Post by Lore on May 20, 2014 23:11:56 GMT -5
My mom was dating this guy who had a son and it was he who introduced me to Drizzt. He told me how The Crystal Shard was written first but that Homeland was a prequel and so he told me that I should start with the prequel. It never occurred to me until a few years ago when I read a post in another forum where someone said that they were happy they started with The Crystal Shard because it begged questions of the main character-to-be such as Who is he? Where did he come from? and most importantly What's his story?
I understand what this person meant but he also started reading the Drizzt stories in '88 when Wulfgar was originally intended to be the main character (even if Salvatore secretly knew who it was really about). So what do you guys think? Do you think it is better to start with The Crystal Shard or Homeland? Or do you think that it doesn't really matter?
It doesn't really matter to me either way but I do find myself wishing I had been born a little earlier (I was born the year The Crystal Shard was published) so that I could have also experienced the mystery of who is this ranger drow? But then I'm also happy that I started them when I did because I was able to marathon through them (I finally caught up to the series when The Hunter's Blades trilogy came out).
I understand what this person meant but he also started reading the Drizzt stories in '88 when Wulfgar was originally intended to be the main character (even if Salvatore secretly knew who it was really about). So what do you guys think? Do you think it is better to start with The Crystal Shard or Homeland? Or do you think that it doesn't really matter?
It doesn't really matter to me either way but I do find myself wishing I had been born a little earlier (I was born the year The Crystal Shard was published) so that I could have also experienced the mystery of who is this ranger drow? But then I'm also happy that I started them when I did because I was able to marathon through them (I finally caught up to the series when The Hunter's Blades trilogy came out).
