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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 7103982" data-attributes="member: 18182">Thanks, this is a much better response than your first. And again, while I strongly disagree with your sentiment, you and Morrus are right, I need to chill.I would argue that not only did many of the D&D novels "stand out for their time" but continue to do so today, they continue to be stellar examples of fantasy storytelling. I would also argue that there was most definitely SOME trash, but not nearly a LOT of it within the novel line. But, art is subjective, and IF you read all of those books and honestly felt most were terrible, well, like that's your opinion man (to channel the Big Lebowski).And, too much "drow fan-fiction"? You're straying back into snark here. If you personally don't care for novels with major drow protagonists, that's fine of course. But none of it is "fan-fiction" (which, even if it was, doesn't make it poor quality). There were three major storylines involving drow protagonists. The long-running "Legend of the Dark Elf" series with Drizzt as the main character (over 30 books), the "Starlight & Shadows" trilogy, and the "War of the Spider Queen" sextet. All of which were extremely popular, went through multiple reprintings, with many hitting the NYT bestsellers list. There's a lot of cranky fans who love to snark on the character of Drizzt, but there are many more who really enjoyed those stories. You don't get over 40 novels strong with strong sales and multiple awards if you are publishing crappy "fan-fiction". But again, hey, if you actually DID read some of those stories and didn't care for them, that's fine. Just stop harshing on my mellow. As you pointed out, I need to relax here . . . . .</blockquote>

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