 12:52:47
I read elfshadow yesterday, now my fav is it.
Elain is one of the best realms writter. I respect her |
| Arivia |
Posted - 23 Oct 2003 : 06:43:48
Yep. There's one more, Windwalker, which was published during the last year, deals with Liriel and Fyodor's travel to Rashemen, and the events that happen there... |
| The Cardinal |
Posted - 23 Oct 2003 : 06:37:53
Ok *phew* finally done the Icewind Dale trilogy moving on to umm the Dark Elf trilogy. Salvatore's work seems ok ( I really Like Wulfgar, Bruenor and Regis).... however while my respect for Artemis has grown ( how can one not admire the assasin?) My respect for Drizzt ( if there was any shred of it) has all but vanished... but perhaps I may see something I like so I move on. Oh, is there anymore required reading, I should be aware of?
Question: Does anyone know if there were anymore Lirial and Fydor stories after... Tangled Webs? I think it'd be so neat to hear more of their struggles on the surface... more so about what type of resistence they would encounter in Rashemen. |
| William of Waterdeep |
Posted - 22 Oct 2003 : 21:12:59
quote:
Originally posted by ArionElenim
I LOVE Elaine Cunningham...I can't BELIEVE she hasn't done more work...
Look at Salvatores site and check his links, Elaine Cunningham along with Terry Brooks are both under the other author sites sub link.
Here is a link straight to her--->http://www.elainecunningham.com/ |
| Arion Elenim |
Posted - 22 Oct 2003 : 19:38:51
By the way, Jander, Cyric caused his own madness....And he is mad no longer, thank the gods...things get awful scary in Crucible... |
