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Summary: loved it!
Review: i have begun to lose interest in the dragonlance series over the past few months, but this novel renewed it. It was interesting, and held you by having multiple plots going on all at once, that sometimes crossed. Mina is a very intriguing character, whom you learn more about as the book progresses. The "One True God" acts oddly in that it favors the forces of evil in the world, so that keeps you interested also. all in all, a great book that i loved every page of.
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Summary: Not a sequel...a separate story
Review: NOTE: For those looking only to return to the world of Dragonlance, this is not the book for you. However, these two authors do a fine job of writing a book that, though set in somewhat familiar settings, is a story unto itself. With this book (and this series) there has been a lot of pressure on the authors to write the in same formula as the Dragonlance series, similar to the how the Sword of Truth series is simply repetition. The authors did not succumb to this pressure, however, since the book is more similar to their Deathgate novels than the Dragonlance series. But the bottom line is that the story is intriguing, the characters multi-dimensional, and the plot winding. The only thing keeping it from five stars for me was that the story was very slow for the first third of the book (be patient!). After that, very good.
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Summary: regaining faith!
Review: Not all of the things one wishes for come true, but for me two of mine did. 1) The release of a certain prequel in a galaxy far, far away and 2)the coming back home to the continent of Ansalon with Weis & Hickman. The book is superb. The writting, is a little different because of the use of new methods but is the original writters all over again. The pace builds up as one goes on and in the end you just keep looking at the book hoping that the second volume of WofS just appears out of thin air and you can continue reading finding out how is going to develop. I gave the book 4 stars because i could not give it 4.5 stars. The other half is not earned because the telling does not interiorices in the characters as much as the other books, where one gets to know the individuals. The only other part i did not like was the death of a certain individual who, from my AD&D point of view, was finished to easilly. What i liked the most was the growing feeling that Dragonlance is going to be fixed with an outstanding story. Besides that i did enjoy a lot the darker Palin portraited herein, with his real life-kind-of problems. Two more years for the story to be compleatly told and the second part of my favorite prequel..... THIS IS TORTURE!
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Summary: Back at it
Review: Revisiting Krynn because of an oportune order of Realms of Dragons, I found Dragons of a Fallen Sun wonderfully written. Once again Weis and Hickman show an uncanny ability to turn a tale, much like they did fifteen years ago in Chronicals. I had a hard time explaining to people unfamiliar with DRAGONLANCE my fascination with the book. Plots, subplots, plot twists and characterization by such polished writers kept me reading, reading, and regretting any time I had to spend between reading. Hickman insists that all his books have morals, (note the plural), and Fallen Sun is no exception. Seeing the lessons taught here was just as interesting as the story itself.
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Summary: Not as good as the Chronicles
Review: I remember first reading the chronicles in high school, and finishing the trilogy in a span of 3 days. The magic of those 3 days is still with me, and I look for every chance I can find to recreate that magic. I turned again the the Wiess, Hickmand duo, hoping they had done it again with this, their latest endevour into the Dragonlance world. I was a little dissapointed though, this book was not as solid as the chronicles, and not as solid as some of their other work. I think they did not do a good job of developing characters, rather they seemed to use the mold from other books and ended up sounding tired and old. The book ended with me feeling despair, this world they have created is truly without hope as I see it. At least in their other books there was an ounce of hope for salvation, not so here. The book was okay, if you have nothing else to do, or if you feel a burning desire to read all the books in the dragonlance world, please don't let me stop you. But I would advise against reading this book, and would instead entreat you to read some of their other good works, among those being Soulforge, a book in the new (I think) raistlin chronicles.
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Summary: The God(s) Finally Returned to Krynn
Review: The War of the Souls looks to be a promising addition to the ongoing saga of Krynn. The book had many exciting new characters, and additions to the Dragonlance world, such as the new god, and the shield over Silvanesti. Jean Raabe has done a fine job of taking over the monumental task of writing a new Trilogy, but I think it's time the original creators of Krynn take their world to the next level. This is everything I had hoped for, and more.
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Summary: Great Novel!
Review: I would have to say that this book is a breath of fresh air forall Dragonlance readers. I had been disappointed for quite awhile bymany of the new Dragonlance books being published. Dragons of a fallen sun is a superbly written novel and I would recomend it to anyone who loves Dragonlance, especially to those who miss "Chronicles" and "Legends".
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Summary: Very surprising
Review: It started slow but it picked up the pace afterward. This isthe best sci fi/fantasy story I've read so far. I can't wait for thenext installment.
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Summary: Delightful.
Review: I was suprised, no..stunned, to find a well-written and very enjoyable book in the Dragonlance series. I'd never read Dragonlance before. I've always assumed it's low-quality hack-and-slash advertures. Boy was I wrong. This Dragonlance book is well-written, exciting, and best of all has fascinating characters. I loved reading about the kender, Tasselhoff Burfoot. Page 377 has delightfully offbeat descriptions of a gnome and a hedge maze that reminds me of Douglas Adams. Hilarious. I enjoyed this book more than any other book I've read in recent months. And I read a lot. I've read so-called serious books by Patrick O'Leary, John Barnes, William Gibson, Tom Holt, Neil Gaiman, etc but this was better than all of those. I could go on and on about this book. I loved it and will certainly be keeping my eyes peeled for more Dragonlance in the future.
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Summary: Salvation for all Krynn kind
Review: Five years ago After the Chaos War and Dragons of Summer Flame, the Gods and Creators of Krynn left the world. Paladine, Takhisis, Gilean, and the lesser Gods left their world in the hands of Mortals. Likewise The true Creators of Krynn, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman left their world into the hands of the mere mortal Jean Rabe. For forty years the world and five years the series have struggled in the fifth age; but now Weis and Hickman have returned along with a mysterious young woman and her "One God." Weis and Hickman are in great form as they continue the storyline of the original characters and their descendants in a revitalizing new chapter of the Dragonlance saga. Using skills that they have learned from visiting other worlds, Weis and Hickman have brilliantly begun several plots and advanced them all convinsingly, while building reader interest. Although the book ends with much still unanswered, thus teasing the reader for the next book in the series, there is more than enough action and development to satisfy. Although I can't speak for the later books in this series (I believe their will be a total of three) I have faith that Weis and Hickman will manage to tie in all of the characters and plots in good time to conclude the trilogy. Robert Jordan (writer of The Wheel of Time) may want to take notes from Weis and Hickman in regards to how many plots and subplots one can realistically maintain without loosing reader interest
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