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<blockquote data-quote="Jester David" data-source="post: 6909963" data-attributes="member: 37579"><p>I don't want to repeat what I said on the podcast too much. (You have to listen, it's a great podcast as a whole. Worth subscribing to.) But I'm of the position that the Realms novels as we know them are done. </p><p></p><p>The thing is, there's enough of them already. We don't need more. WotC can just focus on selling the ones they already have, making money without spending money. Maybe some new covers or a re-release of the Best-of the novel line. </p><p></p><p>But, really, I don't think the novels are as competitive as they used to be. First, there's a lot of them out there already. Every Drizzt book could be someone's first Drizzt book, but every one could also be someone's last. And for new reader's money, they're competing with every Drizzt book previously published. And that's a lot of competition now.</p><p> For adults, there are a lot of much better fantasy novels out there. There's no shortage of great fantasy for grown ups now, and it's much more well known and visible. There's less need to buy a shared world D&D novel to get a fantasy fix. </p><p>For youths, they're spoiled for choices in terms of series and genre fiction. And let's face it, D&D and similar licensed novels skew young in their audience. But now there's a wealth of amazing youth fiction. There's so many great YA fantasy and speculative fiction books out there. And the D&D novels are competing with the much more well known and visible video game novel lines. </p><p></p><p>Also, I think WotC wants to focus on the movie. A single Realms. A unified continuity in a way that Marvel can't, where everything is canon and ties together. Having novels that tell their own story with unrelated characters are undesirable for that purpose, since people will want to read about the characters they know and like from the films. Hasbro is big on this, and did a similar move for Transformers, when they focused on a single continuity/backstory. </p><p>So things are on hold until the movie progresses farther. And even then, things will likely relate to the movie characters. </p><p></p><p>And if the movie is a hit and there are sequels, they can do stuff with Drizzt and the Bringstone Angels and Kleef Kenric, but allow the movie writers to do their own thing without having to work around novels. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Or she's just not allowed to talk about the novel line ending, because that's insider knowledge. </p><p>Even if they do have plans, who's writing them? Ed's busy doing his own stuff, Salvatore's doing Demon Wars, and she's off making her own world. With Star Wars being bigger than ever and having a universe to rebuild, Troy Denning is likely off on that. </p><p></p><p>So who's writing these planned WotC novels?</p><p></p><p></p><p>That's not what she said. </p><p>WotC almost made the previous book the final one, by not hiring her to write another book. And she was always prepared for being told any book would be her last. And family problems made it hard for her to finish the current one. But she hadn't planned on <em>Ashes of the Tyrant</em> being the last one, since it ends on a cliffhanger.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jester David, post: 6909963, member: 37579"] I don't want to repeat what I said on the podcast too much. (You have to listen, it's a great podcast as a whole. Worth subscribing to.) But I'm of the position that the Realms novels as we know them are done. The thing is, there's enough of them already. We don't need more. WotC can just focus on selling the ones they already have, making money without spending money. Maybe some new covers or a re-release of the Best-of the novel line. But, really, I don't think the novels are as competitive as they used to be. First, there's a lot of them out there already. Every Drizzt book could be someone's first Drizzt book, but every one could also be someone's last. And for new reader's money, they're competing with every Drizzt book previously published. And that's a lot of competition now. For adults, there are a lot of much better fantasy novels out there. There's no shortage of great fantasy for grown ups now, and it's much more well known and visible. There's less need to buy a shared world D&D novel to get a fantasy fix. For youths, they're spoiled for choices in terms of series and genre fiction. And let's face it, D&D and similar licensed novels skew young in their audience. But now there's a wealth of amazing youth fiction. There's so many great YA fantasy and speculative fiction books out there. And the D&D novels are competing with the much more well known and visible video game novel lines. Also, I think WotC wants to focus on the movie. A single Realms. A unified continuity in a way that Marvel can't, where everything is canon and ties together. Having novels that tell their own story with unrelated characters are undesirable for that purpose, since people will want to read about the characters they know and like from the films. Hasbro is big on this, and did a similar move for Transformers, when they focused on a single continuity/backstory. So things are on hold until the movie progresses farther. And even then, things will likely relate to the movie characters. And if the movie is a hit and there are sequels, they can do stuff with Drizzt and the Bringstone Angels and Kleef Kenric, but allow the movie writers to do their own thing without having to work around novels. Or she's just not allowed to talk about the novel line ending, because that's insider knowledge. Even if they do have plans, who's writing them? Ed's busy doing his own stuff, Salvatore's doing Demon Wars, and she's off making her own world. With Star Wars being bigger than ever and having a universe to rebuild, Troy Denning is likely off on that. So who's writing these planned WotC novels? That's not what she said. WotC almost made the previous book the final one, by not hiring her to write another book. And she was always prepared for being told any book would be her last. And family problems made it hard for her to finish the current one. But she hadn't planned on [I]Ashes of the Tyrant[/I] being the last one, since it ends on a cliffhanger. [/QUOTE]
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