Elaine Cunningham (1) (1957–)
Author of Dark Journey
For other authors named Elaine Cunningham, see the disambiguation page.
Series
Works by Elaine Cunningham
The Apprentice 4 copies
6 Titles Forgotten Realms Series The Harpers (1-6) : The Parched Sea Elfshadow Red Magic The Night Parade The Ring of… — Author — 2 copies
The Knight of the Lake 1 copy
Burning Bright 1 copy
Associated Works
Madness on the Orient Express: 16 Lovecraftian Tales of an Unforgettable Journey (2014) — Contributor — 30 copies
Killing It Softly: A Digital Horror Fiction Anthology of Short Stories (2016) — Contributor — 9 copies
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- Canonical name
- Cunningham, Elaine
- Birthdate
- 1957-08-12
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New England, USA
- Education
- Atlantic Union College (BA|Music Education)
- Occupations
- novelist
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Elfshadow (Forgotten Realms) by Elaine Cunningham
Of all the Forgotten Realms novels, this is one of my least favorites. I didn't find the plot or the characters very interesting.
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Karlstar | 5 other reviews | Jan 8, 2022 |
Karlstar | 5 other reviews | Jan 8, 2022 | 
One of the first novels about Waterdeep, the starting location of many adventures in the Forgotten Realms D&D world. The authors did a good job bringing the city to life and making this a decent novel.
This story wasn't particularly absorbing, but it wasn't particularly disappointing, either. The characters were engaging, or at least interesting, enough that I kinda-sorta cared about what happened to them, but at the same time managed to portray the common foibles of real people, complete with some believably awful decision-making -- maybe just a little bit too much of that at times, but not so much it turned me off the read. It managed to avoid a lot of the pitfalls of RPG-based novels, but there was the minor annoyance of the main character having a special power as a sort of combination deus ex machina and MacGuffin which managed to avoid becoming an awful detraction from the story's readability, but was probably its second greatest flaw.
The greatest flaw in this story was its overall unremarkable quality, but I enjoyed it somewhat.… (more)
The greatest flaw in this story was its overall unremarkable quality, but I enjoyed it somewhat.… (more)
1 apotheon | 2 other reviews | Dec 14, 2020 |
apotheon | 2 other reviews | Dec 14, 2020 | A good old TSR novel, well-written, with characters the names of whose are the stuff of colourful Realmslore. Danilo Thann is a most satisfying dandy, swashbuckling character, and is excellently matched with Arilyn Moonblade. The plot is not that astounding, though it works well as a fireside story - the kind of book that this is. Also a good source of Waterdeep geography. An excellent addition in the Harpers series.
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