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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 5098859" data-attributes="member: 18182">I read a lot of D&D shared world fiction, in fact I'm pretty sure I've read it ALL with the exception of what I've come to call "Dragonlance Furries" novels (novels about minotaurs, ogres, or whatnot where the characters are indistinguishable from humans).Obviously, I enjoy them as I keep reading them.I think there is a higher ratio of mediocre-to-awesome books within the D&D shared world "genre" than in fantasy fiction as a whole, but absolutely not a higher crap-to-awesome ratio.  And if the more mediocre books fill certain needs for me, I'm happy while I wait for the next stunner in the line to be released.I tend to view the medicocre D&D novels as simple pulp fantasy novels akin to watching episodes of Xena or Legend of the Seeker . . . . not "great" by any means but certainly enjoyable.I read more D&D shared world fiction than non-shared world fiction because it's basically print comfort food.  Like going to the Outback Steakhouse, I have a pretty good idea of what I'm going to get before I go there, and I also might get a pleasant surprise of a better than normal experience.For my non-shared world fiction, I tend to stick with trusted authors like Tad Williams, George R.R. Martin. Jim Butcher, Stephen R. Donaldson, and others.  I don't take a lot of chances with authors unknown to me.</blockquote>