R.A. Salvatore: The Legend of Drizzt

The Cleric Quintet has a pretty big following. You might like that as well. Drizzt is generally his most famous work.

I've not read the Icewind Dale trilogy, but I did read the Dark Elf trilogy. It's essentially the Drizzt origin story. The first two books in the trilogy are some of the best fantasy fiction I've ever read. The third book is good, but it merely sets the stage for what you're reading now.

Is RAS the dude who did the Dragonlance series?

I could never get into the dungeons and dragons types of books. I never played the game and stories were just not engaging enough for me. I read one Drizzt book, I do not remember which one, and that was plenty for me. I prefer the high fantasy of Jordan and Martin.

He killed Chewie. frick him

I enjoy the series. I started with Dark Elf and liked it better than Icewind Dale. The series after that was good as well.

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Dragonlance

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Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weis.

I have a friend that used Drizzt as his username on here. I had no idea what it meant until this thread.

I've read the Icewind Dale trilogy twice and the Drizzt trilogy twice. Good stuff.

Some critics that the character seemed a little too overpowered/badass and there's too much Deus Ex Machina. But it's fantasy escapism so screw them and enjoy the ride.

How Drizzt has not become an icon of fantasy film or television is beyond me. Although I don't read much Salvatore, that character is a fantasy legend.

Certainly comparable to Fafhrd/Grey Mouser, Elric, even Strider - people who don't even read the books are aware of these characters.

Drizzt is probably the most suitable to be made into a James Bond-type franchise of a fantasy character - IMHO.

I guess the D&D licensing would be a sticking point, but G-d knows everybody could use the money. And with Avatar (not my cup of tea, but it is what it is) era technology, the characters could be rendered fairly realistically.

I had to respond to this thread. Good books.