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It's been many years since that day, and I would venture to say if I read it now it would not be half as magical as it was to me then, but it will always be the book that made me love reading.moreĪ book based on a computer game Like seriously, what the …! Pools of Radiance was a computer game and they wrote a book about it. This is the book I ultimately took home with me.
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"Yeah, bud, pick one out," he said, and I went straight to the fantasy section looking for a book with a dragon on the cover, because to a 10 year old dragons are awesome. I fondly remember my father buying books at the bookstore every weekend, and one day I asked if he would buy one for me. It's been many years since that day, and I would venture to say if I read it now it would not be half as magical a This was the very first novel I'd ever read. This was the very first novel I'd ever read. I somehow ended up in legal marketing instead, but that's just because I wanted to pursue something that would keep me on the constant edge of danger.more But, this was my post-Tolkien teenage fantasy gateway drug that paved the way for the discovery of Brooks/Salvatore/Eddings/Feist/Rawn/Martin/Abercrombie/Rothfuss/Sanderson/Weis and Hickman/et al, and for that reason alone, it's a seminal classic in my heart.Īlso, Ren is a badass and made me want to be a forest ranger. I somehow ended up in legal marketing instead, but that's just because I wanted to pursue something that would keep me on the Stellar writing or crafty plotting? Not particularly. Also, Ren is a badass and made me want to be a forest ranger. But, this was my post-Tolkien teenage fantasy gateway drug that paved the way for the discovery of Brooks/Salvatore/Eddings/Feist/Rawn/Martin/Abercrombie/Rothfuss/Sanderson/Weis and Hickman/et al, and for that reason alone, it's a seminal classic in my heart. Stellar writing or crafty plotting? Not particularly.