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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Cashel" data-source="post: 88052" data-attributes="member: 321">Ugh!FR novels are the worst pieces of pulp drek ever to find their way into print.&nbsp; Death of the Dragon was excruciating, even for the historical information, and I'm about halfway through The Summoning right now.&nbsp; I bought the both of them at the same time, so I feel compelled to force myself to read it.&nbsp; I can promise you this: if I manage to finish it, I'll never read another one.I kind of liked the Icewind Dale trilogy back in high school...it really depends on your tastes.&nbsp; Back then I liked all kinds of garbage.&nbsp; At 29, bad writing is simply bad writing.The problem I've noticed is this: someone told the writers they had to follow the rules.&nbsp; This is just bass-ackwards.&nbsp; The rules are great for the game, but as we all know, they are made with game balance in mind and don't make a lot of rational sense beyond that.&nbsp; So when you have a novel that describes how wizards must memorize their spells, where magical effects are described solely in terms of their title in the Player's Handbook, etc etc...it just makes for bad fiction.&nbsp; Great game, of course.&nbsp; But terrible fiction.Have you read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &amp; Clay, by Michael Chabon?&nbsp; Now that was a fantastic book.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tom Cashel, post: 88052, member: 321"] Ugh! FR novels are the worst pieces of pulp drek ever to find their way into print. [i]Death of the Dragon[/i] was excruciating, even for the historical information, and I'm about halfway through [i]The Summoning[/i] right now. I bought the both of them at the same time, so I feel compelled to force myself to read it. I can promise you this: if I manage to finish it, I'll never read another one. I kind of liked the Icewind Dale trilogy back in high school...it really depends on your tastes. Back then I liked all kinds of garbage. At 29, bad writing is simply bad writing. The problem I've noticed is this: someone told the writers they had to follow the rules. This is just bass-ackwards. The rules are great for the game, but as we all know, they are made with game balance in mind and don't make a lot of rational sense beyond that. So when you have a novel that describes how wizards must memorize their spells, where magical effects are described solely in terms of their title in the Player's Handbook, etc etc...it just makes for bad fiction. Great game, of course. But [i]terrible[/i] fiction. Have you read [i]The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay[/i], by Michael Chabon? Now that was a fantastic book. [/QUOTE]

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