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I really enjoy R.A. Salvatore but for some reason have never picked up a Drizzt novel. Are they worth it? I hear there are around 20 of them. I have a hard time stopping a series once I have started it, even if it gets bad. Would I be better off just ignoring this Drizzt guy?

>> No.1055812

We don't take kindly to your folk around here.

>> No.1055816
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1055816

Drizzt is a fun character..

they're at least picking up to read the journal entries Drizzt has at the beginning of each part of the series. I remember reading that Salvatore said he had gotten more mail about those than anything else he had published.

>>1055812
pic related

>> No.1055826

>>1055812

what kind are you referring to?

>> No.1055851

I read the majority of the drizzt series (about 18 of the books) but for some reason stopped. Story line got repetitive I guess, but I did really enjoy it. Mind you, I read it when I was 16 and 17 and have not returned to them since, so what seemed like awesome then might not seem so awesome now

>> No.1055889

>>1055812
Yes we do. You always post first in fantasy threads with a sage, and then you're followed by a large ammount of fantasy discussion and reccomendations.
I think it's time to accept it man.

>> No.1055898

Just read the first in the Dark Elf trilogy yesterday on the recommendation of a friend, and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would. It's not really my type of book, but it was a fun read.

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1055921

Dark Elf trilogy & Icewind Dale trilogy are the best one

after it become boring ... BUT THEN

the last trilogy (transition) is fucking great (picture related)

>> No.1055940

>>1055921

what do you mean by boring? just repetitive?

>> No.1055951

read and loved the dark elf trilogy in high school. Matron Malice was like, 8 bitches on a bitch boat, bro.
but seriously, when I was a recluse in junior year, all I did was read those books and play baldur's gate and icewind dale. ah, memories.

>> No.1055959

>>1055940
yes repetitive .. but you feel it only after tome 8

catty "red head bitch" brie wanna some drizzt's cock

Drizzt dunno what to do .. and things go on

>> No.1055970

I just started reading the Cleric Quintet series.. while I am not far on the first book I am liking these characters more than Drizzt and company. I have read the Dark Elf and Icewind Dale trilogy. Check out the Cleric Quintet if you don't like Drizzt.

>> No.1055985

>>1055970

Cleric Quintet was my intro to Salvatore. I'm not really sure why it gets buried beneath the popularity of Drizzt.

I just learned that he wrote an original series, outside of the DnD worlds called the DemonWars saga. Anyone read this?

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1055990

>>1055985
stick you to the forgotten realms

>>1055970
yeah Cleric Quintet is THE shit, best books ever on the forgotten realms

don't forget the Six tomes of the War of the Spider Queen (picture related). It's written by six different author all supervised by R.A. Salvatore. If you like drow you must read those books definitely hardcore

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>>1055985
he's written a couple trilogies outside of Faerun.

Demon Wars has at least 2 trilogies in it, he might be working on a third? brand new world, the magic is based on stones/willpower, more mana based than vancian.

Sword of Bedwyr is set in a derivative Britain-esque world. There's even a Robert The Bruce in the history of that world, and its much more human heavy than Faerun.

There's also Spearwielder's Tale that's about a guy reading LotR who wakes up in the land of Faerie, with leprechauns and all. In the third book, dude's wife quotes Merchant of Venice and the leprechaun recognizes it as the Bard.

i like salvatore a fair amount, but his books rarely bear rereading.