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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 7103393" data-attributes="member: 18182">Sigh. I knew some of this irritating snark directed at the quality of TSR, and later WotC's novels would pop up in this thread. [SARCASM]Thanks for validating my faith in humanity.[/SARCASM]Hundreds of novels were published between the debut of the Dragonlance Chronicles and Salvatore's last Forgotten Realms novel. Some years, the novel output rivaled the RPG output during TSR's more active phase. I've read most of them. Some of them were TERRIBLE. Many were mediocre, but also fun and pulpy. Some of them were pretty good, and some were PHENOMENAL. More than a few have hit the NYT bestsellers list, are considered classics today, and launched the careers of several authors who continue to write, sell novels, and engage fans with quality storytelling. This track record of D&D novels mirrors ALL OTHER FANTASY AND SCI-FI I'VE EVER READ, from all publishers, all authors, and all genres. Art in general, especially novels, have a mix of terrible, okay, and superb stories. And, of course, which is which is subjective and different for different fans. The D&D novels over the years were no worse and no better than everything else on the shelves. The idea that somehow the entire line was substandard and crap is lazy and uninformed thinking at best.Rant over. Whew!</blockquote>