Is the ToB novel any good?

Quitch · Post by **Quitch** » Sat Sep 01, 2001 5:02 pm

I ask this, since they changed writers for the final book (having read the sample chapter of BG and BG II SoA I can only thank God for this mercy), using someone from Bioware. I wonder if the books have hit the status of being enjoyable, in a good way.

Well?

Azeroth · Post by **Azeroth** » Sun Sep 02, 2001 10:01 pm

I tried reading it but never got very far. It seems that most fantasy novels are terrible anymore. After reading the Lord of the Rings series everything else isn't all that great.

Caster13 · Post by **Caster13** » Mon Sep 03, 2001 5:28 pm

LoR? Eeew. I hate the series. It was just... not appealing to me.

There are lot of good DragonLance books out. especially with the new War of Souls Trilogy.

-Caster

Robin_Hood · Post by **Robin_Hood** » Tue Sep 04, 2001 6:32 am

Uhh...I've tried a couple of the new Dragonlance books and they are just crap. In my opinion, of course. The first 2 trilogies were nice but after them...bs.

Chade Fallstar · Post by **Chade Fallstar** » Tue Sep 04, 2001 8:21 am

Originally posted by Quitch:
<STRONG>I ask this, since they changed writers for the final book (having read the sample chapter of BG and BG II SoA I can only thank God for this mercy), using someone from Bioware. I wonder if the books have hit the status of being enjoyable, in a good way.

Well? </STRONG>

They did?!? That's great - because I've never red a book that would top the original 'Baldur's Gate' in dullness & stupidity. Haven't stumbled across ToB though so I wouldn't know => can't answear the question =(. Probably crap though ... which is amazing, since the game is so much fun & enjoyabe.

humanflyz · Post by **humanflyz** » Tue Sep 04, 2001 11:11 am

Originally posted by Caster:
LoR? Eeew. I hate the series. It was just... not appealing to me.

How can you say that to the greatest fantasy trilogy ever written? Every fantasy books that I have read paled in comparison with Lord of the Rings. The only exception that I can think of is Stephen R. Donaldson's "Chronicle of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever".

Xyx · Post by **Xyx** » Tue Sep 04, 2001 2:06 pm

Hah! This was sooo unavoidable...

I especially liked a couple of scenes from LotR; the fight at Weathertop, fleeing from the Balrog, Eowyn & the Witch King and Sam rescuing Frodo from the orc tower. Most of the rest was pretty good as well, but I was rather annoyed by the endless narrations about travel... I'm glad that aspect hasn't been copied too extensively by other writers.

Quitch · Post by **Quitch** » Tue Sep 04, 2001 2:26 pm

Yes but at least you felt they were traveling, rather than as is often the case, people leave a town at the end of a chapter and reach a new one at the beginning of the next one. Wow, what a sense of time and scale

. Uh, except in Book 4, wow, was that overkill

If you want to read the ToB sample chapter, it's [url="http://www.wizards.com/catalog/product.asp?WTC21985"]here[/url]. It seems better written than BG and SoA, however because of the setting, it doesn't actually give you much idea as to the worth of the book.