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A Tale from The Legend of Drizzt #8
Comrades at Odds
Actor and musician Ice-T is the Dungeon Master for this emotional, anguished tale. In Comrades at Odds, Tos'un is faced with a difficult decision as Drizzt comes to odds with his grief and guilt over the tragic fate of Ellifain.
36 pages, Audible Audio
First published August 11, 2014
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About the author
R.A. Salvatore
607 books11.3k followersAs one of the fantasy genre’s most successful authors, R.A. Salvatore enjoys an ever-expanding and tremendously loyal following. His books regularly appear on The New York Times best-seller lists and have sold more than 10,000,000 copies. 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 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 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. 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.
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. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift. He promptly changed his major from computerscience to journalism. 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 began writing seriously in 1982, penning the manuscript that would become Echoes of the Fourth Magic. Salvatore held many jobs during those first years as a writer, finally settling in (much to our delight) to write full time in 1990.
The R.A. Salvatore Collection has been established at his alma mater, Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, containing the writer’s letters, manuscripts, and other professional papers. He is in good company, as The Salvatore Collection is situated alongside The Robert Cormier Library, which celebrates the writing career of the co-alum and esteemed author of young adult books.
Salvatore is an active member of his community and is on the board of trustees at the local library in Leominster, Massachusetts. He has participated in several American Library Association regional conferences, giving talks on themes including “Adventure fantasy” and “Why young adults read fantasy.” Salvatore himself enjoys a broad range of literary writers including James Joyce, Mark Twain, Geoffrey Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante, and Sartre. He counts among his favorite genre literary influences Ian Fleming, Arthur Conan Doyle, Fritz Leiber, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien.
Born in 1959, Salvatore is a native of Massachusetts and resides there with his wife Diane, and their three children, Bryan, Geno, and Caitlin. The family pets include three Japanese Chins, Oliver, Artemis and Ivan, and four cats including Guenhwyvar.
When he isn't writing, Salvatore chases after his three Japanese Chins, takes long walks, hits the gym, and coaches/plays on a fun-league softball team that includes most of his family. His gaming group still meets on Sundays to play.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/rasalv...
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. 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.
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. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings as a Christmas gift. He promptly changed his major from computerscience to journalism. 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 began writing seriously in 1982, penning the manuscript that would become Echoes of the Fourth Magic. Salvatore held many jobs during those first years as a writer, finally settling in (much to our delight) to write full time in 1990.
The R.A. Salvatore Collection has been established at his alma mater, Fitchburg State College in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, containing the writer’s letters, manuscripts, and other professional papers. He is in good company, as The Salvatore Collection is situated alongside The Robert Cormier Library, which celebrates the writing career of the co-alum and esteemed author of young adult books.
Salvatore is an active member of his community and is on the board of trustees at the local library in Leominster, Massachusetts. He has participated in several American Library Association regional conferences, giving talks on themes including “Adventure fantasy” and “Why young adults read fantasy.” Salvatore himself enjoys a broad range of literary writers including James Joyce, Mark Twain, Geoffrey Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante, and Sartre. He counts among his favorite genre literary influences Ian Fleming, Arthur Conan Doyle, Fritz Leiber, and of course, J.R.R. Tolkien.
Born in 1959, Salvatore is a native of Massachusetts and resides there with his wife Diane, and their three children, Bryan, Geno, and Caitlin. The family pets include three Japanese Chins, Oliver, Artemis and Ivan, and four cats including Guenhwyvar.
When he isn't writing, Salvatore chases after his three Japanese Chins, takes long walks, hits the gym, and coaches/plays on a fun-league softball team that includes most of his family. His gaming group still meets on Sundays to play.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/rasalv...
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June 10, 2015
I might have enjoyed this more if it was Ice T as the narrator. He might be an adequate narrator for other books, but this was a fantasy story. The word "sword" is very common, and each time he says it the W is very present. There were other issues I had with the narration, but that was the biggest thing to irk me. It took me out of the story, and I couldn't follow along as well as I have with all the other stories from the collection, with their various narrators.
June 8, 2019
I actually could not finish this audio book.
The narrator is one of the worst I've ever listened to.
I somehow got the idea that quite a few of the words are foreign to him.
The worst example was the word 'sword', although not a native speaker, I always thought the double-u is supposed to be silent.
Sometimes it makes sense to slowly and deliberately pronounce the names of the characters in a book e.g. when that character meets someone new and this new person has a problem pronouncing the name. But not/never when the name is used simply to indicate who is fighting or speaking.
In my opinion you should practice the words when you're unfamiliar with them not try winging it.
But that is exactly how it felt for me and each time I got yanked out of the story.
The narrator is one of the worst I've ever listened to.
I somehow got the idea that quite a few of the words are foreign to him.
The worst example was the word 'sword', although not a native speaker, I always thought the double-u is supposed to be silent.
Sometimes it makes sense to slowly and deliberately pronounce the names of the characters in a book e.g. when that character meets someone new and this new person has a problem pronouncing the name. But not/never when the name is used simply to indicate who is fighting or speaking.
In my opinion you should practice the words when you're unfamiliar with them not try winging it.
But that is exactly how it felt for me and each time I got yanked out of the story.
January 25, 2018
Ice-T should narrate every audiobook ever
June 15, 2021
Completely filler, nothing of note going on here. And whilst I did like Ice-T’s voice, his pronunciation of sword really did grate. His tone and gravitas was excellent though.
April 18, 2023
Rating based on how well it gets the job done - the job here being something short enough to listen to while I mow the lawn. Pretty good, I was able to follow along without having read any of the other stories from this collection or having read the events that this story alludes to. Perhaps this is not as good if I had read anything else that happens around the same period of time. I've read I think the first 7 or 8 Drizzt books at various times in my life but I know this story takes place a decent way down the line. It's maybe a little forgettable as I already can't really remember what happens to the drow with the sentient sword but I'm not sure that matters all that much. It definitely has filler vibes but after all it is a short story that I'm guessing is set in between longer works.
Ice T does a comendable job reading this, knowing full well that he likely does not give any sort of a shit about fantasy media. He has a great reading voice. I was impressed that he effortless pronounces all the wild Drow city names yet pronounces the W in the word sword. Mind boggling.
Ice T does a comendable job reading this, knowing full well that he likely does not give any sort of a shit about fantasy media. He has a great reading voice. I was impressed that he effortless pronounces all the wild Drow city names yet pronounces the W in the word sword. Mind boggling.
July 29, 2024
Ice T's voice is a comfort sound so I very much enjoyed listening to him as Dungeon Master.
September 4, 2024
Don't ever let anyone unfamiliar with the words used in the story EVER read the audible version. The reading pace of the story being read is off as well.
November 5, 2015
Me gustó la historia, pero hablan de cosas que pasaron en otros libros que no he leído de esta misma serie, así que habían cosas que no entendía.
Y el narrador no me gustó.
Y el narrador no me gustó.
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