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Summary: Always the best!!!
Review: Ground-breaking and highly imaginative tale. This series is heavily reminiscent of the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role playing game, and brings to life an epic adventure. The characters are quite well developed and intriguing. Whether it's the Wizard Raistlin or the Knight Sturm Brightblade, each character will grow on you by the end of the book. Each character has a dark side to him/her which I found refreshing. Even though they are the heroes, they are quite reluctant.
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Summary: Dragons of Autums Twilight
Review: Dragons of Autums twilight is the first book in the dragon lance seris. It takes place after the catyclsm in the age of despair. My personal favorite charactor in this book is Tanis half-elven. This book has a wide veriety of characters all of which draw you more and more into the story. Even though the many characters keep you from understanding any of them in great detail it is still worth reading.
This action packed book is one of the best ever written.
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Summary: still good after 20 years...
Review: I read this book when it first came out almost 20 years ago. When I saw that it had been rereleased, I immediately bought all three books in the series for my kids. This series is heavily reminiscent of the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role playing game, and brings to life an epic adventure that I enjoyed as much today as I did when I was a teenager. A wonderful must read for anyone who loves fantasy...
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Summary: The Beginning
Review: My friend first got me to read this book. I'm so glad she did too. This books is amazing and action packed. Start reading and enter a world full of mages, magic, elves, and knights. This is the book to read. Once you finish you'll just have to pick up the second book and read all of the other Dragonlance novels.
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Summary: great book, a must read for fantasy lovers
Review: Dragons of Autumn Twilight is the very first book in the Dragonlance series, and if you like fantasy, it is a must read. All the characters have such great, yet differing, personalities. The book also features a lot of action scenes, whether it be hand-to-hand, or the use of magic. Be sure to read the second two books, which are just as good!
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Summary: Dragons of Autumn Twilight Book Review
Review: when i started this book i did not know what to think i was not sure if it was going to be interesting or not. After a little bit it started to get interesting and i realized that i was reading the book 24/7. I could not put it down. It was full of suspense and action. I liked the "romance" and that action. All of the different genra's put together makes it a really good book.
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Summary: Classic fantasy adventure
Review: The DragonLance saga is one of the most prolific in fantasy, with scores of prequels and sequels and offshoots and imitators. The DragonLance Chronicles is the series that started it all. To call it anything less than a classic would be sacrilegious. Deeply rooted in the mythos of Tolkien and heavily influenced by the rules and mechanics of the RPG world, the DragonLance Chronicles manages to create a vast high-fantasy universe with few equals then or since. Dragons of Autumn Twilight has many rough edges, typical for a first book in a series, but it fulfills its role admirably and paves the way for a crescendo in the second and third book. All of the main characters are introduced very early on. In fact, most of them already know each other. Five life-long friends agree to reunite after a long separation. There's Tanis Half-Elven, the mongrel who serves as the group's de facto leader. Raistlin Majere is the creepy mage who recently underwent a disturbing transformation, physical and possibly much more; his twin, the warrior Caramon, is a gentle giant who's somewhat simple-minded but unswervingly faithful. Sturm Brightblade is an austere paladin seeking to attain knighthood and restore honor to his family and to the disgraced Knighs of Solamnia. Flint Fireforge is an old, hot-tempered dwarf who, despite his gruff demeanor, considers the others his only family. Rounding out the company is Tasslehoff Burrfoot, a lovable kender who bubbles with curiosity and loves to lay his hands on other people's belongings. It was a troubled time, with news of war abroad and disturbing rumors of strange creatures walking the lands. Soon, the company runs into a mysterious barbarian princess and her grim escort. She bears a staff with strange powers that soon proves to be the source of their troubles. There is no lack of adventure and exotic locales. The party finds themselves whisked on one fantastic, and deadly, journey after another. They will have traveled from the tree city Solace to Darken Wood, never before seen by living eyes, to the legendary ruined city Xak Tsaroth, where black wings of death reign, to the secret elven city Qualinost, with its slender and graceful spires, to the long abandoned fortress Pax Tharkas, now teeming with sinister forces. Strange, fantastic creatures hinder and aid their journey, and rumors have it that dragons have returned out of legends to spread destruction across the lands. The main characters scream "stereotypes". But remember that this book was one of the first, so such accusation would be unfair. Tanis is a conflicted protagonist, tortured by the passions of his human heritage and the aloofness and passivity of his elven heritage. He's also torn between his desire for the tempestuous human warrior Kitiara and his love for the sweet but inexperienced elfmaiden Laurana. The others seem somewhat one-dimensional. Caramon is unfailingly obsequious to his brother, Sturm unbendingly upholds his ideals of honor and chilvalry, Riverwind is always grim, Goldmoon has boundless compassions, Flint is deathly afraid of boats, the seemingly evil Raistlin spouts one foreboding comment after another, in between in bouts of racking coughs. It seems Raistlin does little else; we know he's sorely bothered by his coughs, can we just move on? Raistlin would become the focus for later books, but I must admit I do not find him very interesting in this book, even though among the group he has the most potential for intrigue. My favorite character is Tas. Despite obviously being the comic relief, his ofttimes silly little adventures are quite funny. I love his exchanges with Flint, who never quite carries out his threat to throttle the lovable kender. He has a lot of Bilbo Baggins in him. The first part of the book up until Xak Tsaroth is as good as it gets. The mood is evil and foreboding and the reader has no idea what to expect. The first encounter with the draconians gives the impression that they are mysterious, deadly, and very hard to defeat. However, after the meeting with the gully dwarves, the book takes an abrupt turn and becomes... comical. The fight scenes in Xak Tsaroth are light-hearted, almost slapstick-like. The draconians proceed to lose most of their fearsome aura and become no more than your average goons. I'm also not sure if the whole treatment of the gully dwarves in Xak Tsaroth are supposed to be comic relief or not. If so, it ruins the mood of one of the more exciting sections of the book. I'm also dismayed by the lack of fighting prowess of the characters. The humans are fair enough fighters, but despite his age and experience, Flint is virtually a liability in battle. Raistlin is capable of casting only a few noneffectual spells before he tires and has to rest. The elflords too are rather weak and easily defeated. And everyone is so susceptible to magical attacks that they can be easily disabled. I suppose, like in an RPG, the party gain power as they gain experience. Still, this is a novel, not a game. Given their adventuring experience, the characters should have more martial prowess than they are given credit for. The authors have shown a lot of imagination in bring to life the many ruins and dungeons the party has to explore. However, many adventures seem to be rushed, as if the authors are trying to cram as many as possible into the book. For one thing, I would've liked to learn more about Xak Tsaroth, Qualinost, or the dungeons of Sla-Mori. The descriptions are too brief and fail bring out all the grandeur and mystery the idea of these places can inspire in the reader. Overall, the book has a great beginning, a so-so middle, and a good ending. The way is paved for the next installment of the series, a masterpiece! So get this one out of the way and get started on Dragons of Winter Night.
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Summary: The backbone of the Dragonlance series
Review: This was the first fantasy book I'd ever read, and it has cursed me. This book was incredibly deep and still did it's job of setting up the rest of the trilogy and really, the rest of the series. I say it cursed me because now I expect all fantasy books to be this good, which many aren't. Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman are by far the best Dragonlance writers, adding little details to add great depth to there books. Anyone wanting to get into fantasy or Dragonlance needs to get this book.
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Summary: A good hook, shoddily concealed
Review: I must admit that I'll read just about anything. I nearly stopped reading this book, and I'm still debating returning it to the used bookstore, along with the rest of the series. The plot is disjointed, which is explained in the after word.
The authors modified the plot based on gaming sessions that they had during the project. Although the scenes derived from those sessions are memorable and humorous their integration causes the greatest holes in the story line. I occasionally felt that I was being slapped in the face with game mechanics. This is bad enough during a role-playing session, and I find it unacceptable in a novel. The ending in addition to the books role as a successful hook into the rest of the series is what spares this book a single star.
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Summary: First book in the best fantasy trilogy of all time
Review: These characters, often collectively referred to as the Companions will be with me for the rest of my life. Also read the Legends trilogy and Dragons of summer flame if you like this trilogy. I like Tolkien but i think this trilogy is better. Instead of wading thrugh page after page, chapter after chapter of Tolkien trying to describe a tree in a new way, these characters jump off the page coming to life. There are many great characters in this unique world. Sturm's nobility and Raistlin's duality make them strong contenders for best character but Tanis is my favorite. His self-doubt really gets me, he isn't sure he's as noble as Sturm but i think he is. Tanis is a quiet, contemplative man, all he wanted was a sedate life. He never wanted to be a hero or a warrior like Sturm and Caramon did and he achieves a complexity and maturity i've seen rarely in a fictional character in a fantasy world. Tanis is the leader and kind of carries the trilogy. There is a moderate grittiness and a certain level of realism in the characters here never achieved by Tolkien.
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