Despised1 posted:ATM I am reading Return of the Archwizards: The Summoning, by Troy Denning. I just started it but it seems good so far, I was told it was worth the buy so I am hoping I heard right because I bought the whole set plus the anthology.
tal0nkarrde posted:Have faith! Things pick up rather quickly toward the end.
RolandofGilead posted:Despised1 posted:ATM I am reading Return of the Archwizards: The Summoning, by Troy Denning. I just started it but it seems good so far, I was told it was worth the buy so I am hoping I heard right because I bought the whole set plus the anthology. Now that's what I call a leap of faith. I have great difficulty even buying ONE book from an unknown author. I have to admit that I generally just keep going back to the same well because it's a known factor. I never know what might be good by someone else. I mean, when you walk into a huge bookstore how do you choose? Is it the Title? The Genre? The Author, or the Pretty picture on the cover?
Despised1 posted:Its not a huge leap, I have read a lot of the Forgotten Realms stuff already, and Denning isn't horrible so I figured it would be safe. I feel the same stress in picking books, I usually pick by familiar author names, although sometimes I will take a gamble on others. That is why I love anthology books and short stories, I get a book full of about 10-15 authors and I can get a nice preview of them all. Sometimes I find authors I never heard of before, and they turn out being a pleasant surprise.
JEDI-SOLO posted:The Runelords by David Farland
Excellence posted:He's Dave Wolverton. I heard Runelords was very badly written. A pity, I really liked Courtship's no-nonsense style.
RolandofGilead posted:Now that's what I call a leap of faith. I have great difficulty even buying ONE book from an unknown author. I have to admit that I generally just keep going back to the same well because it's a known factor. I never know what might be good by someone else. I mean, when you walk into a huge bookstore how do you choose? Is it the Title? The Genre? The Author, or the Pretty picture on the cover?
