And don’t forget Danica!
[Homer Simpson]
MMmmmmm… Daaaaanicaaaa…
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Translation: They’re all bad.
Well, it’s not a genre noted for its eloquent prose.
It wasn’t too bad, but I still say it would’ve been better if his main weapon wasn’t, as far as I can tell, a frickin’ adamantine yo-yo.
hee hee – okay good point. But he did have the crossbow with exploding darts. That turned into a pretty effective weapon. I like the fact that Danica didn’t need any specific weapon…
An adamantine yo-yo (Made by Ivan Bouldershoulder - and I’ve seen it show up somewhere else, too…can’t remember where, though. >_<), the aforementioned exploding crossbow bolts, and an enchanted walking stick.
Starlight and Shadows is written by Ellain Cunningham, one of the better D&D writers out there.
(Opinions on other D&D authors: Salvatore and Greenwood both have fairly good plots, but Salvatore’s names and prose fall flat (Dialogue’s fairly good, though), Greenwood’s prose and dialogue are awful (Although he’s readable when he has a co-author reigning him in, and he’s never committed a naming atrocity like ‘Rai-Guy’ or 'Fester Bumpus.). Grubb’s pretty good. Most people site Hickman and Weis as the best, but I was never able to get into the Dragonlance books, so I can’t agree with that. I can’t really identify any of the others.)