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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 2566514" data-attributes="member: 18182">Actually, it is cheap AND inaccurate.&nbsp; More than a few WotC authors have been published BEFORE they ever wrote a book for WotC (and outside of the &quot;gaming&quot; market).&nbsp; Several WotC authors have NEVER published before WotC, and had NO ties to WotC before they wrote their first novel.&nbsp; WotC's choices of authors don't seem to follow much of a pattern except for one . . . they keep the good authors around to write more.&nbsp; Most of the crappy WotC authors have not had more than 1 or 2 novels published by WotC and the current line up of authors is pretty darn good (IMHO).Have you read any of the various D&amp;D novels?&nbsp; Like any shared world(s), there are some weak books in the bunch.&nbsp; In the early days just after the original Dragonlance saga was published, TSR did rush out some craptacular books in the Dragonlance line.&nbsp; Since then, a lousy book makes its way onto the bookshelves from time to time.&nbsp; But for the most part, good stuff.&nbsp; For some reason I've been collecting the D&amp;D novels since day one, and I'm pretty sure I've read them all.&nbsp; Course, its all my opinion that WotC pushes out some great novels, but at least I've read them and have some background for my opinions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 2566514, member: 18182"] Actually, it is cheap AND inaccurate. More than a few WotC authors have been published BEFORE they ever wrote a book for WotC (and outside of the "gaming" market). Several WotC authors have NEVER published before WotC, and had NO ties to WotC before they wrote their first novel. WotC's choices of authors don't seem to follow much of a pattern except for one . . . they keep the good authors around to write more. Most of the crappy WotC authors have not had more than 1 or 2 novels published by WotC and the current line up of authors is pretty darn good (IMHO). Have you read any of the various D&D novels? Like any shared world(s), there are some weak books in the bunch. In the early days just after the original Dragonlance saga was published, TSR did rush out some craptacular books in the Dragonlance line. Since then, a lousy book makes its way onto the bookshelves from time to time. But for the most part, good stuff. For some reason I've been collecting the D&D novels since day one, and I'm pretty sure I've read them all. Course, its all my opinion that WotC pushes out some great novels, but at least I've read them and have some background for my opinions. [/QUOTE]

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