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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 5997330" data-attributes="member: 2205">I think the obvious reality is that Bob Salvatore Drizzt novels are a gravy train for WotC's novel publishing arm, and everything else is leftovers.&nbsp; They're the face of D&amp;D novels, they get much more promotion and attention than anything else, and they're ubiquitous on the shelves of every bookstore and library I've ever been in.&nbsp; The same cannot be said for your average Elminster novel.That said, if sci-fi and fantasy are like the ghetto of literature, then D&amp;D novels are like the ghetto within fantasy and sci-fi.&nbsp; I think Salvatore has definitely managed to become a major writer in the genre based on his D&amp;D fiction.&nbsp; Weis and Hickman managed to become big names too--although curiously once they were, they wandered into their non-D&amp;D Deathgate and Darksword and whatever else cycles.&nbsp; Anyone else?Small potatoes compared to most of what goes on outside of D&amp;D novels.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 5997330, member: 2205"] I think the obvious reality is that Bob Salvatore Drizzt novels are a gravy train for WotC's novel publishing arm, and everything else is leftovers. They're the face of D&D novels, they get much more promotion and attention than anything else, and they're ubiquitous on the shelves of every bookstore and library I've ever been in. The same cannot be said for your average Elminster novel. That said, if sci-fi and fantasy are like the ghetto of literature, then D&D novels are like the ghetto within fantasy and sci-fi. I think Salvatore has definitely managed to become a major writer in the genre based on his D&D fiction. Weis and Hickman managed to become big names too--although curiously once they were, they wandered into their non-D&D Deathgate and Darksword and whatever else cycles. Anyone else? Small potatoes compared to most of what goes on outside of D&D novels. [/QUOTE]

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