Dragon Lance

[elvendrummer87]

okay, they look interesting but there are so many! what's the first one? :confused:

[TwirlingString]

That is a question that will give even the most diegard fan a headache, which series?

[Coney]

I remember reading a few of these when I was younger (I also remember them being a load of crap, but that is by-the-by).

Anyhow, here's the bilbliography -

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=books/dl/bibliography

[elvendrummer87]

so you don't have to start from the beginning or whatever? i meant what was the very first dragonlance book ever published, but is it one of those series where they aren't all related to one another? this is terribly confusing :confused: :confused: :confused:

[Coney]

The Chronicles and Legends run in chronological order......(being 1st and 2nd printed respectively).......I gave up after the Legends trilogy so the books thereafter I can't really comment on:confused:

[elvendrummer87]

what a puzzlement! i'm also trying to figure out the Thieves world series and i'm just as confused about that (geez, what you'll go through to read a book...) lol

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Dragons of Autumn Twilight was the first DL book, I believe. Then comes Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning; Dragons of Summer Flame doesn't happen till quite a while afterwards.

[elvendrummer87]

thank you!!! blows kisses lol :D

[elvendrummer87]

oh thank you! thank you! blows kisses lol :D

i think i replied to this all ready, but it seems all i did on the computor that day was erased! hmmm
oops! i was right! oh well, sorry! :o

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Here it is, Coney. :D

[Coney]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Here it is, Coney. :D

Yup, knew it was here somewhere:)

Man, if you didn't spam as much (not that I consider it a bad thing, the 'moot needs more chatter's) you'd be up for modship:)

What was the question again?

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Out of curiosity, I was wondering was it was you disliked about Dragonlance.

[Coney]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Out of curiosity, I was wondering was it was you disliked about Dragonlance.

Well, the books are directly written using a RPG as the source (Weiss and Hickman actually based the plot on their own AD&D campaign).....this makes the plot very linear and superficial (very, very boring history and geography)....any experienced RPG'er has seen this a thousand times.

The characters: Ach. *spits* ........stereotypical, shallow, 1 dimensional characters........bastardised from a hundred different lilterary sources...blech.........my friends kids have better personallities than these characters:rolleyes: .......and they are 7 years old....

The writing: Hello! Weiss and Hickman? Atmosphere! Emotion??? Your writing should at least attempt to evoke these concepts:rolleyes: ........oh and a little more descriptive writing doesn't hurt either....

The books were origininally comissioned by TSR as a promotional vehicle for their RPG setting, as soon as the books proved more popular than the RPG Weiss and Hickman were sacked (hooray) from the book front, though I believe they were later re-commisioned.

To anyone wishing to read this pile of crud...........by all means read it, then go back to LotR.....it'll make you appreciate Tolkien so much more:)

[Gwaimir Windgem]

I didn't see anything wrong with the history or geography. The purpose of RPG's is to tell a story through a game. Though I definitely agree with you, the books that aren't game fanfic are better. :cool:

Shallow...one dimensional...Hmm...I certainly didn't notice. :eek: Especially Raistlin. He didn't seem shallow at all to me. Though as for stereotypical, I think there may have been a bit of that, though not so much with the Elves. -shakes head- You just better not read anything of mine. :p I can't stand it the way every character is always unusual, they always are rather different from the norm for their peers, so I make my characters closer to the norm, which I suppose would make them stereotyped. :rolleyes:

Descriptive writing...something that lacked a bit in Tolkien. :p As for the actual writing style, though, it's been a long time since I've read it.

Understand, I'm not saying that DragonLance is great or anything; I think there isn't a single game-based book I can think of that I like more than a single original book. :p But I didn't think it was that bad...:confused:

[Coney]

Gwaimir

Go read The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant

Fafhird and the Grey Mouser (Lahnkmar, also used as an AD&D world)


The Winter King (trilology) by Bernard Cornwell......

Those are real fantasy;)

[Gwaimir Windgem]

HEY! You forgot the BELGARIAD AND MALLOREON! :eek: :mad:

Personally, I like Shannara, B&M...but I guess that's because I'm just halfwitted. :p

[Coney]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
HEY! You forgot the BELGARIAD AND MALLOREON! :eek: :mad:

Personally, I like Shannara, B&M...but I guess that's because I'm just halfwitted. :p

lol.........I knew that you had already read those;), the character name thread.....remember?:)

Actually I'd advise Eddings to anyone who is interested in reading their first fantasy book, brilliant introduction to the genre:)

I've only read one of Terry Brook's Shannara series...Sword of Shannara*yawn*..it was boring as sin:(......do they get any better?

[Gwaimir Windgem]

I didn't especially like the Sword of Shannara, as it was a rather blatant copy of LOTR's plot. But the others were much, much more original. As for boring, though, I don't know, as obviously we have rather different tastes in regards to fantasy. :p

[Coney]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
I didn't especially like the Sword of Shannara, as it was a rather blatant copy of LOTR's plot. But the others were much, much more original. As for boring, though, I don't know, as obviously we have rather different tastes in regards to fantasy. :p

Yep, that was the opinion I got from 'Swords' as well....I might try the other one's if they get better (only if they are available on download tho').

have you read any of the other books I mentioned?

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Nope, none of them. Not yet. And probably not for a while. I just am rather busy, with school stuff and all. :( But I think I'll go reserve TC now at the library. In case I can't figure out, which is first?

Goodness me, I can't read books on the computer well at all! I downloaded UT, hoping to save the money, and I just could not get into it! I'm just gonna buy the book! :p

[Coney]

Originally posted by Gwaimir Windgem
Goodness me, I can't read books on the computer well at all! I downloaded UT, hoping to save the money, and I just could not get into it! I'm just gonna buy the book! :p

Print them out!......buy an old crappy dot-matrix printer...go to an office supply shop and buy a ribbon (they last forever) and.......hey! Ya got yaself a book;)

Yeesh, ya got some reading to do:D

[Gwaimir Windgem]

Hmm...I think I'll just borrow the library's copy (and if I REALLY like it, move away :D)

Anyway:

But I think I'll go reserve TC now at the library. In case I can't figure out, which is first?

[Coney]

Try this site, should explain all-

http://www.ozcraft.com/scifidu/bk_thomas_covenant.html

[Ulfethenar]

Found this thred from a search as i picked up "The annoted Chronicles" at the library today. I've read a fairly few of the dragonlance books when i was younger but thought this would make a good read to see the authors perspective on why they chose to have certain things and what inspired them whilst writting. Anyone know of any other fantasy series' for which these type of annoted books are available?

[Leah]

I like the Dragonlance books. I've only read the Legends, and the first one of the Chronicles (I didn't know the Chronicles came first, so i ended up reading them in the wrong order). The writing wasn't nearly as good as LotR's, but I'll stop right there, because nothing is (in my oppinion, anyhow).

Bringing up an earlier convorsation (butting into others arguments, and going off topic. 5th post and I'm already breaking the rules! :eek: :D ), I like the Sword of Shannara. It was a knockoff of Lord of the Rings (kinda), but it was still interesting enough for me. I haven't read the Elfstone of Shanarra (yet) because I had heard that it is the most boring book in the world, but now I am reading otherwise......

[Azhei]

i personally loved dragonlance as a matter of fact im named after one of the characters in the books thats the reason i read the trilogy and what do you mean that theres more ive only read the first three (uhoh said that already) i really liked the twins raistlin and caramon. the relationship behind tanis and laurana(i think thats how you spell it) is very complicated. as for tolkeins writing i liked the hobbit the others i fell asleep reading(no twenty page desciptions of one room please). what are the other titles ill go read them.

[The Wizard from Milan]

I actually liked dragonlance Chronicles and dragonlance Legends and DoSF
I did not like the ones of the 5th age