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<blockquote data-quote="Cthulhudrew" data-source="post: 1586288" data-attributes="member: 4090"><p>This is just my suggestion, but I'd actually read the Icewind Dale trilogy before any of the other Dark Elf books (and not just because, well, I did). To me, these were the definitive "Drizzt" books- it is where he was introduced the first, and the most clearly, IMO. It also builds the other characters very nicely- far more than any other of the novels in the series the Icewind Dale trilogy (especially The Crystal Shard) is an ensemble piece, and not just a "Drizzt kicks @$$" book. Also, Salvatore was at his best in these novels, I think- having read a lot of his work, and more than once. There is a freshness to it, and a real sense of "grounding" the work, whereas a lot of the later novels just become a series of repetitive and sometimes confusing (hard to visualize) fight scenes.</p><p></p><p>As well, I think in large part because Salvatore was working with "new" territory in the Realms (and wasn't that familiar with them himself) I think the Icewind Dale trilogy is a lot more "generally accessible" to people starting out reading Realms books. Not terribly heavy in the "needing to know" about everything sense, whereas the longer the trilogy goes (and this includes, to my recollection, much of the Dark Elf Trilogy, which is Menzoberranzan centric) the more continuity heavy and specific the books get.</p><p></p><p>(Just thought of another reason the ID trilogy might better be read first- The DE trilogy assumes some working knowledge of who and what Drizzt is, and what he stands for, as evidenced by the Chapter Narratives that pop up now and then by Drizzt. Without some grounding in the character, I'd think those could be a bit confusing.)</p><p></p><p>Anyway, just my suggestion. Not trying to turn this into a bashing/praising thread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cthulhudrew, post: 1586288, member: 4090"] This is just my suggestion, but I'd actually read the Icewind Dale trilogy before any of the other Dark Elf books (and not just because, well, I did). To me, these were the definitive "Drizzt" books- it is where he was introduced the first, and the most clearly, IMO. It also builds the other characters very nicely- far more than any other of the novels in the series the Icewind Dale trilogy (especially The Crystal Shard) is an ensemble piece, and not just a "Drizzt kicks @$$" book. Also, Salvatore was at his best in these novels, I think- having read a lot of his work, and more than once. There is a freshness to it, and a real sense of "grounding" the work, whereas a lot of the later novels just become a series of repetitive and sometimes confusing (hard to visualize) fight scenes. As well, I think in large part because Salvatore was working with "new" territory in the Realms (and wasn't that familiar with them himself) I think the Icewind Dale trilogy is a lot more "generally accessible" to people starting out reading Realms books. Not terribly heavy in the "needing to know" about everything sense, whereas the longer the trilogy goes (and this includes, to my recollection, much of the Dark Elf Trilogy, which is Menzoberranzan centric) the more continuity heavy and specific the books get. (Just thought of another reason the ID trilogy might better be read first- The DE trilogy assumes some working knowledge of who and what Drizzt is, and what he stands for, as evidenced by the Chapter Narratives that pop up now and then by Drizzt. Without some grounding in the character, I'd think those could be a bit confusing.) Anyway, just my suggestion. Not trying to turn this into a bashing/praising thread. [/QUOTE]
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