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Originally posted by Thoran:
Just keep in mind that not all of his work is on a par with the Dark Elf and Icewind Dale series.
In fact apart from those series I personally have not read anything from him that I'd bother reading a second time.
Variol... if you've read them all can you seperate the wheat from the chaff for us?
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I cant speak for the books I've not read yet (I've just started The Thousand Orcs, and so far I'm not dissapointed), but I love everything I have read that Salvatore has written, the Legacy of the Drow and Paths of Darkness series included.
I dont understand why so many people dislike his more recent work, I hear some people complaining that his plots and storylines are unoriginal, stereotypical fantasy storylines that we have read over and over again, but to me I've never considered plot and storyline all that important to a good book. I subscribe to the school of writing that believes characters are more important than the plot, the plot is just a secondary thing to move the characters along as they evolve, and Salvatore is without a doubt one of the best Character writers I've ever seen.