tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post2660476871900880369..comments2023-09-01T10:14:30.179+01:00Comments on Graeme's Fantasy Book Review: ‘Arthas: Rise of the Lich King’ – Christie Golden (Pocket Books)Graeme Floryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15411505049326440010noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-17155587829911621982010-03-20T17:27:19.931+00:002010-03-20T17:27:19.931+00:00I just finished reading the book. I am a huge WoW ...I just finished reading the book. I am a huge WoW fan although I do'nt play as much these days. I'm not really into reading books at all even though I really find the WoW lore interesting. As a matter of fact this is the first book I actually read in a long time. I picked it up only because i find Arthas and his character extremely intriguing. Even though I did know exactly what the book was about, I think reading it was a completely different experience primarily because the highlight was on the journey and not on the actual ending.<br />I absolutely have no regrets reading this book, and I think it would probably be understood a whole lot better when one actually knows a bit of the background lore and the stories about the other characters involved.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00284859926765512891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-83042330746170894272010-02-08T04:49:51.815+00:002010-02-08T04:49:51.815+00:00I play WoW and I read the book. I thought it was v...I play WoW and I read the book. I thought it was vary interesting. I knew how it would end but the book went into more detail than the game. It revelaed a few things about arthas I never knew about. I thought i was vary interesting. I like to read though so... lol :P I read the Diablo books as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-61246951029931059852009-05-20T07:51:33.511+01:002009-05-20T07:51:33.511+01:00Warcraft story is ever-evolving and is being appro...Warcraft story is ever-evolving and is being appropriated retro-actively (not really, though...there's lots of time-line discrepancies etc.) as new content is being realeased. I wouldn't know about any major contradiction, only minor. But then, I have yet to read a Warcraft tie-in.<br /><br />shrugsThRiNiDiRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11235487104345529619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-17144649061162565342009-05-19T16:10:00.000+01:002009-05-19T16:10:00.000+01:00Now I'm interested to see how many WoW fans read t...Now I'm interested to see how many WoW fans read the books as well as play the game... <br /><br />Adam's comment has also got me thinking. If the games came first (I'm assuming they did) them surely they would be canon, wouldn't they?Graeme Floryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15411505049326440010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-30211242761996396512009-05-19T14:51:00.000+01:002009-05-19T14:51:00.000+01:00Figure 20 million people in the U.S. play WoW. Thi...Figure 20 million people in the U.S. play WoW. This is a number I just pulled out of my ass, but the real number probably is something in the double-digit millions.<br /><br />Now figure 1 in 100 of those players might read a tie-in novel. I'm making this number up too, but it might actually be a little low. The WoW players I know are pretty into inventing stories about their characters and roleplaying through their guilds, which requires them to know something about the game world's background -- i.e., to read stuff about it. But let's pretend it's 1 in 100.<br /><br />That's 200,000 books. Instant bestseller. Even if it's 1 in 500 WoW players who are WoW readers, those are still very respectable numbers. And, indeed, I think this novel was on the NYT bestseller list (maybe the extended list) for a week or two shortly after its release.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-5195638907039884522009-05-19T12:53:00.000+01:002009-05-19T12:53:00.000+01:00It makes you wonder why they bother publishing War...<I>It makes you wonder why they bother publishing Warcraft books in the first place. How many of the millions of people that play WOW would actually bother to pick up and read a book?</I>that hurts James.ThRiNiDiRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11235487104345529619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-2998346205722798882009-05-19T00:26:00.000+01:002009-05-19T00:26:00.000+01:00This is what I was thinking. I'm not a WoW fan any...This is what I was thinking. I'm not a WoW fan anyway, but I did play through WarCraft III and The Frozen Throne. I've already played this story through once already, so why would I want to read it again? Especially when, based on the experience with the STARCRAFT novels, there seems to be great confusion at Blizzard whether the games or the novels are canon, to the point where the novels contradict one another.Adam Whiteheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383677312079611311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-80629634359020370252009-05-18T17:00:00.000+01:002009-05-18T17:00:00.000+01:00Oh, and another thing - Arthas' descent into madne...Oh, and another thing - Arthas' descent into madness is covered in the main storyline of the Warcraft III PC game anyway, so I don't really see the point in writing a book about it when most of the fanbase are already aware of roughly what happened.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763695390241432518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8679457768571800783.post-24125078241252543942009-05-18T16:57:00.000+01:002009-05-18T16:57:00.000+01:00It makes you wonder why they bother publishing War...It makes you wonder why they bother publishing Warcraft books in the first place. How many of the millions of people that play WOW would actually bother to pick up and read a book? <br /><br />They're obviously clearly hoping that the game's massive fanbase will mean massive book sales, but I can't see that happening.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07763695390241432518noreply@blogger.com