Inspiring books for Eberron [Archive] - Wizards Community

Inspiring books for Eberron [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Xander Opal
06-24-04, 06:57 AM A novel, by Martin Scott, called _Thraxas_. It's got a very 'fantasy Bogart' feel to it, and quite a good read. There's a sequel coming out, in September, called _Death and Thraxas_. Publisher is Baen Books, as I recall.

Anybody know of other 'recommended reading' for Eberron?

Xander Opal
Latif Khan
06-24-04, 08:12 AM Try "Perdido street station" or "the Scar" by China Mieville,
The big city in those novels, New Corbuzon reminds me alot of
Sharn.
It got living constructs, artificers, flying ships, dream-invading "demons"...

first one is cover art, second one fan art... lokks like Sharn huh ?
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Kirgon/0330392891.jpg
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Kirgon/23855.jpg
Sereno
06-24-04, 10:27 AM George R. R. Martin's _Fire and Ice_ series "Game of Thrones", etc would also be inspiring from the standpoint of all the political jockeying that goes on between lands and Houses.

It's also a *great* read.
cybernetic
06-25-04, 12:09 AM Any of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchet....for a very humorous read that has a similar feel....especially the books set in the city of Ankh-Morpork... Commander Vimes of the city watch is a very good example of a character that could very well live in Eberron
EveOtter
06-25-04, 03:24 AM I'm currently reading "The Aztec Treasure House" by Evan S. Connell and it's great for ideas about exploring forbidding lands and searching for lost cities, etc. It's also full of great NPC's, like a psychopathic cardinal, a machinating commander who sends his too-ambitious underlings off to die in search of a mythical city, seacoast raiders where the women are as dangerous as the men, a hideous but brilliant scientist struggling to reveal his discovery,... and best of all, it's all TRUE! (well, as true as history ever is...)

In the same vein, I reccomend "The Discoverers" and "The Explorers" by Daniel Boorstin. Great, easy-to-read stuff about the paths of discovery and exploration, both in the world and in the laboratory.

It's been awhile since I've read them, but there was a series of books by Glen Cook about a fantasy private-eye; "Bitter Gold Hearts", "Sweet Silver Blues" and "Cold Copper Tears" .

"The Philosophical Strangler" by Eric Flint also had a more 'mystery' fantasy noir feel to it.
Michael Tree
06-25-04, 11:06 AM The Book of Jhereg by Steven Brust, or any of his other Vlad Taltos books, for that matter. Fantasy criminal underworld, combined with powerful scheming nobles and the occasional weird planar invasion.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Xander Opal 06-24-04, 06:57 AM	A novel, by Martin Scott, called _Thraxas_. It's got a very 'fantasy Bogart' feel to it, and quite a good read. There's a sequel coming out, in September, called _Death and Thraxas_. Publisher is Baen Books, as I recall. Anybody know of other 'recommended reading' for Eberron? Xander Opal
Latif Khan 06-24-04, 08:12 AM	Try "Perdido street station" or "the Scar" by China Mieville, The big city in those novels, New Corbuzon reminds me alot of Sharn. It got living constructs, artificers, flying ships, dream-invading "demons"... first one is cover art, second one fan art... lokks like Sharn huh ? http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Kirgon/0330392891.jpg http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v291/Kirgon/23855.jpg
Sereno 06-24-04, 10:27 AM	George R. R. Martin's _Fire and Ice_ series "Game of Thrones", etc would also be inspiring from the standpoint of all the political jockeying that goes on between lands and Houses. It's also a great read.
cybernetic 06-25-04, 12:09 AM	Any of the Discworld books by Terry Pratchet....for a very humorous read that has a similar feel....especially the books set in the city of Ankh-Morpork... Commander Vimes of the city watch is a very good example of a character that could very well live in Eberron
EveOtter 06-25-04, 03:24 AM	I'm currently reading "The Aztec Treasure House" by Evan S. Connell and it's great for ideas about exploring forbidding lands and searching for lost cities, etc. It's also full of great NPC's, like a psychopathic cardinal, a machinating commander who sends his too-ambitious underlings off to die in search of a mythical city, seacoast raiders where the women are as dangerous as the men, a hideous but brilliant scientist struggling to reveal his discovery,... and best of all, it's all TRUE! (well, as true as history ever is...) In the same vein, I reccomend "The Discoverers" and "The Explorers" by Daniel Boorstin. Great, easy-to-read stuff about the paths of discovery and exploration, both in the world and in the laboratory. It's been awhile since I've read them, but there was a series of books by Glen Cook about a fantasy private-eye; "Bitter Gold Hearts", "Sweet Silver Blues" and "Cold Copper Tears" . "The Philosophical Strangler" by Eric Flint also had a more 'mystery' fantasy noir feel to it.
Michael Tree 06-25-04, 11:06 AM	The Book of Jhereg by Steven Brust, or any of his other Vlad Taltos books, for that matter. Fantasy criminal underworld, combined with powerful scheming nobles and the occasional weird planar invasion.