Some Help Please!!

Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Thu Oct 25, 2001 2:16 pm

I'm planning on buying some Salvatore books and I know I want to get the Dark Elf Trilogy, are there any other good books from him out there?

T'anks in advance...

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Thu Oct 25, 2001 2:39 pm

The Icewind Dale Trilogy is good...

CM · Post by CM » Thu Oct 25, 2001 3:17 pm

I would get the cleric Quientet.
That was nice as well.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Thu Oct 25, 2001 3:23 pm

I just finaished the IWD Trilogy last night. amazing series of books.

josh · Post by **josh** » Thu Oct 25, 2001 3:38 pm

Be sure to read the Dark Elf Trilogy first before the Ice Wind Dale one. That was advice given to me by some friends.

Aegis · Post by **Aegis** » Thu Oct 25, 2001 3:51 pm

Thats how I did it. I found it more rewarding that way.

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Thu Oct 25, 2001 4:14 pm

Originally posted by Aegis:
<STRONG>Thats how I did it. I found it more rewarding that way.</STRONG>

How do you know when you can't have tried it the other way?

HighLordDave · Post by **HighLordDave** » Thu Oct 25, 2001 4:30 pm

I thought the Cleric Quintet was sub-par for Salvatore. The "plot" lost me, I didn't care about the characters, and the books dragged . . . a lot. It got so bad, I quit reading the series in the middle of the third book.

The Icewind Dale Trilogy and Dark Elf Trilogy are the two best series. The Legacy of the Drow series (The Legacy, Starless Night, Seige of Darkness and Passage to Dawn) is also sub-par. The characters aren't well developed, Salvatore gets bogged down in too many long, drawn-out fight scenes, and the only purpose of the four books is to resurrect one of the main characters (I won't tell you which one!).

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Salvatore's Forgotten Realms books, the Paths of Darkness (The Silent Blade, Spine of the World, Servant of the Shard, and the soon-to-be-released Sea of Swords) are better, but mostly because I think Salvatore's gotten tired of writing Drizzt Do'Urden stories. Instead of developing the dark elf further, he teams Drizzt and his friends up with Cadderly et al from The Cleric Quintet in The Silent Blade, takes Wulfgar off on his own in Spine of the World, and centers on Jarlaxle and Artemis Entreri in Servant of the Shard.

I am very anxious to get my hands on Sea of Swords because I think it's going to be the last Drizzt Do'Urden novel for quite some time.

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Nippy · Post by **Nippy** » Thu Oct 25, 2001 11:34 pm

Thanks for the replies.

I'll look into them soon...

Nightmare · Post by **Nightmare** » Fri Oct 26, 2001 2:31 pm

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The Silent Balde was bad. Spine of the World was bad. Servant of the Shard is one of his best.

Going to get Sea of Swords when it comes out.

On the Legacy of the Drow series:
The Legacy

Starless Night

Seige of Darkness

Passage ot Dawn