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Drizzt and the dark elf trilogy

Carlos

Carlos

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Just read the first 2 books in the Dark Elf Trilogy by RA Salvatore

Salvatore home page here

This story is set in the Forgotten Realms Universe, specifically Underdark, which is based on TSR games

I enjoyed the first book Homeland a lot, simple but quite refreshing to have a fantasy book slanted to the Dark elves and the evil beings of the world. Although Drizzt does rebel against the inherant nature of dark elves or Drow. Not giving away much with that, cos where would a book be without conflict. Homeland follows Drizzt from birth to young adult, don't forget that elves live for a long time, and all of his trials and tribulations. Concurrent with his upbringing is the struggle for power that his House and family strives for. As do all Drow.

Exile the second book introduces more detail on the other subterranean races, but I found the story line a bit too simplistic with events thrown in to keep the reader happy with the pace of the story. Just a very simple plot. Saying this I will read the third book, Sojourn soon, then The Icewind Dale Trilogy after that, which has Drizzt continuing with his adventures.

have also bought 13 of the 14 Harpers series; Sure hope I like them.
 
These are great books, especially if you like the forgotten realms and want to read more into the characters. I agree they are quite simplistic but I'll have to read them again as I read them quite a long time ago.

Have to say though Drizzt Do'Urden is one of the best characters in the the forgotten realms :)
 
I've read the series and quite enjoyed it :) I find the Drizzt character quite compelling reading :D
 
I have never been a big fan of RA Salvatore but I must admit that Elf Trilogy wasn't bad I will have to look into reading Icewind Dale.
 
I actually just got the Dark Elf Trilogy, but I found out there are prequels to it. So I decided I should read them first, because I really hate reading when I know whats going to happen in the end. Can someone clear things up for me, by telling me where the story starts and which trilogy I should start with.
 
Dark Elf Trilogy is the first of the Drizzt books are far as i know - the series order goes like this -

Dark Elf Trilogy - Homeland, Exile, Sojourn
Icewind Dale Trilogy - The Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver, The Halfling's Gem
Legacy of the Drow Series - The Legacy, Starless Night, Siege of Darkness, Passage to Dawn
Paths of Darkness series - The Silent Blade, The Spine of the World, Servant of the Shard, Sea of Swords
The Hunters Blade Trilogy - The Thousand Orcs, The Lone Drow

Phil :)
 
Finished Sojurn a few days ago.

Enjoyed this one a lot more than Exile. Exile seemed to be a filler, although it's important in Drzzzt's story.

Sojurn is more to do with how an outcast can find acceptance in an alien society, alien as in a different race, not on a planet far far away.

You'll learn more about his new direction in life plus meet a few characters that shape what and who he becomes.

I have the Icewind Dale trilogy so I guess I'll start that as soon as I finish off a couple of other books I am reading.
 
I fiinished the Dark Elf Trilogy which I liked, and I'm 200 pages away from finishing Icewind Dale which is also good (so far), but I'm wondering if I should get into the Legacy of the Drow Series. If anyone has read it please tell me if you liked it or didnt and why.
 
Richard Rahl said:
these sound quite good! and id probly like them even better... if i knew what TSR meant {hint hint) ;) :D
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Basically it's the company which made Dungeons and Dragons, but it's now been bought out
It originally stood for "Tactical Studies Rules." When the company incorporated, it changed its official name to "TSR Hobbies, Inc.," and later to "TSR, Inc.," which isn't short for anything--especially now that it has been completely absorbed into Wizards of the Coast and Wizards of the Coast, in turn, has been bought by Hasbro. As of August 2000, the "TSR" logo and company name is longer used on *D&D products. (More than twenty-five years of habits die hard, however; with all the buyouts in the last few years, some people have taken to using "TSR" to refer to "whatever company is currently publishing *D&D or has ever published *D&D.")
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Which is taken from hereThe current company home page for TSR, or really 'Wizards of the Coast'
 
The books aren't D&D they are just based in the Forgotten Realms universe, multiverse, different planes, or whatever. Elves, dwarves, orcs, humans, magic users, fighters, seductive maidens, taverns, adventures etc.

Errr fantasy books in fact :D
 
read homeland.. first proper fantasy book i ever read and a damned good read, never got around to reading the others, s'pose its becuase i don't see em in the local book shops and i hate waiting for a book...
 
they are all out, have a look in the library, or ebay. They are quite tightly held so they are hard to find in second hand bookshops.

Been away from this forum for ages, m`iht
 
they are all out, have a look in the library, or ebay. They are quite tightly held so they are hard to find in second hand bookshops.

Been away from this forum for ages, might stop by again today or tomorrow.
 
I didn't like this trilogy. Although it started okay with the first book it became more dualistic with each book and the relation between the protagonist and the antagonist in the last book was the drop that made the goblet flow over.
 
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