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Summary: Great, but somewhat ruins...
Review: Like any Dragonlance book by Weis and/or Hickman, it's a wonderfully written book. I enjoyed every page, and had to keep on reading. I read it again after finishing it, and I still read it every once in a while.
Yet, I feel that this book somewhat ruined Raistlin to me. It was interesting to learn about his childhood and how he became a wizard, yet, it, it was so much more interesting if it wasn't serve on a silver plate to us. I remember how, before reading this book, I spent a lot of time trying to understand Raistlin and build his background, only from the hints found in the "Chronicles" and "Legends". This book had deleted all the question marks, and cleared the mystery of the character. By doing so, I think, it had somewhat diminshed one of the most interesting characters in the world of Fantasy.
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Summary: Keeps you open minded
Review: I've always seen Dragonlance novels and i met a friend that had a stack on his bookshelf. He told me about Raistlin's character, and alittle about the world of Krynn so I bought my own copy. I must say this book drew me into the fantasy genre! If you really want to get to know a powerful character, pick up a copy...and read your eyes out. I bought the sequal "Brothers in Arms" and read it in three days, I couldn't put the book down. Weis and Hickman are unbelievable, nothing boring at all in the Raistlin Chronicles. If it wasn't for these aspiring books i wouldn't be reading George R.R. Martins a song of fire and ice saga.
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Summary: Master of the Past and Present
Review: If magic and death are your cup of tea, you must pick this book up. It tells the childhood of the one named Raistlin Majere and he is the master of magic and death. This book really shows the struggles one has to go through in order to become a mage. This book also answers a lot of puzzling questions about Raistlin's childhood and his Test.If you are even just a bit interested in the world of magic and death, this is a must read. Thank you Margaret Weis for Raistlin Majere.
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Summary: Great story about a great character
Review: Raistlin was always my favorite character. He is undoubtedly the most interesting and complex of all the Dragonlance characters, and I just fell in love with this book. This book explores his relationship with his brother Caramon, and most importantly introduces the readers to Raistlin's tormenting early years. It is very well written and interesting, and I couldn't put it down. Raistlin was always a mystery when reading through the Chronicles and Legends series, and this book provides much insight into the roots of his motives that I have personally craved ever since finishing Legends. I cannot emphasize enough to all Dragonlance fans that this is a can't miss book- buy it today!
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Summary: One of the most horrible books
Review: I'm sorry, but dragons don't mix with good writers. This is a very good example of a last ditch effort to save the Dragonlance novels which have been going down in ratings for a few years. Let me tell you this, go pick up The Wheel of Time, The Sword of Truth, or A Song of Ice and Fire. Forget The Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance. R. A. Salvadore many be a good writer, but dragging the Forgotten Realms on and on just makes it seem pointless. Drop those two let down themes and pick up something good and exciting.
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Summary: Becoming Raistlin
Review: From what I've experienced, a lot of books are able to make the author sympathize with the character--but it's rare for books to be able to make the reader empathize with the character, to actually be the character. Soulforge, honestly, is successful on that very plank. In this book, you'll be given a chance to view the life of one of the most intriguing characters in fantasy fiction, Raistlin Majere of Dragonlance fame. Often times, when we meet a particularly bitter, angry but likeable character we ask "What makes them like that?" and even if the Legends Trilogy gives you an understanding, Soulforge will pull you deeper into the heart of Raistlin and you'll be able to comprehend why he is who he is. But I guess we all understand his nature by now. We understand he's envious of his brother. We understand his ambitions. Now what's so special with Soulforge, for me, is the fact that I was able to feel Raistlin's anger. I was able to understand and perhaps, perceive, that if I were in Raistlin's situation, I'd do the exact same thing. Raistlin wasn't just a 'character', he became someone akin to a real human person. We'll get all the huge doses of Raistlin fame we want from Dragonlance in Soulforge. And if you want more, there's still Brothers in Arms, which is the sequel to this book.
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Summary: Inside his mind
Review: The Soulforge by Margaret Weis and Forward by Tracy Hickman, is the chance, for those of you have read The Dragon Lance Chronicles, to get inside the mind of our silent, clever, and power thirsty mage Raistlin Majere. Reading this story will explain Raistlins' jealousy over his muscular twin Caramon and why Raistlin resents his brother so much.
Raistlin Majere, a thin and silent boy, lived in Solace with his brother shortly after his parents died. Raistlin "friends", though they were mainly Caramon's friends were Sturm Brightblade, a would be knight, and Kitiara, their half-sister. When a stranger enters town looking for people interested in magic, Kitiara goes to him and asks if they would except her baby brother Raistlin because he was no good at the sword and had absolutely no strength for physical combat.
After excepting Raistlin, he swiftly became a prized student, who was soon able, though it had been many years of work, to cast spells far beyond his limit. After meeting Tanis Half-Elven, a half-elf who left his homeland of Qualinesti, Flint Fireforge, a hill dwarf who left his lands to become the greatest smith in Solace and to just get away from everyone, and Tasslehoff Burrfoot, kenders are creatures that look like thin hobbits and are very adventurous. Raistlin, Kitiara, Caramon followed Flint, Tanis, and to everyone's great dismay Tas, short for Tasslehoff, went to the Haven for the spring time festival. Their Raistlin met a mage named Lemuel and obtained some very powerful books for his dream.
Soon after stopping a group of thieving charlatan clerics, he was soon invited to take the Test. The Test was usually given to older mages but Raistlin was only 25. Now there was a breath telling of what happened in the Test in the Dragon Lance Chronicles. After the Test, Raistlin transformed into a creature that only sees things aging because he had struck a deal with a specter that was not part of the Test but only lived in it. He had past the Test after killing the closest person to him.
This enjoyable book to Dragon Lance fans will suddenly understand why he resents his brother and the other, as well as other things that might surprise even those who think they know everything about Raistlin and the others who haven't read this book.
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Summary: soulforge
Review: This is one of my favorite books in the dragonlance series, first I have to say that margaret weis is an exeptional writer and "knows" raistlin the best of any other authors who write in the series, she does a great job in this book of telling his story and showing that he wasn't always the way he is in chronicles and legends, the only thing is you HAVE to read those series first to truly appreciate this book, I give it a 5 not only for exeptional storytelling, but because Im a huge raistlin fan :)
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Summary: Railistlin
Review: Ah, finally a book that tell us the history of the mystirious man Railstlin... From his childhood to the test, find out what happend in the tower of high sorcery, and how got the eyes that have captivated me many years...
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Summary: Raistlin's Background fleshed out
Review: This book is a retelling of younger years of Raistlin Majere, the most powerful magus of all time. It brings a much more human side to teh mage and lets the reader see how he progressed in his younger days and eventually fell under the influence of the mage Fistandantilus. I would recommend this book for anyone who is even slightly interested in the Dragonlance backstory.
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