Quag Keep/Greyhawk?

[Prince of Happiness]

I've been reading through "Quag Keep" by Andre Norton. Published in 1978, it's the first novel that I know of that's been set in a D&D setting. How much of it is canon, and how much (or all) of it has been tossed by the wayside? I noticed that some elements are correct, particularly most geography, but others are nowhere to be found, particularly gods.

Any of you Greyhawk experts have a say?

P.S. I was going to call you guys "adepts of Iquander" but that's just too...damn much. I've already posted it out. Crap.

 

[talinthas]

heh. i own that book. i remember being so surprised when i discovered that it was set in D&D. i didnt actually realise it till a ways into the book =)

 

[diaglo]

yes. the book even gets mention in the 1979 1edADnD revised DMG.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

How well is it written? I've got a copy but have never read it.

Nortan's stuff is pretty hit or miss for me. I have read 3 or 4 of her novels, and liked one but found the others pretty poorly written. I know that she is considered one of the greats, but I just don't see it.

 

[Prince of Happiness]

So far, so fun. I mean, it's not literature or anything but I'm enjoying it all. The one bump for me is when I read something that pertains to the Flanaess, and in the back of my head I'm trying to place it.

 

[Wombat]

Oh dear lord...

I had almost forgotten that book -- thanks for bringing up such a painful memory...

That book was the nail in my "reading Andre Norton ever again" coffin...

Of course, since that was also about the time I was leaving D&D (until 3e), the two tend to fuse in my mind **eeeep**

 

[Prince of Happiness]

So yeah, I finished reading it aaaaaaaaaaand...wow that blew chunks.

 

[Buttercup]

Nortan's stuff is pretty hit or miss for me. I have read 3 or 4 of her novels, and liked one but found the others pretty poorly written. I know that she is considered one of the greats, but I just don't see it.

I agree. I really enjoyed her first two or three Witch World novels when I first read them ages ago. But I tried them again maybe 4 years ago, and...they're horrible! I want to still like her writing, because she was a trailblazer, but I just can't.

 

[diaglo]

So yeah, I finished reading it aaaaaaaaaaand...wow that blew chunks.

but now you know. and knowing is half the battle...

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

So yeah, I finished reading it aaaaaaaaaaand...wow that blew chunks.

Thanks for the review!
I guess that's another one that can sit on the shelf with the other "I own it, but will never read it" books.