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[Sinfulwolf]

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Well, it is mostly Drow fighting pirates... still they are together in the same book.

Also, if your a fan of Drow, I picked up some books by Lisa Smedman, who did book four of the War of the Spider Queen series, and she's recently put out another trilogy involving the Drow. A Drow civil war if you will. I'm reading the first book now, and I'll get back here with the name of the series and the name of the books later.

 

[Copper]

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Funny, I thought that's what War of the Spider queen was *laughs* And I think I have at least one or two of them. Is one of the books "Lady Penitant"? I think I recognize the name.

 

[Shrike7]

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I believe that's the name of the series itself, and War of the spider queen is six novels long, each written by a different author, all of which are fairly new, and really good. Lisa Smedman did either 3 or 4 I think, and it was pretty much her first novel in the FR universe, if I remember correctly

 

[Hentaispider]

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I recently read The Kindly Ones. I definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

 

[Tassadar]

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Double and necro posting... oh god...

Anyway, to any who are a fan of Forgotten Realms, specifically the Drizzt books written by R.A. Salvatore, I just finished the newest one entitled "The Pirate King". Good fantasy story, I can tell that Mr. Salvatore is finally maturing in his writing, and this new books adds a lot more gray to what had strictly been a black and white series.

You don't entirely need to read the many books before this one, though I do recommend at least reading "The Orc King" first.

Recommended for fans of heroic fantasy, D&D, Forgotten Realms, and Drizzt.

It's not really Pirates vs Drow so much as Drizzt vs Monsters and Bad guys he could kill in his sleep. There are maybe four people in the entire book that could have actually fought him and hoped to have survived, and two of them never did anything for the entire book. The rest he cut to pieces. Also, there isn't any sailing in this one like there were in some of the previous books in the series, it's all about the take over of Luskan. Also, Drizzt vs Athrogate fight was BS. The ending was great though, and it seems that Salvatore is either killing or phazing out a lot of characters in the "King" books.

 

[Rule 34]

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Speaking of King, I've recently finished Duma Key by Stephen King. The main character is certainly interesting - a building contractor that lost his arm and almost had his head bashed in by a crane. He rents a beach house in Florida where he wants to recover from the accident. Maybe pick up painting again.

Shit goes downhill from there.

It's a bit of a read (almost 900 pages), but unlike The Stand, this book actually has a thought-out ending.

 

[dmronny]

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Isn't that the same with all the Drizzt books though, I haven't read all of them but the only person I remember being a match for him was Entreri.

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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Yes, it is the Lady Penitent series by Lisa Smedman (who did Book 4 of the Spider Queen Wars). The books are "Sacrifice of the Widow" "Storm of the Dead" and last "Ascendancy of the Last". Its about a war between Lolth and her daughter Eilistraee. So its good vs. evil Drow.

Also, I'm aware Drizzy is pretty much unbeatable, and should any time he get into serious trouble, his panther (whose name I'm not spelling) would save him. Still I enjoy the stories, and the ending was good as you said.

 

[dmronny]

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You mean Guenhwyvar, you think that's hard try spelling Drizzt's full name. I like Drizzt and his stories, but I still hate him, too. I only hate him though because everyone wants to play a duel scimitar wielding drow after reading about him. So it's more I hate the unoriginality of some people than Drizzt.

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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I like Drow females, and have always been one to use a singular sword.

And I'm not a fan of scimitars... more bastard swords and long swords and the such.

 

[dmronny]

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Not even a sword fan myself, my favorite weapons are the warhammer, morningstar, and spear/pike/javelin.

and just so we don't get to far offtrack, I may actually read Duma Key if the ending is halfway better than say any of King's books.

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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Yeah... I probly mentioned this earlier, but I read Stephen King's Cell... good book most of the way through, started to get a little fucked at the climax. Then the ending... Fuck, I almost burned the book.

 

[Alias]

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Too lazy to read through and see if he's been mentioned, but if you haven't read him, you MUST read Terry Goodkind.

He finally finished his series and each book just gets better than the last. I've read a LOT of fantasy books (I smash through about 100 pages a night, and that's just a few minutes before bed - if I'm really into a book I'll finish over 1000 pages in a day) and his Sword of Truth series is head and shoulders above the rest.

Other than that... Terry Brooks, Melanie Rawn, David/Leigh Eddings, R.L. Salvatore, and I'm sure there's a few dozen I'm forgetting and unfortunately I don't have my collection of books with me so I can't check and see which ones. They're in another state. Those are the most memorable though.

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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You didn't mention George R.R. Martin...

Until you've read his stuff, I refuse to accept that Terry Goodkind is head and shoulders above the rest. I pray before the altar of Mr. Martin, and once the fifth book is his "song of ice and fire" series out, I will be locked in my room with raw beef and wine to read this highly awaited chapter.

WHAT HAPPENS TO ANYA?

 

[Alias]

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No, I didn't, because I don't like him. He's too fucked up for me. His books seemed more designed to make you feel nauseous than anything else. Also, I'm more of a fan of action, even in books; the emphasis on politics and 'the characters walked in to find X scene of brutality' just made it very boring for me. I haven't picked them up in a while, but the part that sticks out in my mind is when the kid (will? stark? something like that), the hope of the 'good' outcome, gets his beloved wolf's head sewn onto his neck. At that point it just seemed like needless brutality. I get that humans are capable of some really awful things. But if I wanted to be inured in senseless depravity and bloodshed, I'd go read about Rwanda or something. There's plenty of gruesome things in real history without having to put it in fiction. In the end, I guess I'm just a romantic - I like the good guys to win, the bad guys to lose, and everything to end up happily ever after. To each their own.

 

[Goldstein]

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Sword of Truth, really? Most things I've heard about it make it sound rather not good. But then, I've never thought much of Objectivism, so I suppose I would only hear bad things.

 

[Sinfulwolf]

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Indeed Alias, to each their own. The only reason I haven't started reading Sword of Truth is because there are so many books, and each one is very long (I don't read as much as I used to so I don't get through them very fast anymore), and also because I've been told they are very black and white, and I much prefer shades of gray. Which is why I like Martin.

Again, to each their own. There is no book that everyone would like.

 

[Tassadar]

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Isn't that the same with all the Drizzt books though, I haven't read all of them but the only person I remember being a match for him was Entreri.

And now Salvatores probably not going to be including Entreri in any more stories, after he left Jarlaxle and went back to Calimport. Just when he started giving the character more deth than "I must prove that I'm better than Drizzt!" He was my favorite character too.

 

[Pale]

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Entreri was pretty kick-ass. Ellifain, though.. Ellifain, Ellifain, Ellifain. Best match for Drizzt ever.

Recent book, The Book Thief, Markus Czusak. I think.... Absolutely fabulous. Broke me in two with the ending. Let's see, to summarise.. told from the viewpoint of Death.. about a girl in Nazi Germany.

P

 

[Copper]

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I think it's just Zusak, actually. That title lingers near the tail end of our young adult section. Very popular seller, as I recall, but I haven't actually checked it out myself.