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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5839377" data-attributes="member: 92305">The only ones I specifically can think of atm are the actual D&amp;D books.&nbsp; You mentioned the Drizzt books.&nbsp; I read the novelization of Keep on the Borderlands...or was it Against the Giants.&nbsp; Can't remember, but I do remember it was a hard read, poorly written, difficult to get through.&nbsp;I enjoyed the first Shannara book.&nbsp; Sword of Shannara, I think it is called.&nbsp; Yes, it's a Lord of the Rings clone, but it's an enjoyable one.&nbsp; There some dungeon crawling in that one, but not a lot.&nbsp;The only other series that comes to mind are the Mithgar books.&nbsp; I've never read a single one of them, so it's hard for me to comment on the quality.&nbsp; I know the series has a legion of fans (but that doesn't always mean you'll like the books).&nbsp; These books were originally meant by the author to carry on in the Lord of the Rings universe, but with the LotR copyright holders turned that down, the author simply changed a few things to make it his own world.&nbsp; &nbsp;Dennis L. McKiernan writes the Mithgar books.&nbsp; If you do a google-fu on &quot;Mithgar&quot;, you'll find a ton of web sites about the series.&nbsp;From what I understand, The Iron Tower trilogy is the place to start.&nbsp; You'll definitely see the connections in it being related to Lord of the Rings.&nbsp; You can find the trilogy as a omnibus, or just look for the first book, called &quot;The Dark Tide&quot;.&nbsp;I also understand that many of the books take place in different periods of time (not unlike the Shannar books that seem to skip generations).&nbsp; &nbsp;Many have told me that Dragondoom is a fantastic D&amp;D-ish, LotR-ish book.&nbsp; So, you might want to start there instead of with the Iron Tower trilogy.&nbsp;That's all I can think of atm.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 5839377, member: 92305"] The only ones I specifically can think of atm are the actual D&D books. You mentioned the Drizzt books. I read the novelization of Keep on the Borderlands...or was it Against the Giants. Can't remember, but I do remember it was a hard read, poorly written, difficult to get through. I enjoyed the first Shannara book. Sword of Shannara, I think it is called. Yes, it's a Lord of the Rings clone, but it's an enjoyable one. There [I]some[/I] dungeon crawling in that one, but not a lot. The only other series that comes to mind are the Mithgar books. I've never read a single one of them, so it's hard for me to comment on the quality. I know the series has a legion of fans (but that doesn't always mean you'll like the books). These books were originally meant by the author to carry on in the Lord of the Rings universe, but with the LotR copyright holders turned that down, the author simply changed a few things to make it his own world. Dennis L. McKiernan writes the Mithgar books. If you do a google-fu on "Mithgar", you'll find a ton of web sites about the series. From what I understand, The Iron Tower trilogy is the place to start. You'll definitely see the connections in it being related to Lord of the Rings. You can find the trilogy as a omnibus, or just look for the first book, called "The Dark Tide". I also understand that many of the books take place in different periods of time (not unlike the Shannar books that seem to skip generations). Many have told me that Dragondoom is a fantastic D&D-ish, LotR-ish book. So, you might want to start there instead of with the Iron Tower trilogy. That's all I can think of atm. [/QUOTE]

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