R.A. Salvatore Collection 

Record Group 2

Material about Robert A. Salvatore and his writing

Record Group 2 contains material dealing with Mr. Salvatore's work as an author.  Of particular interest in this material is the series of interviews given by Mr. Salvatore for various publications.  These interviews provide not only biographical information but extensive information about how his many books came into being.  Character, plots, art work and many other topics are discussed in these interviews.  Additional material in this group includes book reviews, publisher publicity items, and a number of newspaper articles about Mr. Salvatore.

Book Lists and Book Reviews

Container    E1  Book Lists and Book Reviews

          Book Lists:

          Folder 1  Book lists and correspondence

          Book Reviews:

          Folder 1  Canticle

          Folder 2  The Chaos Curse

          Folder 3  The Crystal Shard

          Folder 4  The Dragon King

          Folder 5  Echoes of the Fourth Magic

          Folder 6  The Fallen Fortress

          Folder 7  The Halfling’s Gem

          Folder 8  The Legacy

          Folder 9  Sojurn

          Folder 10  “A Sparkle For Homer”

          Folder 11  Streams of Silver

          Folder 12  Sword of Bedwar

          Folder 13  The Woods out Back

          Folder 14  Demon Spirit

          Folder 15  Vector Prime

          Folder 16  Mortalis

          Folder 17  Demon Awakens

          Folder 18  Demon Apostle

          Folder 19  Dragon's Dagger

          Folder 20  Servant of the Shard

          Folder 21  Ascendence

          Folder 22  Transcendence

          Folder 23  Dissolution

          Folder 24  Thousand Orcs

Biography and Interviews

Container    E2  Biography and Interviews

          Biography:

          Folder  1  Miscellaneous biographical information from

                    Sources such as book cover flats, issues of

                     Contact, FSC's alumni publication and

                    Information provided by the author to

                    Publishers or commercial publications.

          Interviews:

          Folder  1  Polyhedron Newszine, Issue #52 (March, 1990)

          Folder  2  Imagination, Issue #10 (November/December

                    1991)

          Folder  3  Hailing Frequencies, Issue 3 (1992)

          Folder  4  Copy of a fan letter and reply to a number

                    Of questions (August, 1992)

          Folder  5  Dragon Magazine, Issue #188 (December 1992);

                    And galley for similar feature.

          Folder  6  Edited transcription of an interview that

                    Appeared in Stroke & Dagger )February and

                    April 1993).

          Folder  7  Author’s Questionnaire from Warner Books

          Folder  8  The Ram Literary Supplement, Fordham

                    University Review of Books (Spring 1993).

                    Original and copy.

          Folder  9  Hailing Frequencies Issue 9 (1993)

          Folder 10  Copy of a fan letter and reply to a number

                    Of questions (May 1994)

          Folder 11  Cryptych Issue 2/1, volume 11, No. 1 (1994)

          Folder 12  Starlog, Number 209 (December 1994). 

                    Original and 2 copies.

          Folder 13  Inquest (January 1996)

          Folder 14  Drarft of interview for Sense of Wonder

                    (1996)

          Folder 15  Hailing Frequencies (June/July/August 1996)

          Folder 16  Amazing Stories Summer 1999, #597

          Folder 17  Final layouts - Amazing Stories #597

          Folder 18  Interview with R.A. Salvatore 1/27/99

          Folder 19  Writer's Digest July 1997 - "Tips"

          Folder 20  Starlog #270 January 2000

          Folder 21  Del Rey Interview Nov-Dec 1999

          Folder 22  Atlas of Adventure (August 2000)

          Folder 23  Claude Flowers interview May 21, 2002

          Folder 24  Paulo Andre Vieira, editor, grimorio.com.br

          Folder 25  Online interview, June 18, 2001

          Folder 26  Online interview for www.3rdedition.org,

                     June 28, 2001

          Folder 27  FanFair, August 2003

          Folder 28  “R.A. Salvatore: Creator of Icewind Dale,”

                      R.J. Luttrell, Honors Freshman English,

                      April 28, 2004

          Folder 29  Amazing Stories, #604 October 2004

          Folder 30  Dragon, #323 September 2004

          Folder 31  Boston Magazine, October 2005

          Folder 32  Baker & Taylor’s Imagery, Fall 2005

Publicity

Container    E3    Newspapers and Periodicals

          Folder  1  A variety of newspaper clippings starting

                    Around 1988 with the publication of The

                    Crystal Shard.

                    Sources include:  Fitchburg Sentinel

                    - Enterpeise, Montachusett Review, Worcester

                    Telegram & Gazette, and The Montachusett

                    T & G.

Container    E4   

          Folder  1  Bestsellar Lists:  sources include:TSR,Inc.;

                    Waldenbooks; New York Times Book Review, and Locus.

          Folder  2  Publisher catalog from TSR starting in

                     1998,

          Folder  3  Publisher publicity including bookmarks,

                    Newsletters, advertising sheets, etc.

          Folder  4  Book Cover Flats

          Folder  5  Bookstore/Club Publications

          Folder  6  Bookstore Catalogs

Container    E5    Fan and Gaming Magazines

          Folder  1  Fan Magazines

          Folder  2  Gaming Magazines:  Star War Adventure Journal

          Folder  3  Gaming Magazines:  Inquest

          Folder  4  Miscellaneous gaming publications

          Folder  5  Games Unplugged

          Folder  6  Campaign Magazine

Container    E6    Fan Club

          Folder  1  Realm Herald

          Folder  2  Correspondence

          Folder  3  Charter Member Fan Club card