D&D General Most Accessible Sword Coast Novel?

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

The Greenwood portion where he explains the completely different culture in a completely different geographic context seems relevant.

"The 'original' Moonshaes are akin to LeGuin's Earthsea: hundreds of little islands, long-extinct volcanic peaks that rise up out of the sea abruptly, are inhabited by fisherfolk (with a few larger islands that have forests, farms, etc.) nothing much above the rural village culture on most, with self-styled 'lords' on others...and like Earthsea, somewhat like the Celtic-era Hebrides...they occupy the same space as TSR's (Doug Niles's) Moonshaes, arcing from a 'wide spray' at the Sword Coast or eastward extent, curving and narrowing southwest and curving to south...in other words, a large area of 'perilous sea' with awash rocks, reefs, etc. and safe channels that only the locals know."

That's just a repeat of:

"Ed accepted the change of the appearance of the islands (they were an arching archipelgio as opposed to british-shaped chunk)"

But if you want to read more into that, that's up to you. Not really worth arguing about. Enjoy your day.

 

[Parmandur]

"The 'original' Moonshaes are akin to LeGuin's Earthsea: hundreds of little islands, long-extinct volcanic peaks that rise up out of the sea abruptly, are inhabited by fisherfolk (with a few larger islands that have forests, farms, etc.) nothing much above the rural village culture on most, with self-styled 'lords' on others...and like Earthsea, somewhat like the Celtic-era Hebrides...they occupy the same space as TSR's (Doug Niles's) Moonshaes, arcing from a 'wide spray' at the Sword Coast or eastward extent, curving and narrowing southwest and curving to south...in other words, a large area of 'perilous sea' with awash rocks, reefs, etc. and safe channels that only the locals know."

That's just a repeat of:

"Ed accepted the change of the appearance of the islands (they were an arching archipelgio as opposed to british-shaped chunk)"

But if you want to read more into that, that's up to you. Not really worth arguing about. Enjoy your day.

There doesn’t seem to be anything to read into: they took a munor corner of Ed's Realms, took it out, and pasted in another Setting entirely.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I would imagine that if FR Earthsea had had much development Greenwood would simply have put it somewhere else.