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R. A. Salvatore

Autor/a de Homeland

378+ obres 77,671 Membres 644 Ressenyes 178 preferits

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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 mostra'n més 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) mostra'n menys
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Obres de R. A. Salvatore

Homeland (1990) 3,580 exemplars
The Crystal Shard (1988) 2,967 exemplars
Sojourn (1991) 2,864 exemplars
Exile (1990) 2,745 exemplars
Streams of Silver (1989) 2,586 exemplars
The Halfling's Gem (1990) 2,484 exemplars
The Dark Elf Trilogy (1998) 2,236 exemplars
The Legacy (1993) 2,157 exemplars
The Thousand Orcs (2002) 1,975 exemplars
Starless Night (1993) 1,957 exemplars
Siege of Darkness (1995) 1,860 exemplars
Vector Prime (1999) 1,821 exemplars
The Lone Drow (2003) 1,791 exemplars
The Silent Blade (1999) 1,786 exemplars
Passage to Dawn (1997) 1,689 exemplars
Servant of the Shard (2000) 1,683 exemplars
The Spine of the World (1999) 1,628 exemplars
The Two Swords (2004) 1,620 exemplars
The Icewind Dale Trilogy (1999) 1,611 exemplars
Sea of Swords (2001) 1,560 exemplars
The Orc King (2007) 1,230 exemplars
Legacy of the Drow (2001) 1,186 exemplars
Canticle (1991) 1,155 exemplars
Promise of the Witch-King (2005) 1,138 exemplars
The Demon Awakens (1997) 1,007 exemplars
In Sylvan Shadows (1992) 996 exemplars
The Fallen Fortress (1993) 980 exemplars
Night Masks (1992) 959 exemplars
Road of the Patriarch (2006) 941 exemplars
The Pirate King (2008) 914 exemplars
The Chaos Curse (1994) 890 exemplars
Homeland (graphic novel) (2005) 842 exemplars
Gauntlgrym (2010) 812 exemplars
The Ghost King (2009) 762 exemplars
The Demon Spirit (1998) 704 exemplars
The Highwayman (2004) 677 exemplars
The Demon Apostle (1999) 623 exemplars
Paths of Darkness (1900) 606 exemplars
The Sword of Bedwyr (1994) 577 exemplars
Neverwinter (2011) 547 exemplars
Mortalis (2000) 503 exemplars
The Ancient (2008) 488 exemplars
Charon's Claw (2012) 481 exemplars
Luthien's Gamble (1996) 479 exemplars
The Companions (2013) 479 exemplars
The Dragon King (1996) 436 exemplars
Ascendance (2001) 418 exemplars
The Woods Out Back (1993) 410 exemplars
The Last Threshold (2013) 379 exemplars
Transcendence (2002) 344 exemplars
Night of the Hunter (2014) 331 exemplars
Immortalis (2003) 308 exemplars
Timeless (2018) 299 exemplars
The Dragon's Dagger (1994) 299 exemplars
The Witch's Daughter (1991) 287 exemplars
Archmage (2015) 282 exemplars
Dragonslayer's Return (1995) 281 exemplars
Child of a Mad God (2018) 277 exemplars
Rise of the King (2014) 273 exemplars
The Dame (2009) 258 exemplars
Star Wars: The Prequel Trilogy (2006) — Autor — 238 exemplars
Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf (2015) 236 exemplars
Maestro (2016) 233 exemplars
The Crimson Shadow (2006) 225 exemplars
The Stowaway (2008) 219 exemplars
Hero (2016) 219 exemplars
Bastion of Darkness (2000) 201 exemplars
Sojourn (graphic novel) (2006) 182 exemplars
The Best of the Realms (2003) 177 exemplars
Exile (graphic novel) (2006) 172 exemplars
The Color of Dragons (2021) 159 exemplars
Boundless (2019) 157 exemplars
The Bear (2010) 153 exemplars
Relentless (2019) 141 exemplars
Reckoning of Fallen Gods (2019) 111 exemplars
Starlight Enclave (2021) 109 exemplars
The Crystal Shard (graphic novel) (2007) 103 exemplars
The Sellswords Trilogy (2008) 89 exemplars
Menzoberranzan : Boxed Set (1992) — Autor — 85 exemplars
Dragons: Worlds Afire (2006) 78 exemplars
Song of the Risen God (2020) 71 exemplars
The Dao of Drizzt (2022) 64 exemplars
Sojourn (Chapters 1-15) (1992) 53 exemplars
The Bloodstone Lands (1989) 52 exemplars
The Legacy (graphic novel) (2008) 43 exemplars
Worlds of Their Own (2008) — Col·laborador — 43 exemplars
Tarzan: The Epic Adventures (1996) 33 exemplars
The Accursed Tower (1999) 30 exemplars
Dungeons & Dragons: Cutter (2013) 21 exemplars
Tales from Tethedril (1998) 20 exemplars
DemonWars: The Demon Awakens (2007) 15 exemplars
Transitions Gift Set (2011) 14 exemplars
Schattenelf 1. Der dunkle Sohn. (2002) 13 exemplars
Schattenelf. Das Turnier (2002) 11 exemplars
Fantasy: zwei ungekürzte Romane (1999) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Schattenelf 4. Feuerzauber. (2003) 7 exemplars
Bones and Stones 7 exemplars
Dark Mirror (2014) 7 exemplars
The Demon Spirit vol.1 (1999) 6 exemplars
Comrades at Odds (2014) 6 exemplars
Starless Night (Graphic novel) (2009) 6 exemplars
Verivihollinen (2003) 6 exemplars
Homeland 6 exemplars
Der Fluch der Dunkelelfen (2011) 5 exemplars
Erzählungen vom Dunkelelf (2013) 4 exemplars
The Demon Awakens vol.1 (1998) 4 exemplars
El Elfo Oscuro. Relatos (2012) 4 exemplars
The Demon Awakens vol.2 (1998) 4 exemplars
The Demon Apostle vol.1 (2000) 4 exemplars
DemonWars: The First King (2014) 4 exemplars
Ascendance. Part 2 of 2 (2010) 4 exemplars
Ikikesä (2012) 3 exemplars
One-Eyed Jax 3 exemplars
Pentalogia Del Clerigo (2007) 3 exemplars
El Ataque De Los Clones (2009) 3 exemplars
R.A. SALVATORE - IL BUIO PROFO (2018) 3 exemplars
The Demon Spirit vol.2 (2000) 3 exemplars
The Demon Apostle vol.2 (2001) 3 exemplars
Temný elf. III, Útočiště (2008) 2 exemplars
The Stowaway 2 exemplars
Drowův odkaz. I, Odkaz (2008) 2 exemplars
Deux epees -seq.chasseurs t3 (2007) 2 exemplars
RETOUR À GAUNTLGRYM T.01 (2016) 2 exemplars
Dwa Miecze (2006) 2 exemplars
Demon Wars Player's Guide (2003) 2 exemplars
Markwart: el abad maléfico (2009) 2 exemplars
Refúgio - eBook 1 exemplars
Exílio - eBook 1 exemplars
Song for Sadye, A (2017) 1 exemplars
A démon ébredése 1 exemplars
Cntico 1 exemplars
Mscaras De La Noche 1 exemplars
Salamatkustaja (2009) 1 exemplars
Desintegración 1 exemplars
La vendetta del nano di ferro (2021) 1 exemplars
2007 1 exemplars
Dungeons & Dragons, Bd. 1 (2009) 1 exemplars
Viimeisellä kynnyksellä (2013) 1 exemplars
El rey orco (2008) 1 exemplars
DemonWars Reformation (2014) 1 exemplars
Neverwinter. Gauntlgrym (2011) 1 exemplars
I compagni: 27 (2019) 1 exemplars
The Dwarf-Drow War 1 exemplars
Los compañeros (2014) 1 exemplars
Die Dunkelelfen 1 exemplars
The Sword Bearer 1 exemplars
The Last Threshold 1 exemplars
Grenzenlos: Roman (2022) 1 exemplars
A Sparkle for Homer (1991) 1 exemplars
Arcimago. Il ritorno (Vol. 1) (2021) 1 exemplars
Spooks - Vol.1 (2011) 1 exemplars
Falling Off Air 1 exemplars
Drizzt Efsanesi 3. Kitap - Goc (2015) 1 exemplars
Pátria - eBook 1 exemplars

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Realms of the Dead (2010) — Col·laborador — 75 exemplars
OtherWere: Stories of Transformation (1996) — Col·laborador — 61 exemplars
R. A. Salvatore's War of the Spider Queen, Vol. 1 (2012) — Introducció — 59 exemplars
Before They Were Giants: First Works from Science Fiction Greats (2010) — Col·laborador — 47 exemplars
Halflings, Hobbits, Warrows & Weefolk (1991) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 22 • March 2012 (2012) — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
Pulp Idol: SFX Short Story Competition Collection 2008 (2008) — Col·laborador — 7 exemplars
Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 93 • February 2018 (2018) — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
Amazing Stories Vol. 71, No. 2 [Summer 1999] (1999) — Col·laborador — 3 exemplars

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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 | Hi ha 40 ressenyes més | 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 | Hi ha 22 ressenyes més | 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.… (més)
 
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LaurenThemself | Hi ha 15 ressenyes més | 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.… (més)
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Lucky-Loki | Hi ha 24 ressenyes més | Feb 18, 2024 |

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Obres
378
També de
24
Membres
77,671
Popularitat
#159
Valoració
3.8
Ressenyes
644
ISBN
1,449
Llengües
20
Preferit
178

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