PLANESCAPE Novels: Are they any good?

[Wycen]

The Bloodwars Trilogy
- Blood Hostages
- Abyssal Warriors
- Planar Powers

Has anyone read these and are they any good?

Are they canon?


Thank you!

I read the Blood Hostages novel back when I wanted to play Planescape but didn't have a group, (I think we were playing Greyhawk or Dark Sun).

It was ok.

Then I read most of Abyssal Warriors and towards the end I hurled the book across the room, (because of what the author did to the hero - I prefer happy endings). I couldn't stand the foil and skipped over her crap. I picked the book up off the floor to make sure I read the final chapter.

Then the TSR finance problems were in full swing so I didn't think the final novel would ever come, but sadly it did.

Read the first and last chapter of Planar Powers.

Are they canon? They can't possibly be because you cannot teleport into/out of Sigil. That is the most glaring error I remember.

 

[weem]

I love Planescape (own most of the RPG books)

As far as the novels go, I only read Pages of Pain (and I did that when it was new). I remember liking it a lot, but it's been a while... may have to pull it off the dusty shelf and read it again.

 

[NiTessine]

Surprised no-one's mentioned it, but there's also "Fire and Dust." (It's not "official" per-se, but it surpasses [IMO] the published stuff.)

THoughts from the author here.
And the novel is here.

Yeah, I actually googled up the link before clicking on the thread title. I can heartily recommend Fire and Dust.

The only other Planescape novel I've read is Torment, and I agree with the general opinion here. Forget the novel. Play the game instead.