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R. A. Salvatore

Auteur van Homeland

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R. A. Salvatore was born in Leominster, Massachusetts on January 20, 1959. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English from Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. He began writing seriously in 1982 and became a full-time writer toon meer in 1990. His first novel, The Crystal Shard, was published in 1988. His other works include The Halfling's Gem; Sojourn; The Legacy; Starless Night; Vector Prime; and The Two Swords. He is also the author of numerous series including The Dark Elf Trilogy; Paths of Darkness; The Hunter's Blades Trilogy; The Cleric Quintet; Saga of the First King; Neverwinter Saga and TheSundering. He made The New York Times Best Seller List with his title's Charon's Claw, Night of the Hunter: Companions Codex, 1, Rise of the King and Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Homeland (1990) 3,580 exemplaren
The Crystal Shard (1988) 2,967 exemplaren
Sojourn (1991) 2,864 exemplaren
Exile (1990) 2,745 exemplaren
Streams of Silver (1989) 2,586 exemplaren
The Halfling's Gem (1990) 2,484 exemplaren
The Dark Elf Trilogy (1998) 2,237 exemplaren
The Legacy (1993) 2,157 exemplaren
The Thousand Orcs (2002) 1,975 exemplaren
Starless Night (1993) 1,957 exemplaren
Episode II attack of the clones (2002) 1,865 exemplaren
Siege of Darkness (1995) 1,860 exemplaren
Vector Prime (1999) 1,821 exemplaren
The Lone Drow (2003) 1,791 exemplaren
The Silent Blade (1999) 1,786 exemplaren
Passage to Dawn (1997) 1,689 exemplaren
Servant of the Shard (2000) 1,683 exemplaren
The Spine of the World (1999) 1,628 exemplaren
The Two Swords (2004) 1,620 exemplaren
The Icewind Dale Trilogy (1999) 1,611 exemplaren
Sea of Swords (2001) 1,560 exemplaren
The Orc King (2007) 1,230 exemplaren
Legacy of the Drow (2001) 1,187 exemplaren
Canticle (1991) 1,155 exemplaren
Promise of the Witch-King (2005) 1,138 exemplaren
The Demon Awakens (1997) 1,007 exemplaren
In Sylvan Shadows (1992) 996 exemplaren
The Fallen Fortress (1993) 980 exemplaren
Night Masks (1992) 959 exemplaren
Road of the Patriarch (2006) 941 exemplaren
The Pirate King (2008) 914 exemplaren
The Chaos Curse (1994) 890 exemplaren
Homeland (graphic novel) (2005) 842 exemplaren
Gauntlgrym (2010) 812 exemplaren
The Ghost King (2009) 762 exemplaren
The Demon Spirit (1998) 704 exemplaren
The Highwayman (2004) 677 exemplaren
The Demon Apostle (1999) 623 exemplaren
Paths of Darkness (1900) 606 exemplaren
The Sword of Bedwyr (1994) 577 exemplaren
Neverwinter (2011) 547 exemplaren
Mortalis (2000) 503 exemplaren
The Ancient (2008) 488 exemplaren
Charon's Claw (2012) 481 exemplaren
Luthien's Gamble (1996) 479 exemplaren
The Companions (2013) 479 exemplaren
The Dragon King (1996) 436 exemplaren
Ascendance (2001) 418 exemplaren
The Woods Out Back (1993) 411 exemplaren
The Last Threshold (2013) 379 exemplaren
Transcendence (2002) 344 exemplaren
Night of the Hunter (2014) 331 exemplaren
Immortalis (2003) 308 exemplaren
Timeless (2018) 299 exemplaren
The Dragon's Dagger (1994) 299 exemplaren
The Witch's Daughter (1991) 287 exemplaren
Archmage (2015) 282 exemplaren
Dragonslayer's Return (1995) 281 exemplaren
Child of a Mad God (2018) 277 exemplaren
Rise of the King (2014) 273 exemplaren
The Dame (2009) 258 exemplaren
Star Wars filmomnibus (2006) — Auteur — 238 exemplaren
Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf (2015) 236 exemplaren
Maestro (2016) 233 exemplaren
The Crimson Shadow (2006) 225 exemplaren
The Stowaway (2008) 219 exemplaren
Hero (2016) 219 exemplaren
Bastion of Darkness (2000) 201 exemplaren
Sojourn (graphic novel) (2006) 182 exemplaren
The Best of the Realms (2003) 177 exemplaren
Exile (graphic novel) (2006) 172 exemplaren
The Color of Dragons (2021) 159 exemplaren
Boundless (2019) 157 exemplaren
The Bear (2010) 153 exemplaren
Relentless (2019) 141 exemplaren
Reckoning of Fallen Gods (2019) 111 exemplaren
Starlight Enclave (2021) 109 exemplaren
The Crystal Shard (graphic novel) (2007) 103 exemplaren
The Sellswords Trilogy (2008) 89 exemplaren
Menzoberranzan : Boxed Set (1992) — Auteur — 85 exemplaren
Dragons: Worlds Afire (2006) 78 exemplaren
Song of the Risen God (2020) 71 exemplaren
The Dao of Drizzt (2022) 64 exemplaren
Streams of Silver (graphic novel) (2007) 62 exemplaren
Sojourn (Chapters 1-15) (1992) 53 exemplaren
The Bloodstone Lands (1989) 52 exemplaren
The Legacy (graphic novel) (2008) 43 exemplaren
Worlds of Their Own (2008) — Medewerker — 43 exemplaren
Stone of Tymora: Forgotten Realms (2012) 36 exemplaren
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996) 33 exemplaren
The Accursed Tower (1999) 30 exemplaren
Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter (2013) 21 exemplaren
Tales from Tethedril (1998) 20 exemplaren
DemonWars: The Demon Awakens (2007) 15 exemplaren
Transitions Gift Set (2011) 14 exemplaren
Schattenelf 1. Der dunkle Sohn. (2002) 13 exemplaren
Schattenelf. Das Turnier (2002) 11 exemplaren
Schattenelf 5. Die Unterwerfung. (2003) 10 exemplaren
Fantasy: zwei ungekürzte Romane (1999) — Medewerker — 7 exemplaren
Schattenelf 4. Feuerzauber. (2003) 7 exemplaren
Bones and Stones 7 exemplaren
Dark Mirror (2014) 7 exemplaren
The Demon Spirit vol.1 (1999) 6 exemplaren
Comrades at Odds (2014) 6 exemplaren
Starless Night (Graphic novel) (2009) 6 exemplaren
Verivihollinen (2003) 6 exemplaren
Homeland 6 exemplaren
Der Fluch der Dunkelelfen (2011) 5 exemplaren
Erzählungen vom Dunkelelf (2013) 4 exemplaren
The Demon Awakens vol.1 (1998) 4 exemplaren
El Elfo Oscuro. Relatos (2012) 4 exemplaren
The Demon Awakens vol.2 (1998) 4 exemplaren
The Demon Apostle vol.1 (2000) 4 exemplaren
DemonWars: The First King (2014) 4 exemplaren
Ascendance. Part 2 of 2 (2010) 4 exemplaren
Ikikesä (2012) 3 exemplaren
One-Eyed Jax 3 exemplaren
Pentalogia Del Clerigo (2007) 3 exemplaren
El Ataque De Los Clones (2009) 3 exemplaren
R.A. SALVATORE - IL BUIO PROFO (2018) 3 exemplaren
The Demon Spirit vol.2 (2000) 3 exemplaren
The Demon Apostle vol.2 (2001) 3 exemplaren
Temný elf. III, Útočiště (2008) 2 exemplaren
The Stowaway 2 exemplaren
Elfo Oscuro nº 01/03 La morada (2022) 2 exemplaren
Drowův odkaz. I, Odkaz (2008) 2 exemplaren
Deux epees -seq.chasseurs t3 (2007) 2 exemplaren
RETOUR À GAUNTLGRYM T.01 (2016) 2 exemplaren
Dwa Miecze (2006) 2 exemplaren
Demon Wars Player's Guide (2003) 2 exemplaren
Markwart: el abad maléfico (2009) 2 exemplaren
Refúgio - eBook 1 exemplaar
Exílio - eBook 1 exemplaar
Song for Sadye, A (2017) 1 exemplaar
A démon ébredése 1 exemplaar
Cntico 1 exemplaar
Mscaras De La Noche 1 exemplaar
Salamatkustaja (2009) 1 exemplaar
Desintegración 1 exemplaar
La vendetta del nano di ferro (2021) 1 exemplaar
2007 1 exemplaar
Dungeons & Dragons, Bd. 1 (2009) 1 exemplaar
Viimeisellä kynnyksellä (2013) 1 exemplaar
El rey orco (2008) 1 exemplaar
DemonWars Reformation (2014) 1 exemplaar
Neverwinter. Gauntlgrym (2011) 1 exemplaar
I compagni: 27 (2019) 1 exemplaar
The Dwarf-Drow War 1 exemplaar
Los compañeros (2014) 1 exemplaar
Die Dunkelelfen 1 exemplaar
The Sword Bearer 1 exemplaar
The Last Threshold 1 exemplaar
Grenzenlos: Roman (2022) 1 exemplaar
A Sparkle for Homer (1991) 1 exemplaar
Arcimago. Il ritorno (Vol. 1) (2021) 1 exemplaar
Spooks - Vol.1 (2011) 1 exemplaar
Falling Off Air 1 exemplaar
Drizzt Efsanesi 3. Kitap - Goc (2015) 1 exemplaar
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R.A. Salvatore's "Legend of Drizzt: the Crystal Shard" was another, I would say, a pretty good read. This story is the continuation of what everyone's favorite dark Elf Drizzt did when he got to the surface world and moved up to the Icewind Dale.
This was in actuality author R.A. Salvatore's first book he wrote, and when compared to books one, two, and three of the series, you can tell. The story didn't seem to have the natural flow that the others did. The different situations that the characters found themselves in always were tense and full of drama (also plenty of humor) but seemed to be choppy, truncated, and seemed to be resolved nice and quickly. Drizzt too snuffers from his newness. This character may be more...aloof and maybe more "loose" with his personal ethics than what the Drizzt character is in the first three titles of the Legend of Drizzt series.
Drizzt, and his bestie cat Guenhwyvar, seem to able to survive and thrive even with many of the surface races downright hostile to them.
He has met new friends that are pretty great: Regis & Wulfgar, Bruenor & Catti-brie are back and as fun as ever. The reader discovers early on that the enemy is not a who (it is but it isn't) but a what. And boy does that what wreak havoc... There are wizards, and giants, there are demons and trolls and more Orcs than you can shake a stick at. All ready and willing to get after the Ten-Towns of the humans and raze it to the ground so they, more accurately the wizard Akar Kessell can then take over. We've even been introduced to a future enemy!
While Salvatore struggled a bit with the truncating of the story lines, that doesn't mean that this lacked in drama. How can they get out of these sticky situations? Who is going to step up next and be the hero...or the villain. How will this resolve itself, can some of these characters do these things that is needed, will they even do anything?! Read book four of the "Legend of Drizzt: the Crystal Shard" and find out for yourself!
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Schneider | 40 andere besprekingen | Mar 15, 2024 |
I’ve never been partial to the works of Mr. Salvatore, until now.

While the Attack of the Clones novelisation lacks the dramatic music and framing of the movie, it does a superior job at character writing and making sense of the plot. Extra dialogue and entire scenes are added, fleshing out the story. It’s a noteworthy improvement.

What stood out to me in particular is the chemistry between Anakin and Padma. Something infamously absent in the movie. I likewise appreciated the deeper look into Anakin’s character at this point in time, which the novelisation provides. It makes his inevitable fall more understandable, and more tragic as a result. I understand the Revenge of the Sith novelisation continues these trends. We’ll see once I reach that book; for now I’ll delve into the numerous stories contained in the original Clone Wars Multimedia Project.

Stories written between the release of episode II and III back in the day. Before The Clone Wars animated series muddied the Expanded Universe timeline.
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Thulan | 22 andere besprekingen | Mar 4, 2024 |
I blitzed through this book in a day because it was so very readable. Awesome groundwork for the Sundering series.

I took one star off because a) I would have liked to see the reincarnations as physically different people, not virtual clones*, and b) I love Salvatore, I really do, but if I had a dollar for every time he uses 'reasoned' or 'explained' instead of just 'said', I could probably pay him not to use either of those words again.



*My halfling character got reincarnated in a D&D game once and she came back as a wolverine. I'm not saying one of the Companions should have been a wolverine, but blue eyes and light skin and rolling someone in the mud for not being dark enough among dark-skinned people has hella uncomfortable race issues going on.… (meer)
 
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LaurenThemself | 15 andere besprekingen | Feb 20, 2024 |
"Homeland" is by a good margin the stronger novel of these three in my opinion, biased as I am towards intrigue and moral greys, but the other two are also quite good reads, albeit moving ever closer to what one might expect from a Dungeons & Dragons tie-in novel (never quite gets to the trope-feeling area, though, so that's very good). Salvatore is a very good storyteller, and the more awkward game-like feeling aspects of the universe (for instance the inborn spells of the drow species, or odd divisions like if something is an animal or a monster, or inherently a good species of inherently an evil one) are generally handled deftly enough not to take me too much out of the otherwise impressive sense of realism he brings to the world. Despite there being an ungodly number of them, I'll admit to being tempted to reading more Drizzt Do'Urden novels now. This certainly did whet the appetite for following him and his life further.… (meer)
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24
Leden
77,675
Populariteit
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