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  <title><![CDATA[The Soulforge (Dragonlance: Raistlin Chronicles, #1)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;div&gt;A mage's soul is forged in the crucible of magic. Raistlin Majere is six years old when he is introduced to the archmage who enrolls him in a school for the study of magic. There the gifted and talented but tormented boy comes to see magic as his salvation. Mages in the magical Tower of High Sorcery watch him in secret, for they see shadows darkening over Raistlin even as the same shadows lengthen over all Ansalon.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Finally, Raistlin draws near his goal of becoming a wizard. But first he must take the drea Test in the Tower of High Sorcery. It will change his life forever -- if he survives.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1998</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Soulforge (Dragonlance: Raistlin Chronicles, #1)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Tracy Hickman]]></name>
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      <name><![CDATA[Margaret Weis]]></name>
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  <date_added>Thu Oct 04 17:50:57 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Here is a good example of what would have happened if Harry Potter turned evil. This is a great book to read if you are sick of mamby pamsy wizards and want to read a good book about a sickly kid who turns into someone who is “not a very nice person” (as said by one of the Hobbit-like characters...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7278134">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's hard to criticise Weis and Hickman's motivations for writing this book; Raistlin has always been Dragonlance's most popular creation and if Dragonlance has always been about one thing, it's giving the readers more of what they know and love, fleshing out the world's history with more and more b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54765312">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Wed Dec 12 09:38:28 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've never been interested in reading or read a book of the fantasy genre before, but I was pleasantly surprised.  All characters were fleshed out extremely well; for example, I nearly cried when Raistlin and Caramon lost both their parents, I could understand Raistlin's jealously at Caramon stealin...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9202028">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46159057">
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 12 11:34:42 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 12 11:36:20 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Out of all the Dragonlance books I feel this one would make the best movie.  It has all the characters together and explains why they are the way they are and where they go before the actual, main books of Dragonlance comes along.  It's really interesting.  Especially to read about Raistlin and  his...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46159057">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="67583908">
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  <read_at>Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I adore Dragonlance: Chronicles and Legends... But this book probably strikes my fancy the most. Mainly because it's all about Raistlin, what had happend in his childhood and what had formed him.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Jan 17 17:23:34 -0800 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting, simply because it's about Raistlin, and not for very much else.<br/>Why can they never seem to get cover art that truly matches his physical description and soul? ]]></body>
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    <review id="40652445">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This wasn't that great, but it gave a little insight into the Twins past.  The problems to me were mainly continuity, plus the characters seemed to be not quite themselves.  I'm guessing too much time passed between writing the books.]]></body>
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    <review id="48335755">
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    <body><![CDATA[For any fan of the dark mage this is a must read.  An intimate look at the life of Raistlin and how he became the vindictive and tortured sould we come to know and love.]]></body>
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    <review id="59892254">
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    <body><![CDATA[I wish they would write the third book in this series. <br/><br/>Weis and Hickman almost always write in 3 book series (minus Death Gate Cycle).<br/><br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="7029480">
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  <read_at>Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This mostly well written book was a disappointment.  I was disappointed that Raistlin wasn't developed as the enigmatic character portrayed in the rest of the Dragonlance series.<br/><br/>I was also frustrated with numerous continuity problems in the book including how the characters met, knowledg...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7029480">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="75415433">
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    <name><![CDATA[Jim]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Raistlin rocks, and i love how the red mage find out theory doesn't match real world, and he adapts.]]></body>
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    <review id="43523642">
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    <body><![CDATA[The Soulforge (Dragonlance: The Raistlin Chronicles, Book 1) by Margaret Weis (1999)]]></body>
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    <review id="39820436">
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    <body><![CDATA[La mágica biografía del hechicero más poderoso que jamás pisó la faz de Krynn.]]></body>
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    <review id="26869058">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of those books that just makes me happy every time I read it. I adore Raistlin Magere: he is the perfect fantasy world realization of the misfit kid who nobody likes who the average fantasy reader--myself included, of course--can identify with. The childhood story of Raistlin thus offers...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26869058">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My 2nd favorite in the entire series ^.^]]></body>
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    <review id="10444715">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[The last time I read a Dragonlance book was in the early nineties - I stopped because I didn't really like the guest writers that came after Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.  So it was refreshing to read MW's storytelling again.  This book covers the Majere twin's childhood through to Raistlin's tes...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10444715">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="13180000">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is actually a re-read after many years...<br/><br/>Raistlin Majere is the greatest character in all fantasy-- a conflicted soul who doesn't meet anyone's definition of good or evil.  The Soulforge is a prequel of sorts, about his origins and childhood.  You would have to read at least the Dra...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13180000">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I've been a Raistlin fan since the first time i read chronicles. This book allows me to get to really know the character. It kinda light on the magic, but it was not big deal because Weis makes us feel Raistlin learning magic and how seroius and powerful it is. Overall a job well done.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Although slightly out of line with the story told in <em>Dragons of Autumn Twilight</em> (and the discrepancy is explained), this book tells how one of the most interesting characters in the Dragonlance cycle came to be the mage readers know and .  . . tolerate.]]></body>
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  <date_added>Sat Sep 27 12:13:14 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 27 12:18:01 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It was an ok book.  I say that mostly because I was expecting Raitlin's childhood to be a lot worse.  In the Dragonlance Chronicles it seemed that Raitlin had a lot of resentment and anger towards his childhood, but I felt it wasn't that bad at all.  ]]></body>
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