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Chells 09-17-07, 10:09 PM	I tried DragonLance years ago but they where just a bit too simplistic for my tastes. Yesterday I decided to try Forgotten Realms. I picked up Shadowbred and so far am enjoying it quite a bit. The problem is by stepping into the middle of this collection of stories I can tell there is a lot I am missing. So I was thinking of hitting Amazon and picking up some of the earlier works but it is a fairly daunting task to figure out where to start. Anyone have any suggestions on a good block of books to begin with? Thanks
Old Sage 09-17-07, 10:21 PM	At Candlekeep, where we can discuss Realms fiction freely, this question is often asked. I've seen no better answer than this from The Hooded One, one of the players in Ed Greenwood's campaign:- ". . . I would recommend the following books to get a grounding in the breadth of FR fiction: Ed Greenwood: Spellfire, Elminster: The Making Of A Mage, Elminster's Daughter, Swords of Eveningstar Ed Greenwood & Jeff Grubb: Cormyr A Novel Ed Greenwood & Elaine Cunningham: City of Splendors Jeff Grubb & Kate Novak: Azure Bonds Elaine Cunningham: Elfshadow, Evermeet Bob (R.A.) Salvatore: Homeland lots o' folks: Halls of Stormweather Then I'd stop, take a breather, and consider Paul Kemp's Erevis Cale trilogy and Blackstaff by Steven Schend. Then back to Elaine . . . Then I'd take stock of who I liked, of the above titles, and go from there in reading their other works, each series in order of course (we scribes can help)." ... Swords of Eveningstar would be my first choice for a first novel, with Spellfire close behind.