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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pneumatik" data-source="post: 5287988" data-attributes="member: 21087">First, DnD novels. I enjoyed the Dark Sun Prism Pentad books, though that was mainly because I loved the setting and the Pentad books tell you a lot about it that isn't in the original box set. I re-read the Dragonlance Chronicles a month or two ago. I really did not enjoy them. Some of the most exciting events in the trilogy happen completely off-screen. The protagonists don't really save the day so much as plot happens around them and then Good wins. There's a lot of telling instead of showing, to the point where I just don't care about the main character's relationship issues at all. And I just generally had trouble getting through the trilogy. I don't mean to threadcrap, I just want to justify my anti-recommendation.For non-DnD novels, I second Jack Vance's Dying Earth books. Lots of fun, great writing style, and very influential on DnD.I've been reading Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time books since the first one came out. I recently re-read the extant ones and they were very good. Having not read them in years I found I enjoyed them in new ways. They're a different style of fantasy but still very good.When I was younger I loved anything by David Eddings. They're not really ground-breaking but they are fun easy quick reads.</blockquote>