Okay so this guy at work(who i constantly make fun of) only reads these books by R A Salvatore and other dungeons and dragons type writers. I kinda tease him about these stories because well, they seem really really lame to me. I made him read some neil and he really liked it, and knowing I like comic books brought me a comic book adaptation of one of Salvatores novels. I read it.

Now my question to you people is, what do you think of his books if youve read them? Also, is the comic adaptation a very respectful and truthful one?

I read it, and I swear, all I kept thinking was "This guy got picked on in highschool. this story is about highschool."

Also what are his problems with women? He seems to hate/fear them pretty greatly.

I wont even question the race thing.

Heh, I haven't read any of his Dungeons and Dragons books, but I read an excerpt from his Star Wars novel (not the movie adaptation, the other one) and it was sooooooooooooooo bad. (None of the regulars -- Luke, Leia, Han, etc. seemed like themselves, for starters, just poorly conceived caricatures)

I think I stopped reading Star Wars novels after I read that excerpt

I read everything he had out when I was in highschool and thought he was great. I still rate his Icewind Dale trilogy as a cool set of books and well above the much more ponderous Dark Elf stuff.

For a light read - The Crystal Shard is ubercool. He somehow scales an epic tale of two wars into a mere 300 odd pages. In that respect he's like the anti-tolkien of fantasy writing.


- Soul

I read about the first three pages of "Dragonlance" before I threw it against the wall. It was the kind of crap that needs not one, but TWO hacks at the helm. The premise was cliched, the plot devices were unsatisfying, and the characters acted like they were roleplayers. So all in all, it was everything "Record of Lodoss War" wasn't. blech.