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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 7866769" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#032 Realms of Infamy Anthology Ed. James Lowder </strong></p><p><strong>Read 30/11/19 to 3/12/19</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]116541[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Obviously another anthology, and the best of the worst this time- as in the villains you love to hate, Realms of Valor served to draw attention to the heroes, Realms of Infamy shines a light on some of the foremost villains.</p><p></p><p>There are sixteen different stories in here (each about twenty pages long), I'll have a go at whizzing through them, briefly-</p><p></p><p><strong>So High A Price- Ed Greenwood</strong>, this one's in the top five- Manshoon, the Zhentarim, Zhentil Keep and one of the craziest debating chambers you will ever encounter. Politics is Beholder-eat-Beholder in this nest of vipers. </p><p></p><p><strong>The More Things Change- Elaine Cunningham</strong>, Elaith Craulnober has got a funny name, particularly for an Elflord, he learns that he has want what he wants- and to fight for it, it adds value.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Meaning of Lore- Barb Hendee</strong>, Master Chane Troiban, the Twilight Hall Priest who got lost in the Labyrinth of Bransuldyn Mirrortor. Lesson learned.</p><p></p><p><strong>Raven's Egg- Elaine Bergstrom</strong>, Lord Sharven of Espar comes to learn the true nature of his worst enemy, and pays the ultimate price for the understanding; Raven picks up the pieces.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Third Level- RA Salvatore</strong>, Artemis Entreri grows up quickly in Calimport, we learn more than we wanted to about the neophyte assassin's upbringing, certainly enough to make it hard to dislike him. He's a clever cold bastard- and now we know why. Probably the best story in the book.</p><p></p><p><strong>Blood Sport- Christie Golden</strong>, the Shark is the ultimate predator, and without remorse.</p><p></p><p><strong>Gallows Day- David Cook</strong>, another in the top five- a gang of thieves save their comrade from the long drop, and in the process uncover the traitor in their midst.</p><p></p><p><strong>A Matter of Thorns- James M Ward</strong>, Castle Stone's new lord is smitten- a vegetable love (10 points, if you get the Marvell ref.) with blood offerings, a love of melon and a keen squire save the day.</p><p></p><p><strong>Stolen Spells- Denise Vitola</strong>, a greedy merchant spends a lifetime learning that some thieves have honour, twisted- but honour of a sort.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Greatest Hero Who Ever Died- J Robert King</strong>, a dark tale, for a dark night and about a dark knight- Sir Paramore.</p><p></p><p><strong>Twilight- Troy Denning</strong>, murder and mayhem among the gods of the Giants, top five.</p><p></p><p><strong>The Walls of Midnight- Mark Anthony</strong>, Ravendas wants so to join the Zhent, she will sacrifice anything (and everything) to the darkness.</p><p></p><p><strong>And Wringing Of Hands- Jane Cooper Hong</strong>, even the good bad guys have to live with things they have done, the lives in their hands.</p><p></p><p><strong>Thieves' Honor- Mary H Herbet</strong>, Teza the horse-thief meets a horse (which is not a horse), a lover (who is not a lover) and a Prince (who is not a Prince). Tricky.</p><p></p><p><strong>Laughter in the Flames- James Lowder</strong>, a lying cowardly nobleman meets the Lord of Strife and is given the opportunity to change his ways, SPOILER- he doesn't. Top five. </p><p></p><p><strong>Vision- Roger E Moore</strong>, oooh nasty. The Goblins get their strength back, this is a gory one- and all the better for it. Nearly as good as Salvatore.</p><p></p><p>So, easy to read and much more interesting (in places) than the Realms of Valor anthology, mainly due to the fact that the bad guys (with or without a shred of doubt/conscience) are infinitely more human (twisted and broken) than the good guys. </p><p></p><p>Some of the stories are about bad people who have come to the conclusion that they are 'bad people' and they want one last throw of the dice, to set things right, or wrong. More of the stories are about bad folk that are not all that bad- they have a conscience/line-in-the-sand they call their own, and so every now and then they do the right thing, sometimes even for the right reasons. Some of the other stories go the same route- but at the last moment veer off the road- the bad people do bad things, and then forgive themselves because they have good (to them) reasons. Lastly, a couple of the stories are about bad people (who are perhaps also broken) that have all the conscience anyone needs but their picture of the world is so off-kilter that all of the badness is just part of the landscape, and as long as they remain centre stage then nothing much can touch them.</p><p></p><p>The last lot make for the best stories.</p><p></p><p>Read!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 7866769, member: 16069"] [B]#032 Realms of Infamy Anthology Ed. James Lowder Read 30/11/19 to 3/12/19[/B] [ATTACH]116541[/ATTACH] Obviously another anthology, and the best of the worst this time- as in the villains you love to hate, Realms of Valor served to draw attention to the heroes, Realms of Infamy shines a light on some of the foremost villains. There are sixteen different stories in here (each about twenty pages long), I'll have a go at whizzing through them, briefly- [B]So High A Price- Ed Greenwood[/B], this one's in the top five- Manshoon, the Zhentarim, Zhentil Keep and one of the craziest debating chambers you will ever encounter. Politics is Beholder-eat-Beholder in this nest of vipers. [B]The More Things Change- Elaine Cunningham[/B], Elaith Craulnober has got a funny name, particularly for an Elflord, he learns that he has want what he wants- and to fight for it, it adds value. [B]The Meaning of Lore- Barb Hendee[/B], Master Chane Troiban, the Twilight Hall Priest who got lost in the Labyrinth of Bransuldyn Mirrortor. Lesson learned. [B]Raven's Egg- Elaine Bergstrom[/B], Lord Sharven of Espar comes to learn the true nature of his worst enemy, and pays the ultimate price for the understanding; Raven picks up the pieces. [B]The Third Level- RA Salvatore[/B], Artemis Entreri grows up quickly in Calimport, we learn more than we wanted to about the neophyte assassin's upbringing, certainly enough to make it hard to dislike him. He's a clever cold bastard- and now we know why. Probably the best story in the book. [B]Blood Sport- Christie Golden[/B], the Shark is the ultimate predator, and without remorse. [B]Gallows Day- David Cook[/B], another in the top five- a gang of thieves save their comrade from the long drop, and in the process uncover the traitor in their midst. [B]A Matter of Thorns- James M Ward[/B], Castle Stone's new lord is smitten- a vegetable love (10 points, if you get the Marvell ref.) with blood offerings, a love of melon and a keen squire save the day. [B]Stolen Spells- Denise Vitola[/B], a greedy merchant spends a lifetime learning that some thieves have honour, twisted- but honour of a sort. [B]The Greatest Hero Who Ever Died- J Robert King[/B], a dark tale, for a dark night and about a dark knight- Sir Paramore. [B]Twilight- Troy Denning[/B], murder and mayhem among the gods of the Giants, top five. [B]The Walls of Midnight- Mark Anthony[/B], Ravendas wants so to join the Zhent, she will sacrifice anything (and everything) to the darkness. [B]And Wringing Of Hands- Jane Cooper Hong[/B], even the good bad guys have to live with things they have done, the lives in their hands. [B]Thieves' Honor- Mary H Herbet[/B], Teza the horse-thief meets a horse (which is not a horse), a lover (who is not a lover) and a Prince (who is not a Prince). Tricky. [B]Laughter in the Flames- James Lowder[/B], a lying cowardly nobleman meets the Lord of Strife and is given the opportunity to change his ways, SPOILER- he doesn't. Top five. [B]Vision- Roger E Moore[/B], oooh nasty. The Goblins get their strength back, this is a gory one- and all the better for it. Nearly as good as Salvatore. So, easy to read and much more interesting (in places) than the Realms of Valor anthology, mainly due to the fact that the bad guys (with or without a shred of doubt/conscience) are infinitely more human (twisted and broken) than the good guys. Some of the stories are about bad people who have come to the conclusion that they are 'bad people' and they want one last throw of the dice, to set things right, or wrong. More of the stories are about bad folk that are not all that bad- they have a conscience/line-in-the-sand they call their own, and so every now and then they do the right thing, sometimes even for the right reasons. Some of the other stories go the same route- but at the last moment veer off the road- the bad people do bad things, and then forgive themselves because they have good (to them) reasons. Lastly, a couple of the stories are about bad people (who are perhaps also broken) that have all the conscience anyone needs but their picture of the world is so off-kilter that all of the badness is just part of the landscape, and as long as they remain centre stage then nothing much can touch them. The last lot make for the best stories. Read! [/QUOTE]
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