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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 7920741" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p>Obviously I'm not going to make an attempt to convert you to the dark side, and I get all of the above- I've even said similar after reading other Greenwood novels.</p><p></p><p>It's becoming clear that Ed Greenwood has (at times) a little more in the way of a license to get away with things, this book is 380+ pages (from memory) and there seems otherwise to be a uniformity to these novels 312 pages, no more- no less. Mr Lowder earlier in this forum spoke about getting special permission to go over the word/page count (he was allowed approx. 330 pages, from memory).</p><p></p><p>Likewise I wouldn't want to be Ed Greenwoods ed(itor) because you're right- the randomness abounds, speak word on random bone and get transported to who knows where- chased by a Gargoyle, and then leap in to the portal... There was a short story back in one of the earlier collections (I think) in which Big E went hopping from plane to plane and it was just Gah!</p><p></p><p>But this one, as stated (imho) appears to offer less of this, and much less of the (least enjoyable) sexy Gandalf version of Big E.</p><p></p><p>I think I also said something similar with regard to the anything goes nature of the Greenwood novel, we're in (name of place) with (name of person) doing (name of task)- five lines later and we've shifted location, person and task- ten lines later, we're off again. But again, less of it here- I think, fairly linear.</p><p></p><p>But, and this is my big BUT- I'm here to find out about the Forgotten Realms, first and foremost, Ed Greenwood is making a lot of the place sound and feel real to me. In a way that many of the other novels fail (or else fail to try), possibly my one-eyed view- I want to find things to drag in to my game- places, people, words (and sayings) and anything else that will fit. Greenwood's books have that in spades, like you said- an incredibly fertile imagination. </p><p></p><p>For I don't know how long I lived (dependent on who was asking) in Greyhawk, then in some generic homebrew world (called Oerth) that was Greyhawk in all but name (and map), now... at last, I've started to make a home for myself (and my players) in the Forgotten Realms.</p><p></p><p>I'm fifty books in here, and I can still see the point of it all.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps the book just caught me by surprise, I needed a lift after the last one in Legacy of the Drow- this was it, it just swung by and I really raced through it, pleasantly gurgling to myself- as you do.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for commenting, always appreciated.</p><p></p><p>Cheers Goonalan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 7920741, member: 16069"] Obviously I'm not going to make an attempt to convert you to the dark side, and I get all of the above- I've even said similar after reading other Greenwood novels. It's becoming clear that Ed Greenwood has (at times) a little more in the way of a license to get away with things, this book is 380+ pages (from memory) and there seems otherwise to be a uniformity to these novels 312 pages, no more- no less. Mr Lowder earlier in this forum spoke about getting special permission to go over the word/page count (he was allowed approx. 330 pages, from memory). Likewise I wouldn't want to be Ed Greenwoods ed(itor) because you're right- the randomness abounds, speak word on random bone and get transported to who knows where- chased by a Gargoyle, and then leap in to the portal... There was a short story back in one of the earlier collections (I think) in which Big E went hopping from plane to plane and it was just Gah! But this one, as stated (imho) appears to offer less of this, and much less of the (least enjoyable) sexy Gandalf version of Big E. I think I also said something similar with regard to the anything goes nature of the Greenwood novel, we're in (name of place) with (name of person) doing (name of task)- five lines later and we've shifted location, person and task- ten lines later, we're off again. But again, less of it here- I think, fairly linear. But, and this is my big BUT- I'm here to find out about the Forgotten Realms, first and foremost, Ed Greenwood is making a lot of the place sound and feel real to me. In a way that many of the other novels fail (or else fail to try), possibly my one-eyed view- I want to find things to drag in to my game- places, people, words (and sayings) and anything else that will fit. Greenwood's books have that in spades, like you said- an incredibly fertile imagination. For I don't know how long I lived (dependent on who was asking) in Greyhawk, then in some generic homebrew world (called Oerth) that was Greyhawk in all but name (and map), now... at last, I've started to make a home for myself (and my players) in the Forgotten Realms. I'm fifty books in here, and I can still see the point of it all. Perhaps the book just caught me by surprise, I needed a lift after the last one in Legacy of the Drow- this was it, it just swung by and I really raced through it, pleasantly gurgling to myself- as you do. Thanks for commenting, always appreciated. Cheers Goonalan [/QUOTE]
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