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The Worlds Inside R.A. Salvatore

Fantasy author R.A. Salvatore is best known for creating Drizzt Do'Urden, the star of a series of books set in the Forgotten Realms setting of the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. He is, however, a longtime gamer -- both pen and paper and MMO. In 2008, baseball player Curt Schilling, an avid MMO fan and lover of Salvatore's books, recruited him to help found a company.

Now, Salvatore is one of the key creative figures at 38 Studios. Along with EverQuest and Elder Scrolls veterans, Salvatore is...

R.A. Salvatore On Building Worlds

[image error]R.A. Salvatore, the popular fantasy author best-known for his Forgotten Realms novels starring Drow Elf Drizzt Do'Urden. For the past several years, he's been working with Curt Schilling's 38 Studios to produce a game codenamed Copernicus, an MMO.

With the disclaimer "I'm not here to tell you how to create a world. I am certainly not here to tell you how to design a game. What I am here is to tell you the principles I use when I create a world," Salvatore began a journey through his gaming...

R.A. Salvatore talks Copernicus

[image error]Massively had the chance to interview best-selling author R.A. Salvatore at GDC 2010. They sat down to talk with Salvatore about his role at 38 Studios, and how he's bringing his unique storytelling abilities to their top secret Copernicus project, an MMORPG sharing the same universe as the Project Mercury single-player RPG announced yesterday at the Game Developer's Conference.

Read the full interview at massively.com

R.A. Salvatore interviews Margaret Weis

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About Secret of the Dragon by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman: New gods are challenging the old high god, Torval, for rulership of the world. The only way to stop these brash interlopers lies with the five Bones of the Vektia Dragons—the five primal dragons hidden away by the dragon goddess, Vindrash, during the creation of the world. Without these dragons, one of the new gods, Aelon, cannot seize power. The only hope of the Vindrasi lies in finding the dragon bones before the followers of...

Rerollz Interview with R.A. Salvatore

Last week, Rerollz had the fortunate opportunity to ask famed author, R.A. Salvatore a few questions about his experiences and thoughts on the MMORPG genre. In case you didn't know, R.A. Salvatore is the author of the Drizzt series of books (among many others) and is now currently working creatively with Curt Schilling and Todd McFarlane at 38 Studios on an MMOG project code named Copernicus.

Rerollz: The one common thread throughout all MMOG's is the desire to tell a story in a fictional...

Game Developers Conference

[image error]R.A. Salvatore (The DemonWars Saga, Forgotten Realms series) is one of the most successful fantasy authors of all time, having penned 18 New York Times bestsellers and selling over 15 million books during his illustrious career. An avid gamer, Salvatore brings his passion for gaming and his unparalleled expertise in creating fast-paced action and sweeping political conflicts across cities, kingdoms and worlds to 38 Studios' exciting new project as the team's Executive Creator of Worlds.

From...

The Legend of Drizzt (Collectors Edition Book IV)

A HERO STUMBLES!


Wulfgar settled back on his heels, studying his friend and making no move to follow. He couldn't help but contrast Morik to Drizzt at that moment. The rogue was turning to leave, while the drow would, and often had, eagerly rushed headlong into such adventure as a giant lair. Wulfgar recalled the time he and Drizzt had dispatched an entire lair of verbeeg, a long and brutal fight but one that Drizzt had entered laughing. Wulfgar thought of the last fight he had waged beside h...

R.A. Salvatore New Book Deal

[image error]Wizards of the Coast Signs Best-Selling Author R.A. Salvatore to New Book Deal

Today, Wizards of the Coast LLC announced a new six-book deal with New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore. Published by Wizards of the Coast, the first book is scheduled to release in 2011 with a new book anticipated to follow once per year after that.

Salvatore's thrilling novels have sold millions of copies in more than a dozen languages and have appeared on the New York Times Best Seller list 22...

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e-Signing has ended

RASalvatore.com's latest e-signing has come to an end. Books will be signed and shipped sometime in the coming week.


Cross swords with a blue-skinned pirate and unravel the mystery of the masked spellcaster in this second book of the Stone of Tymora trilogy!

Though robbed by a masked spellcaster and left for dead by a demon, twelve-year-old Maimun refuses to give up the magic that rightfully belongs to him. After reuniting with dark elf Drizzt Do'Urden and Captain Deudermont's crew, Maimun ...