Dragonlance series question

Immy · 01-03-2007, 05:25 AM

Love these books, but I havent read one in a long time. Figure it's been a few years and I'm sure some new stuff has come out.

The last books I read was the "War of Souls" trilogy, I've also read all the books written by Weis and Hickman prior to this. Has there been any progression in the timeline beyond this point? I've been looking around but there's so many damn spinoffs and sidestories that it's difficult to find the next logical books to read beyond this trilogy. Between semesters I want to find a few of these for some easy reading...that time is now!

FYI, I've already read all the "major" books such as chronicles, test of twins, etc..

TheOkapi · 01-03-2007, 06:07 AM

30 seconds of Google

Immy · 01-03-2007, 07:20 AM

Ah, thanks. Also, thanks to you google you sexy beast you.

Rhaze · 01-03-2007, 11:18 PM

covenant of the forge is so damn good.

Nebuchadnezzar · 01-04-2007, 08:14 AM

Not very helpful though...

After "War of Souls" WotC switched it up and moved away from the one big story arc/minor secondary books and towards a system where this generation of trilogies kind of effects everything, but isn't that big giant book.

They are all subpar, even for DL. Weis is doing a trilogy about Mina after the War of Souls (with evil sex zombies), Thompson and whatshername are doing one on the elves, Niles is working on one about Solamnia, and Knaak finished his minotaur (not Knaak!) trilogy already.

The one guy that is kicking ass in DL, is Chris Pierson. His Kingpriest Trilogy was the best stuff since the Legends and while I'm waiting on all the trilogy to come out, his Taladas Trilogy is suppose to be great too. Those would be the books to get if I were you. (under all circimsatances stay away from: Prisoner of Haven, Wizard's Conclave, the Lake of Death, and Saving Solace x 10)

Also, Weis and Hickman just started a new prequal trilogy called the Lost Chronicles. First book is out, called "Dragons of Dwarven Depths".

Khorum · 01-04-2007, 09:01 AM

As in Richard Knaak? Of Warcraft novels fame? I last read the dragonlance books in high school in the mid-80's so I don't really remember too many details but I don't recall Weis and Hickman being that bad. Well, at least not warcraft novels Knaak bad...

Nebuchadnezzar · 01-04-2007, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Khorum

As in Richard Knaak? Of Warcraft novels fame? I last read the dragonlance books in high school in the mid-80's so I don't really remember too many details but I don't recall Weis and Hickman being that bad. Well, at least not warcraft novels Knaak bad...

Yup, same guy. He's pretty much made his claim to fame by pushing out shared-world novels, without an ounce of original plot or deep characters, by the dozen.

I started reading DL in high school as well, and I realized well before I left that it wasn't as good as I thought it was as a freshman...yet still I buy a few books a year just to plow through in a day or two. At the very least it makes for great review material...

Cowbell · 01-04-2007, 06:17 PM

Raistlin is the coolest name of any books to date.
I read the original trilogy along with Dragons of Summer flame as well as the Twins trilogy. I enjoyed both sets but I was much younger.
Off the top of my head I remember Raistlin Tanis Caramon Tifa Tasslehoff Strom. Shit I cant remember the 2 chicks that Tanis banged. Oh well, at least the art of those books rocked. Chicks were hot from what I remember as a young lad.

Khorum · 01-04-2007, 06:21 PM

Oh I didn't mean to imply that weis and hickman were bad... it's just that I've read Richard Knaak and HE doesn't seem like the best choice for carrying the torch.

I enjoyed DL well enough, never got too invested in the series or the game though so I never got much farther than the first series.

Darus Grey · 01-04-2007, 07:56 PM

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The last books I read was the "War of Souls" trilogy, I've also read all the books written by Weis and Hickman prior to this. Has there been any progression in the timeline beyond this point? I've been looking around but there's so many damn spinoffs and sidestories that it's difficult to find the next logical books to read beyond this trilogy. Between semesters I want to find a few of these for some easy reading...that time is now!

Heres the link to the DL Nexus.

Dragonlance Nexus: Complete Product List - Products

Complete product listing for novels, games, etc in printing or chronological order(Someone posted it above as well,durr)

Also, Richard Knaak's Mintotaur Triology is excellent, as is most of his DL work, no idea why people pick on him, hes been involved in DL since it started.

Hes working on the Ogre Titan trilogy and I can't wait.

If you've read War of Souls, Saving Solace is a good non-fantasy fantasy setting novel(yeah, above poster hates it, but its been a very love/hate novel for alot of DL fans).
It follows Gerard and his non-so-adeventerous pursuits after the war.

Chris Pierson's Kingpriest triology...is the best in the series, better than chronicles/legends/wos.
Buy it from the dragonlance.com store, where its at MSRP, its out of print so its like $20-30 on amazon/ebay/used, but DLstore has it for normal price.

Seriously, read it.

Douglas Niles Solamnia trilogy is the only one I'd kinda shy away from, the third book is comming out in a few weeks, but the way the story has advanced in the first 2 leaves me kinda wondering WTF is going on, well hes normally a great author, the people who run the gaming side of things had to retcon alot of shit because of some of his surprises in this series. Hopefully the 3rd book ties up alot of these questions on the splintering of the Knighthood.

Overall theres...219? DL novels(of which I've read 188...because I'm a loser), if you like the setting, theres
so many choices for reading material, its staggering.
And well I agree that some of the novels are of low quality, they are still very enjoyable reads in context of the setting.

Zeste · 01-04-2007, 09:34 PM

I have about 60 dragonlance books. I don't know anything past the "2nd cataclysm", just the sorta "first and second" generation books.

But yeah, I read all that shit back in the day. loved it all.

Nothar · 01-05-2007, 01:58 PM

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Also, Weis and Hickman just started a new prequal trilogy called the Lost Chronicles. First book is out, called "Dragons of Dwarven Depths".

This is misleading. I finished "Dragons of Dwarven Depths" recently, and it is not a prequel to the original chronicles, but tells a story that happened to the original companions, Tanis, Raistlin, etc, during the time between "Dragons of Autumn Twilight", and "Dragons of Winters Night". It deals with their journey into Thorbardin to find the Hammer of Kharas that was used to make the Dragonlances.

The next book of the Lost Chronicles comes out this summer, June or July, I think, and is called "Dragons of the Highlord Skies", and most likely takes place either during the events of book 2 of the original Chronicles, or between books 2 and 3. The final book will be called, "Dragons of the Hourglass Mage" and will be out next year (2008).

Nebuchadnezzar · 01-05-2007, 06:04 PM

Yeah, I didn't think the book deserved the time it would take to type that out...

whocaressd · 01-05-2007, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Nebuchadnezzar

Not very helpful though...

After "War of Souls" WotC switched it up and moved away from the one big story arc/minor secondary books and towards a system where this generation of trilogies kind of effects everything, but isn't that big giant book.

They are all subpar, even for DL. Weis is doing a trilogy about Mina after the War of Souls (with evil sex zombies)

Stay far, far away from Amber and Ashes. DL books became a guilty pleasure of mine, I've read 35ish of them. It's not exactly fine literature, but you knew what you were getting. Weis new series however is so horrible that I just can't bring myself to read any new DL books. If you think Nebuchadnezzar was kidding about the sex zombies, that's some of the least corny things you'll read about in it.

edit: counted them and it was actually 46 =/

Darus Grey · 01-06-2007, 09:03 AM

I really hated amber and ashes too(Mina reminds me of EveryCamWhoreUSA)...

But if you've read the first one, least read amber and iron, you'll like it more, and it has alot of major world plot developments.
(or if you wanna save $7 I can just spoil it in a PM)

01-03-2007, 05:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
Immy Right there above you. Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 701 +0 Internets	Dragonlance series question Love these books, but I havent read one in a long time. Figure it's been a few years and I'm sure some new stuff has come out. The last books I read was the "War of Souls" trilogy, I've also read all the books written by Weis and Hickman prior to this. Has there been any progression in the timeline beyond this point? I've been looking around but there's so many damn spinoffs and sidestories that it's difficult to find the next logical books to read beyond this trilogy. Between semesters I want to find a few of these for some easy reading...that time is now! FYI, I've already read all the "major" books such as chronicles, test of twins, etc.. __________________

01-03-2007, 07:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Immy Right there above you. Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 701 +0 Internets	Ah, thanks. Also, thanks to you google you sexy beast you. __________________

01-04-2007, 08:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
Nebuchadnezzar Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,756 +1 Internets	Not very helpful though... After "War of Souls" WotC switched it up and moved away from the one big story arc/minor secondary books and towards a system where this generation of trilogies kind of effects everything, but isn't that big giant book. They are all subpar, even for DL. Weis is doing a trilogy about Mina after the War of Souls (with evil sex zombies), Thompson and whatshername are doing one on the elves, Niles is working on one about Solamnia, and Knaak finished his minotaur (not Knaak!) trilogy already. The one guy that is kicking ass in DL, is Chris Pierson. His Kingpriest Trilogy was the best stuff since the Legends and while I'm waiting on all the trilogy to come out, his Taladas Trilogy is suppose to be great too. Those would be the books to get if I were you. (under all circimsatances stay away from: Prisoner of Haven, Wizard's Conclave, the Lake of Death, and Saving Solace x 10) Also, Weis and Hickman just started a new prequal trilogy called the Lost Chronicles. First book is out, called "Dragons of Dwarven Depths". __________________ I eat grass like an ox and shat like a fox.

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Nebuchadnezzar Registered User Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 1,756 +1 Internets	Yeah, I didn't think the book deserved the time it would take to type that out... __________________ I eat grass like an ox and shat like a fox.

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01-03-2007, 11:18 PM	#4 (permalink)
Rhaze Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 921 -5 Internets	covenant of the forge is so damn good.

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Khorum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 4,594 -33 Internets	As in Richard Knaak? Of Warcraft novels fame? I last read the dragonlance books in high school in the mid-80's so I don't really remember too many details but I don't recall Weis and Hickman being that bad. Well, at least not warcraft novels Knaak bad...

01-04-2007, 06:17 PM	#8 (permalink)
Cowbell 180 IQ Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Traverse Town Posts: 197 -4 Internets	Raistlin is the coolest name of any books to date. I read the original trilogy along with Dragons of Summer flame as well as the Twins trilogy. I enjoyed both sets but I was much younger. Off the top of my head I remember Raistlin Tanis Caramon Tifa Tasslehoff Strom. Shit I cant remember the 2 chicks that Tanis banged. Oh well, at least the art of those books rocked. Chicks were hot from what I remember as a young lad.

01-04-2007, 06:21 PM	#9 (permalink)
Khorum Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 4,594 -33 Internets	Oh I didn't mean to imply that weis and hickman were bad... it's just that I've read Richard Knaak and HE doesn't seem like the best choice for carrying the torch. I enjoyed DL well enough, never got too invested in the series or the game though so I never got much farther than the first series.

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Zeste Ben's Secret Assassins - HIPPITY HOP RABBIT Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,076 +23 Internets	I have about 60 dragonlance books. I don't know anything past the "2nd cataclysm", just the sorta "first and second" generation books. But yeah, I read all that shit back in the day. loved it all.

01-06-2007, 09:03 AM	#15 (permalink)
Darus Grey I can dance if I want to Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 1,333	I really hated amber and ashes too(Mina reminds me of EveryCamWhoreUSA)... But if you've read the first one, least read amber and iron, you'll like it more, and it has alot of major world plot developments. (or if you wanna save $7 I can just spoil it in a PM)