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Summary: Fantasy at its finest
Review: I had never been interested in fantasy until someone bought this book for me. I have had it only a few years and i have to have read the whole series now at least 8 times. No story i have read has kept me coming back for more. The characters in the story bring out your emotions and you feel their losses, triumphs, and tribulations every time you read it. I have read tolkien's fantasies only once, while i return to dragonlance again and again. I would recommend these books to anyone who wishes to enter a romantic fantasy world for a while. These are the some of the best you'll find.
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Summary: Your journey begins....
Review: You will definitely enjoy this book! Often times, a reader will establish a "favorite" character in a series such as this, and I assure you that your favorite(s) will be known early on. From the battling Draconians to the hidden and unfolding love story, this "beginning" is the best reading that you will come by in quite a while.. Enjoy the humor of Tasslehoff and follow the complexity of Tanis as well as Raistlin, all of the characters are some of the best laid out in a long while....From this book, your Journey begins...
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Summary: Total Imersion
Review: This Book is an absolute must-own and a must-read at least once a year. The characters of the dragonlance chronicles are rich deep and have full background that only a role-playing based story could provide. The world of Krynn suported by the world of AD&D creates an absolute epic story of fantasy and lore. This is by far my favorite novel (all three books).
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Summary: guilty pleasure
Review: I put this under the category of "guilty pleaure." This series introduced me to the world of fantasy fiction some long 15 years ago, and I have re-read the entire series about 5 times. The detail and effort invested in creating the world of Krynn shows - it is quite easy to get sucked into these books. But what really keeps you coming back are the characters. Character emotions and motivations create a great depth of involvement for the reader. Each time I read the series, the dialogue gets a little cheesier, the emotions a bit more melodramatic, but it's still an involving read after 15 years. If you want elegant prose with your fantasy, I'd turn toward Tad Williams' door-stopper "Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn," and if you want unparalleled world-creation you have to go with the master, Tolkien. But if want enjoyable, popcorn-type fantasy, Dragonlance is for you.
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Summary: WOW! Awesome!
Review: I tell you now that not a single other book was more appealing to me than Autumn Twilight. I'm a 13 year old teenager and I read this book in a week. I would have read it faster but school. That was about 3 weeks ago. Now, I've read the whole Chronicles trilogy and starting over again with it. If it hadn't been for Autumn Twilight, I would have never came to know Tanis(my favorite male character), Sturm, Tas, Flint, Caramon, Tika, Laurana (my favorite female character), Raistlin, Riverwind, and Goldmoon. I love these books!
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Summary: Tolkein Better? Yeah right. This is the best!
Review: Whats this I hear? The ramblings of irredescent souls trying to stray me from the path of Weis & Hickman Fantasy? The Chronicles are the best books I have ever read. At my late teens I now manage a personal library of nearly 1,000 books, and never have I read any books as well written, exectuted, etc. Tolkein was good, Weis & Hickman better. Oh, they want to mate with dead vampires, goodie.(The Lords Of The Ring #?) Raistlin Majere blows his enemies away in the black robes, YIPEE! (Chronicles) Get the picture? The Hobbit, pure classic. Chronicles, simply the best. By the time I am through reading Dragons of Spring Dawning(the last in the chronicles) I am ready to start reading Dragons of Autumn Twilight (the first chronicle) all over again! Eternal Reading Value!
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: Wonderful book. When I first read it, I immediately fell in love with all its characters. Excellent story keeps me reading as many Dragonlance books as I can.
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Summary: Wow!
Review: Without a doubt this series of which this is the first book is the best books I've ever read. Life Changing fantasy at it's best!
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Summary: One of the GREATEST fantasy epics of the Millenium!
Review: I first read CHRONICLES when I was a freshman in college, that was 15 years ago. I have read these glorious books at least six times through since! My 10 year old son and I are reading them through now and he is enchanted with the world of Krynn! He is going solo with the second book now that we've finished the first and, like me, he stays up too late reading about the twins, the kender, the dwarf, the half-elf and co.!I promised him that when he finished the CHRONICLES that I would introduce him to MIDDLE EARTH via "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy (which, by the way, is THE greatest fantasy epic of the Millenium :->)! CHRONICLES runs a close second though!
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Summary: Utterly fabulous, but these are big shoes to fill
Review: I have read perhaps 20 of the Dragonlance books, and overall have mixed reviews. But I could do naught but rave about THE CHRONICLES, as they certainly deserve all the praise they've received. The first books in the nearly infinite Dragonlance series, they are also the best. I have read them at least ten times in the last fifteen years and am long overdue for another read. The story is captivating, and the characters are real (in that they have flaws and foibles, but definite charm). Be prepared to get sucked into the world of Krynn, for THE CHRONICLES will occupy your thoughts and keep you up late at night reading. As other reviewers have commented upon, I do see some parallels between these books and Tolkien's LORD OF THE RING, but that in no way hampers my enjoyment of either series. Similar is NOT the same--THE CHRONICLES are well worth reading on their own merit. The later books in the Dragonlance series don't meet the level of quality evident in THE CHRONICLES, and in THE TALES and THE PRELUDES, for example, conflicts in history and plot become evident. Unfortunately such contradictions seem inherent because so many different authors are contributing to the same basic story--Dragonlance. But don't take that as a deterrent to reading THE CHRONICLES; the original trilogy truly is a gem. I also recommend THE LEGENDS, which is also written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman--actually anything they write is worth checking out. It makes sense that as the creators and genius behind Dragonlance, they can do it best.
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