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    <body><![CDATA[This book sucked. Seriously, this is a classic? The story is good, and I can see why the character is popular among 12-year-old boys. He's a tormented drow! So he's cool-looking, but good! And he has a magic panther! And he can do just about anything, including run for days and command demons and al...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29491789">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay,<br/>This book introduces two more important characters into the series. First, a fat lazy halfling named Regis.  He becomes the quindisential troublmaking theif.  Secondly, a human barbarian named Wulfgar(beowulf?).  <br/>Salvatore spends a lot of time working out the polotics of Icewind Dal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39928169">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This beginning to the Icewind Dale trilogy is a guilty pleasure at best. I fully admit that I've read eight books in the entire Drizzt series, and that this kind of novel is just the thing I need to curl up with sometimes. But the sad truth is that it is books like this one that, in my opinion, some...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72306663">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I knew that this was the first Drizzt book that Salvatore ever penned, so the Drizzt that I knew from the &quot;first three&quot; books wasn't going to be the same Drizzt that I followed here, and I'm glad that I knew that going in. Drizzt had a few more, uh, pre-occupations in this story than I pre...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37530777">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This graphic novel has a hard job to try to convey the characters and plot of the original novel in 120 pages, and not surprisingly it fails to do this successfully.  There just is not enough time to build the character interactions between Bruenor, Wulfgar, Drizzt and Regis.  Because of this lack o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11909754">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is the best of the Ice-Wind Dale Trilogy. The characters are still new or just being introduced, and the story isn't half bad in the first half. The whole thing with the crystal shard in the second half, however, is not all that appealing to me. This is where the series turns Lord of the R...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39779478">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this one took a little time getting into but then was one of my favorites so far. Salvatore is really good at telling a story. I really wish I had read this before the Drizzt books because it would have flowed nicer that way. It would have worked well to learn of him here first and then re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42936069">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[The fourth in a series of premiere hardcover editions of Salvatore's classic dark elf tales.<br/><br/>This new release of the classic R.A. Salvatore novel continues the classic tale of Salvatore's signature dark elf character Drizzt Do'Urden™. Although this was the first title actually published about Drizzt, it has now been placed in its proper chronological order as fourth in the series. Each title in the Legend of Drizzt series showcases the classic dark elf novels in new, deluxe hardcover editions.  Each title will feature all new cover art and new introductions written by those who have become familiar with Salvatore and Drizzt over the years.  <br/>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great book to start your journey through the fantasy genre. The goal of this book is primarily introducing the main characters Cattie-Brie, Bruenor Battlehammer, Drizzt Do'Urden and the reborn of Wulfgar, which is important for future books.<br/><br/>Lots of large battles and small skirmishes......<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57767143">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This one star review is brought to you courtesy of having read Tolkien, Moorcock, Leiber, Howard, hell...even Hickman and Weis, first.<br/><br/>A pale, pale imitation of far superior, well trodden ground.<br/><br/>In the end, it reminded me of a D&amp;D campaign that my friends and I got together ba...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59270132">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really hate that they've begun listeing this as book 4, it was written first, it should be read first.  He wrote a prequal trilogy (The Dark Elf set) so what, The Icewind Dale set was written first.  The best way to be introduced to the characters is through Icewind Dale because it was writen FIRS...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23225178">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is the greatest book I have ever bothered to read.  The better thing is that it was the first book in a very long series of the same characters and many adventures.  This book in particular is about a drow (one of the most hates races in all the realm) named Drizzt Do'Urden (who has forsak...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15707391">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so this was my boyfriend's favorite book when he was 15. He said I had to read it. I like fantasy, but even after reading the following books to try to catch the excitement he must have felt so many years ago, I was left pretty cold. Can anyone explain why this book is a best-seller?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great book! It was the first to introduce all of the main characters in Icewind Dale. This copy is the most recent available. There are several prequels to this solely based on Drizzt and his Dark Elf heritage.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Wonderful book! A fantasy novel that matches the LOTR trilogy IMO. The characters have depth and longevity. RA Salvatore created a new genre of misfit heroes for my generation.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Book number four in the overall Drizzt series of books (though actually the first book published) and it was everything I'd hoped it would be. Salvatore introduces readers to Icewind Dale and the Ten Towns that exist within its borders. Politics and evil conquest are the main focus. New beloved char...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51672746">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Possibly one of the most interesting books in the series, as it brings new, unexpected things into the series that may just change the way you read the next book.]]></body>
    
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