Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!*’s review of Stormlight (Forgotten Realms: The Harpers, #14) > Likes and Comments
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It was at least as good as Greenwood's other books.
Not all pulp novelists perfect their craft, I suppose.
Beth wrote: "Not all pulp novelists perfect their craft, I suppose."
I'm sure he's a great Dungeon Master for his group. Those skills did not transfer to novel writing. And I'm not sure I would enjoy being one of his players given the style of things he apparently enjoys.
Brings me back to my AD&D days in my parents basement. I re read Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Weiss and Hickman. 12 year old me thought it was epic fantasy 40 year old me couldn't finish it. Maybe that's the problem with this book you're at the wrong age
Weis and Hickman are 10 millions time better than Greenwood as a writer. Dragonlance actually has a plot.
Aristotle wrote: " Maybe that's the problem with this book you're at the wrong age"
Yeah, an age with judgement and taste.
I read Dragonlance for the first time a couple years ago. The first book was okay, the next two not so much. But I could see the reasons for the nostalgia.
Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* wrote: "And I'm not sure I would enjoy being one of his players given the style of things he apparently enjoys."
(eyeing your review) yeah...
I dunno I read these at the right age and hated the Greenwood ones even then
Yikes! Not surprised though, Greenwood is from the era of Forgotten Realms that was torpedoing them into the ground before R.A. Salvatore saved them,
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It was at least as good as Greenwood's other books.
Not all pulp novelists perfect their craft, I suppose.
Beth wrote: "Not all pulp novelists perfect their craft, I suppose."I'm sure he's a great Dungeon Master for his group. Those skills did not transfer to novel writing. And I'm not sure I would enjoy being one of his players given the style of things he apparently enjoys.
Brings me back to my AD&D days in my parents basement. I re read Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Weiss and Hickman. 12 year old me thought it was epic fantasy 40 year old me couldn't finish it. Maybe that's the problem with this book you're at the wrong age
Weis and Hickman are 10 millions time better than Greenwood as a writer. Dragonlance actually has a plot.
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Aristotle wrote: " Maybe that's the problem with this book you're at the wrong age"Yeah, an age with judgement and taste.
I read Dragonlance for the first time a couple years ago. The first book was okay, the next two not so much. But I could see the reasons for the nostalgia.
Marc *Dark Reader with a Thousand Young! Iä!* wrote: "And I'm not sure I would enjoy being one of his players given the style of things he apparently enjoys."(eyeing your review) yeah...
I dunno I read these at the right age and hated the Greenwood ones even then
Yikes! Not surprised though, Greenwood is from the era of Forgotten Realms that was torpedoing them into the ground before R.A. Salvatore saved them,
