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Dragonlance Chronicles (Dragonlance: Chronicles #1-3)
by
Margaret Weis,
Tracy Hickman (Goodreads Author)
More than three million readers have witnessed the return of the dragons...And now the books that began the best-selling 'dragonlance' saga are collected in their entirety in this special edition, along with all of the artwork from the trilogy. This splendid collector's edition is a must for the millions of readers who fell in love with the fantasy world of Krynn.
Paperback, 1030 pages
Published
March 15th 1988
by TSR
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CONCEPT: A group of adventurers are chosen to help drive back the Evil from another world led by the Dark Queen.
MARKETING APPEAL: The DRAGONLANCE chronicles had the whole AD&D industry behind them; TSR used this tale as a marketing ploy, using their fans and game designers (to set up the world); then, they took some above average writers to do the first trilogy; Set up in a typical AD&D adventure (rag tag group of mixed adventurers off to save the world with promise of great magic, great...more
MARKETING APPEAL: The DRAGONLANCE chronicles had the whole AD&D industry behind them; TSR used this tale as a marketing ploy, using their fans and game designers (to set up the world); then, they took some above average writers to do the first trilogy; Set up in a typical AD&D adventure (rag tag group of mixed adventurers off to save the world with promise of great magic, great...more
Feb 01, 2008
David Beavers
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5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
fantasy geeks
This review isn't for the special edition (which I didn't know existed) per se, it's just a convenient way to review all 3 of the books in this series . . . this marvelous series, which I read when I was probably 15 or 16, and which is a really wonderful piece of fantasy storytelling. If you like that sort of thing, I can't recommend Margret Weiss and Tracy Hickman's work enough: they're brilliant storytellers, and they invest the Dragonlance fantasy world with a darkness, wit, and gravity that'...more
Apr 07, 2008
Tim
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Fans of speculative fiction/ young readers
Like many of the other reviewers of this series, my high ranking on it is based upon my reading it as a teenager. I had read Tolkien at that point, and was fascinated by this trilogy. I read it periodically for about 3 years and enjoyed it, but I do recall becoming somewhat disenchanted with the writing by the time I got back from a year at college.
Still, the characters hold a warm place in my heart, and I think the trilogy is substantially better than other derivative works in the genre. The s...more
Still, the characters hold a warm place in my heart, and I think the trilogy is substantially better than other derivative works in the genre. The s...more
This is a book my brother gave me when we were kids, and I found it recently on a bookshelf at my parents house. I was looking for a totally fantastical fantasy story, so I decided to read it again.
I LOVE IT. If you're looking for a book to read that takes you completely out of the current reality (and you love reading about Elves and Dragons and Dwarfs etc), read this. I've been working on it as my bedtime reading for a month or so now, and more than once have I ended up staying up til 4 or 5...more
I LOVE IT. If you're looking for a book to read that takes you completely out of the current reality (and you love reading about Elves and Dragons and Dwarfs etc), read this. I've been working on it as my bedtime reading for a month or so now, and more than once have I ended up staying up til 4 or 5...more
Three books (Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning) that comprise a single story, so I'm reviewing them all together. I'm not usually interested in multiple-author series fantasy, but this trilogy is one of my fiance's all-time favorites and he wanted to share them with me. These books were inspired largely by a role playing campaign using the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons system. I wish I hadn't known that beforehand, because too often I caught mysel...more
This isn't the specific book I read, but after reading The Fallen Sun I decided it wasn't worth going forward unless I had read the earlier books and had some reference. This chronicle consituties the first three books of the series by the Weis & Hickman writing team. I believe this series rekindled the fantasy genre. Meaning, many fantasy writers were weaned on these books and characters and built off them. These book came out in the mid 80's and are written by former TSR employees. TSR is...more
I have to give these five stars because my love of fantasy stems from my stumbling onto these, and reading them, as a teenager. No mean feat given I grew up in a small town in Malaysia!
I have read, and reread, these books many, many times, for comfort, for memory's sake, for any number of reasons. I have not read them in recent years, and I have to confess that I am loathe to do so, because you can never go back, but they deserve 5 stars just for the warm memories I have of them, and how they m...more
I have read, and reread, these books many, many times, for comfort, for memory's sake, for any number of reasons. I have not read them in recent years, and I have to confess that I am loathe to do so, because you can never go back, but they deserve 5 stars just for the warm memories I have of them, and how they m...more
This review was written in the late nineties (just for myself), and it was buried in amongst my things until today, when I uncovered the journal it was written in. I have transcribed it verbatim from all those years ago (although square brackets indicate some additional information for the sake of readability). It is one of my lost reviews.
An epic fantasy of Tolkien-like scope?! Sounds good for a novel's back cover, doesn't it? But it is almost true with the Dragonlance Chronicles. Almost.
The k...more
An epic fantasy of Tolkien-like scope?! Sounds good for a novel's back cover, doesn't it? But it is almost true with the Dragonlance Chronicles. Almost.
The k...more
I read this book eagerly and willingly, knowing full well what to expect. There would be dragons(duh) and knights, swords and spell-slinging, Good and Evil. The writing was a little dry at parts, mostly because there was subtext between characters I didn't understand due to a long and sordid history that is mostly implied at the beginning(which frustrates me) but explained over the course of all three books. Margaret Weis also has a way of describing the scenes that is a little exhausting to rea...more
Okay, let's start by clarifying that these books are not literature, even though there's a whole generation of Xers (Gen-Xers) who would claim otherwise because many of them were coming of age reading these novels.
I owned my copies from the time I was about 22, but never read them all the way through until I was closer to 35. They came off as pulpy, silly, cheap and badly written in many ways. The characters were beyond even decent graphic novel caliber in their exaggerated, stereotyped behavior...more
I owned my copies from the time I was about 22, but never read them all the way through until I was closer to 35. They came off as pulpy, silly, cheap and badly written in many ways. The characters were beyond even decent graphic novel caliber in their exaggerated, stereotyped behavior...more
After reading a lot of non-fiction I decided to read some fiction, particularly a fantasy series. I've become hooked on the Game of Thrones and enjoyed the Lord of the Rings movies (on Blu Ray, I do not like sitting for 3+ hours for a movie - too much).
I picked up this trilogy set for cheap and read it. It was recommended for newbies to fantasy readers and more of the teenage crowd. I thought I would give it a shot.
I enjoyed this book quite a bit for what it was. It's the equivalent to a Hollyw...more
I picked up this trilogy set for cheap and read it. It was recommended for newbies to fantasy readers and more of the teenage crowd. I thought I would give it a shot.
I enjoyed this book quite a bit for what it was. It's the equivalent to a Hollyw...more
I know I read this at least twice when I was younger, but rereading it now, I find myself remembering so much of it that twice is clearly nowhere close to accurate. Regardless, what a rush of nostalgia. I still have a whole shelf at home devoted to this series, and there's even a small part of me that wants to revisit all the spinoffs as well.
I probably won't, though, becuase, to be perfectly frank, these are not really great books. The writing is not nearly as bad as I feared, but it's a long w...more
I probably won't, though, becuase, to be perfectly frank, these are not really great books. The writing is not nearly as bad as I feared, but it's a long w...more
Bello si, ma mi aspettavo qualcosa di più da questi tanto osannati autori.
Certo, i loro personaggi, così come accade per Eddings, sono quelli che restano di più impressi a fine lettura. In effetti, secondo me, è il punto di forza della saga, la caratterizzazione dei personaggi ce ne ha regalati un paio davvero memorabili: l'accoppiata Fizban con Tasslehoff è spettacolare, hanno regalato i momenti più esilaranti della saga... XD Parlando del Kender, c'è da dire che gli autori l'hanno gestito davv...more
Certo, i loro personaggi, così come accade per Eddings, sono quelli che restano di più impressi a fine lettura. In effetti, secondo me, è il punto di forza della saga, la caratterizzazione dei personaggi ce ne ha regalati un paio davvero memorabili: l'accoppiata Fizban con Tasslehoff è spettacolare, hanno regalato i momenti più esilaranti della saga... XD Parlando del Kender, c'è da dire che gli autori l'hanno gestito davv...more
I recently plowed through these in between my semester break. I read them in junior high and at the time they were really great. They weren't great for the same reasons, but they were still a hell of a lot of fun. I was surprised at how compressed the second two books were. There were whole battles and important series of events that were left out. I don't know if Weis and Hickman had a page limit. On the other hand, it kind of doesn't matter. The plot, story, flow, and characters give you all t...more
For years, I have avoided like the plague anything I knew to be connected with "Dungeons and Dragons." I thought that stuff is for weirdos who dress up in black robes and hold secret ritualistic meetings. I want nothing to do with role-playing games or groups. So I refused to read these. Fortunately, I changed my mind.
I finally decided to give this series a shot and I am very glad I did. If you accept it for what it is, it is a great story with very endearing characters and a world you will feel...more
I finally decided to give this series a shot and I am very glad I did. If you accept it for what it is, it is a great story with very endearing characters and a world you will feel...more
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It's like Dungeons and Dragons but with a plot. They did a good job of building a world I didn't quite get the whole thing of everybody balling in the book. I guess my father was a little snub-nosed about boys crying. The characters were memorable but lets look at reality. If Raislin Majere was in my group his butt would have been dropped on the first doorstep of the first city I could find?
I mean what were his redeeming characteristics? Yeah I thought not.
Anyway I was really taken back by it...more
I mean what were his redeeming characteristics? Yeah I thought not.
Anyway I was really taken back by it...more
I actually came across these books seeking something to interest my son in reading. He had up to that point been uninterested in books ina familly of readers. I was concerned.
But, using the wisdom of all good parents (get him something that is totally without merrit and has no educational value) I intrduced him to the Dragon Lance books (I'd discovered Dungeons and Dragons in 1978) and since I got them for my son i read them to.
Ever played D&D? These are pretty much the same experince...a gr...more
But, using the wisdom of all good parents (get him something that is totally without merrit and has no educational value) I intrduced him to the Dragon Lance books (I'd discovered Dungeons and Dragons in 1978) and since I got them for my son i read them to.
Ever played D&D? These are pretty much the same experince...a gr...more
I borrowed this quite awhile back from a friend who said I didn't have enough fantasy literature in my repertoire. This was one of his favorites so I told him I'd give it a try even though I wasn't normally one for dragons and such. I'm glad I borrowed it however because I really enjoyed it (Thanks Carl!). I read the first book several months ago and then put it on hold for some Grisham and Baldacci but came back to it this fall and plowed thru books 2 & 3 in just a couple weeks. I enjoyed W...more
I first read the Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy when I was in high school, and these three books are some of the few that I keep coming back to. I don't usually read books more than twice, if that, but I've read these a half a dozen times each.
Weis and Hickman craft a surprisingly interesting yet simple fantasy world based on some of the then-current Dungeons & Dragons rules and handbooks. Although it takes another trilogy by Weis and Hickman and a slew of new installments in the Dragonlance...more
Weis and Hickman craft a surprisingly interesting yet simple fantasy world based on some of the then-current Dungeons & Dragons rules and handbooks. Although it takes another trilogy by Weis and Hickman and a slew of new installments in the Dragonlance...more
Ah, memories of my misspent youth. I love this series with the love you can have only for things you read at 12 to 15, when puberty has clobbered your taste over the head and hidden it under a rock. That said, it's one of the more harmless death-of-taste reads, a light, cheerful romp through someone else's rather well-adapted D&D campaign with just enough moments of searing, "cry black tears 4eva" angst to satisfy both sides of your inner 13-year-old's soul.
It may help to mention that I got...more
It may help to mention that I got...more
If you want a fantasy adventure book here you go. I think I read this series when I was a teenager because most of the events give me a huge amount of deja-vu but I can't seem to remember 80% of the plot. As a re-read this is fun to kill time, you've got ton's of action, adventure, magic, intrigue, dragons all over, warriors, clerics, etc. Basically all stereotypical high-fantasy elements thrown together (what do you expect, it's based off a D&D campaign). Not 5 stars because it's really ste...more
Every avid reader has that one series that started them on the path of fantasy and adventure; of leaving behind the cares and concerns of the real world and transporting them to a realm of wonder, adventure and amazement. For me, this was the Dragonlance Chronicles! The authors wove their magical story in a way that allowed me to become part of their story; seeing the story as if I was right there. The characters have depth and meaning, and are easily able to think of them as friends and enemies...more
Though it is not necessarily a hard read and somewhat lacks theme, it is a classic in the fantasy realm and is a must read for fans of Drizzet or Earthsea. An entire wing of Dungeons and Dragons is devoted to Krynn and the Dragonlance world. The novels have a little less depth than Tolkien, but move at a quicker pace. The characters are more than archetypical, with depth, although there is not a huge amount of character development. The books are best at envisioning an entirely new fantasy world...more
I listened to these while painting the house this week. Hadn't read them since I was a teen. I was really impressed with how much depth these stories had, how the plot moved along and made lots of good twists, and how believable the characters were. Not bad for fantasy, the personalities were very realistic.
There are meant for pure enjoyment. You learn a few character lessons here and there, but mostly they're just for fun. Great epic story, if you like fantasy you'll love this trilogy. I never...more
There are meant for pure enjoyment. You learn a few character lessons here and there, but mostly they're just for fun. Great epic story, if you like fantasy you'll love this trilogy. I never...more
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I finally managed to finish this on my long journey from Greece to Germany and although I really love the characters, I got in the end tired of some things. I love the Kender probably the most and his character gave me joy from start to end. But the other characters.. I was struggling with Tanis a lot. He is half-elven, for f***s sake, he grew up with elves and he behaves in the end worse than any hot-blooded barbarian. I really did not like that, since his character had been different before, m...more
My mother gave me the first of these books in an Easter basket as something to read on the plane when we went to visit either Maryland (where we'd moved from a year earlier) or Texas, where her parents lived. At least, I think it was this book--it might have been The Scions of Shannara...
Anyhoo, if you've read any of my other recent reviews about the young-adult fantasy I read growing up, you will have realized that a lot of it made a great impression at the time, which has since faded to dream-...more
Anyhoo, if you've read any of my other recent reviews about the young-adult fantasy I read growing up, you will have realized that a lot of it made a great impression at the time, which has since faded to dream-...more
I like to read this trilogy every few years.
It's Tolkien with a little romance novel aspect? Fantasy written by women, what do you expect.
Easy reading, just long.
UPDATE: I recently received the most awesome comment from a Goodreads user concerning my statement above. I have decided not to post it, for her own benefit/protection.
This user informed me that Tracy Hicks is actually a man. I could really care less about that, what I'm truly pleased to tell you is that soon after she called me sexist,...more
It's Tolkien with a little romance novel aspect? Fantasy written by women, what do you expect.
Easy reading, just long.
UPDATE: I recently received the most awesome comment from a Goodreads user concerning my statement above. I have decided not to post it, for her own benefit/protection.
This user informed me that Tracy Hicks is actually a man. I could really care less about that, what I'm truly pleased to tell you is that soon after she called me sexist,...more
This is easily the greatest set of books I have ever read. Weis/Hickman do such an amazing job with plot, characters and making you believe your watching it first hand. You fall in love with these characters and they become real...friends whose hardships and success you feel. With each dissapointment you have to keep reading so that you know in the end that this group of magnificent characters is going to be okay. I still pick up these books twice a year a re-read them...They never get old.
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Margaret Edith Weis is a fantasy novelist who, along with Tracy Hickman, is one of the original creators of the Dragonlance game world and has written numerous novels and short stories set in the world of Krynn. She graduated from the University of Missouri–Columbia and now lives in southern Wisconsin in a converted barn. Most recently, she has completed the third novel in the Dragonvarld trilogy...more
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