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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 5257216" data-attributes="member: 18182">Heh.&nbsp; Excellent riposte to Mark there.&nbsp; I never took your comments as threadcrapping myself, I just disagree on some points.&nbsp; And you reminded me of some books I enjoyed when I was young, that I might have in a box somewhere, and I might pull out to read again to see if they hold up.&nbsp; I know I'd recommend the Tiger Nomad series over Quag Keep to someone &quot;getting started&quot; in D&amp;D fiction . . . although neither would be at the top of my list.I suppose where I disagree most is that D&amp;D novels tend to be crap, fun crap or otherwise.&nbsp; Sure, there were plenty of stinkers released over the years, but in a fiction line over twenty years old, that's bound to happen.&nbsp; I've read almost every D&amp;D book released at some point, and there were only a small handful that I personally felt were total crap, and a decent amount of &quot;mildly entertaining mediocrity&quot;.&nbsp; But there were (are) tons of excellent books in the series as well.So, don't start with Rose Estes or Andre Norton if you are interested in D&amp;D fiction, start with the (widely accepted) good stuff!&nbsp; Salvatore's Drizzt novels would be my top recommendation, but almost anything from the Forgotten Realms line published in the past ten years would also get my vote.Now, if you know you love D&amp;D fiction and are interested in exploring the boundaries . . . by all means track down Quag Keep and Estes' Greyhawk novels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 5257216, member: 18182"] Heh. Excellent riposte to Mark there. I never took your comments as threadcrapping myself, I just disagree on some points. And you reminded me of some books I enjoyed when I was young, that I might have in a box somewhere, and I might pull out to read again to see if they hold up. I know I'd recommend the Tiger Nomad series over Quag Keep to someone "getting started" in D&D fiction . . . although neither would be at the top of my list. I suppose where I disagree most is that D&D novels tend to be crap, fun crap or otherwise. Sure, there were plenty of stinkers released over the years, but in a fiction line over twenty years old, that's bound to happen. I've read almost every D&D book released at some point, and there were only a small handful that I personally felt were total crap, and a decent amount of "mildly entertaining mediocrity". But there were (are) tons of excellent books in the series as well. So, don't start with Rose Estes or Andre Norton if you are interested in D&D fiction, start with the (widely accepted) good stuff! Salvatore's Drizzt novels would be my top recommendation, but almost anything from the Forgotten Realms line published in the past ten years would also get my vote. Now, if you know you love D&D fiction and are interested in exploring the boundaries . . . by all means track down Quag Keep and Estes' Greyhawk novels. [/QUOTE]

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