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Hmmm, worst RPG novel? "Might & Magic: The Sea of Mist" by Mel Odom. Now, I never played beyond Heroes II or M&M VI but this book seems to have nothing to do with Might & Magic whatsoever except that there are monsters and mages. Story starts out very intriguing: the hero is raised by a demon in a pocket universe and sent to a training school. From there it goes downhill into Dawson's Creek complications with his friends and then fighting a Bad Guy. No questions are answered, characters are unlikable, and nothing makes much sense.
I tried reading a Kathyrn Kurtz book of Deryni, once, but it was very boring and obviously a space-filler between other books. Star Wars: The New Rebellion was pretty bad.
I can appreciate "bad" books if they are entertaining: Gary Gygax's Cyborg Commando series, Louis L'Amour, Hyborea knock-offs, etc. Like eating potato chips. But when a good series goes bad, I torture myself by continuing to read in hopes that the writing will be as good as it once was. Examples: Earth's Children, Gotrek & Felix. The first books are excellent, the rest are poison.
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I\'d rather be dungeon crawling
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