He began writing seriously in 1982, penning the manuscript that would become Echoes of the Fourth Magic. He received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communications from Fitchburg State College in 1981, then returned for the degree he always cherished, the Bachelor of Arts in English. He promptly changed his major from computerscience to journalism. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift.
His love affair with fantasy, and with literature in general, began during his sophomore year of college when he was given a copy of J.R.R. Since that time, Salvatore has published numerous novels for each of his signature multi-volume series including The Dark Elf Trilogy, Paths of Darkness, The Hunter’s Blades Trilogy, and The Cleric Quintet. Salvatore’s first published novel, The Crystal Shard from TSR in 1988, became the first volume of the acclaimed Icewind Dale Trilogy and introduced an enormously popular character, the dark elf Drizzt Do’Urden.
His books have been translated into numerous foreign languages including German, Italian, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Turkish, Croatian, Bulgarian, Yiddish, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, Czech, and French. Salvatore’s original hardcover, The Two Swords, Book III of The Hunter’s Blade Trilogy (October 2004) debuted at # 1 on The Wall Street Journal best-seller list and at # 4 on The New York Times best-seller list. His books regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold more than 10,000,000 copies. Salvatore enjoys an ever-expanding and tremendously loyal following. I was not expecting to feel so much for this character.As one of the fantasy genre’s most successful authors, R.A. I was not expecting to disappear into this book.
Seldom have I read fantasy where a character acted in such a truly compassionate manner. You definitely need to read Homeland first and when you get to Exile you will reap the reward of watching Drizzt DoUrden come to life, as well as develop into a character of principle and compassion. It was pulp fantasy fiction, entertaining but offered little else to urge me to move forward in the series.įortunately I did move forward and found the story really opened up in the second book.
Everyone was so evil and there was all this talk of Lolth the Spider Queen and the women (Dark Elf society is matriarchal and these are some nasty evil murdering women) were little more than one-note nasties. I liked Homeland but I found the names and political intrigues in the Underdark city of Menzoberrazan to be exhausting. Having read Homeland, the first in the series about a year ago and enjoyed it but not considered reading any further, I didnt approach Exile thinking that it would be too compelling.
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