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<blockquote data-quote="AFGNCAAP" data-source="post: 122197" data-attributes="member: 871">I'll admit: DL Chronicles was the 3rd fantasy story I've ever read---the 1st was Chronicles of Llyr, followed by The Hobbit/LOTR.&nbsp; It helped get me into D&amp;D, &amp; made half-elves a favored race to play for years to come.&nbsp; I quite enjoued the books back in the day (over 10 years ago).However, a key thing for me w/ any book is the reread.&nbsp; If I can't reread it &amp; still enjoy it, I probably shouldn't keep it.&nbsp; 2 books I enjoyed reading in high school but failed the reread test were Gygax's Saga of Old City and Artifact of Evil.&nbsp; Loved them the 1st time through, but couldn't finsh them at all the 2nd time.Then again, I think that what I've read &amp; when I've read it has had an impact on my tastes.&nbsp; Couldn't finish either Sword of Shannara or The Belgariad because the seemed too close to Tolkien (the Belgariad seemed to have its own version of Fafhrd &amp; Grey Mouser, too; the were-bear character made me think of Fafhrd, while Silk reminded me of Mouser).I enjoyed DL Chronicles, Legends, &amp; Tales; I disliked DL's fate thanks to Dragons of Summer Flame.&nbsp; However, whether or not they endure the reread test is key for me keeping them at all.On a somewhat related note: I think that DL, as well as the Realms, has suffered from having too many cooks in the kitchen---all the spice &amp; variety has killed my taste for any more works in these settings.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AFGNCAAP, post: 122197, member: 871"] I'll admit: DL Chronicles was the 3rd fantasy story I've ever read---the 1st was Chronicles of Llyr, followed by The Hobbit/LOTR. It helped get me into D&D, & made half-elves a favored race to play for years to come. I quite enjoued the books back in the day (over 10 years ago). However, a key thing for me w/ any book is the reread. If I can't reread it & still enjoy it, I probably shouldn't keep it. 2 books I enjoyed reading in high school but failed the reread test were Gygax's [i]Saga of Old City[/i] and [i]Artifact of Evil[/i]. Loved them the 1st time through, but couldn't finsh them at all the 2nd time. Then again, I think that what I've read & when I've read it has had an impact on my tastes. Couldn't finish either [i]Sword of Shannara[/i] or [i]The Belgariad[/i] because the seemed too close to Tolkien (the Belgariad seemed to have its own version of Fafhrd & Grey Mouser, too; the were-bear character made me think of Fafhrd, while Silk reminded me of Mouser). I enjoyed DL Chronicles, Legends, & Tales; I disliked DL's fate thanks to [i]Dragons of Summer Flame[/i]. However, whether or not they endure the reread test is key for me keeping them at all. On a somewhat related note: I think that DL, as well as the Realms, has suffered from having too many cooks in the kitchen---all the spice & variety has killed my taste for any more works in these settings. [/QUOTE]

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