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Summary: A "Timeless" Classic!!!!!
Review: When i first read "The Legend of Huma" i was about 13. At that point in time i loved the book, i read it about 3 times before it dissapeared. Now i am 20 and found it in a pile of junk in my garage i have read it 2 times in the past month and it is still absolutely entertaining. YOU HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK!!!! When i was younger i didn't have any good influences in my life; i took the beleifs of Huma and made them my own when i was 13. I still live by the same code. It may sound cheesy but this book shaped me to be the man i am today. And i have never met anyone my age that is as successfull in buisness, love and just general life.
THIS IS THE ONLY FANTASY NOVEL I HAVE READ AND IT CHANGED EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Almost a disgrace...
Review: I feel that this book was not up to true Dragonlance standard. The author obviously didn't have time to even leaf through the Chronicles to find references to Huma. There are a large number of holes in it, leaving out stuff that was sorely needed to make this book even an interesting read. Huma and Magius are both hugely disappointing characters. I found it almost laughable that the so-called 'greatest war wizard' couldn't even pass the Test. In my opinion, Richard A. Knaak's book didn't rate highly when compared with some much better Dragonlance books by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman, Douglas Niles, Jeff Crook, Mary Kirchoff etc. etc. etc.
I would not recommend not bothering with this book, and proceeding straight onto Kaz the Minotaur, which I didn't yawn ALL the way through.
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Summary: Usual stuff
Review: To be honest, this is exactly the same as the rest of the Dragonlance spinoffs. Nowhere near the Weis & Hickman series but sufficient for Dragonlance enthusiasts and Dragonlance gamers needing some direction. Buy it if you're an avid fan only.
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Summary: Richard Did a Great Job!!!
Review: Apart from Weis and Hickman, Richard A Knaak is the only DragonLance writer whose work I will not miss. He did a good job giving us a Huma who is just and brave, yet live and humane. I like the way he befriends and vouches for Kaz the minotaur and has trust in his childhood companion Magius.
Before The Legend of Huma, minotaurs are just every other brutal monster in the fantasy world. Knaak, giving them honor, turns them into a race indeed. Even Weis and Hickman acknowledges Kaz a minotaur hero in Dragons of a Fallen Sun. Now that's the honor really deserved to Richard A Knaak.
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Summary: Amazon.com predicted 4 stars and they were right.
Review: Here's why. The Legend of Huma doesn't exactly follow the parts of the legend told in the original DL books. Also, Knaak has Takhisis swear by the beyond and the highgod (presumably Chaos) that she's never going to try to come to Krynn again. So why does she show up in Chronicles? What, she's evil, so she can't keep her word? Considering how much trouble she should be in if she did break her word, I'd think that she'd be a little more circumspect than that. Also, since the Staff of Magius played such a role in later books, why is Magius himself such a weakling? He couldn't make it through the trials of the Test, yet his staff is a major magical artifact? Sorry, that's a hole large enought to drive a truck through.
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Summary: The legend meets reality
Review: This was the first Dragonlance book I ever read. I never really understood much of how all the Dragonlance books fit together after I read this book. So, although this is GREAT book, I don't recommend making this book your firdt Dragonlance novel. It makes a great read after reading the 'Chronicles' trilogy, however.This book tells about Huma, one of the heroes of Krynnish lore. Almost every Drangonlance novel mentions Huma once in a while, and he is practically the most important figure for the Knights of Solamnia. I recommend this book to every Dragonlance fan. This book is what first got me interested in the series, and I have never gone back to anything else!
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Summary: The Legend of Huma
Review: I have to agree with the rest of the reviewers and say that the book was well written. The problem was that I found two things to my disliking. One was, where was the romance between Huma and the silver dragon, it was not taken very far. Second was, me being a Raistlin fan and mage fan, I thought there was a dearth of scenes with Magius showing us why he was the greatest war mage. I keep waiting for Magius to do something to prove to me that he was the greatest war mage that all of Krynn knew, but it didn't happen and to my suprise he was killed while waiting for him to do something. And then his death and aftermath is like two or three pages. This book glorified Huma (which it should), but paid a disservice to Magius.
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Summary: A great dragonlance book.
Review: A great epic tale with interesting characters and amazing conflicts too boot. IF you like Dragonlance buy this book.
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Summary: Excellence!
Review: I had read the original dragonlance sixpence during their first arrival nearly 1.5 decades ago. I also remember vividly seeing this book in the local bookstore upon publication; however, silly me, I skipped over it then. Needless to say, I had left the Dragonlance series behind for a long time until I played Baldur's Gate II this past year, and, amazingly, that rekindled my spirit. Armed with a freshened spirit, I purchased and (re)read the Annotated Chronicles. This time thru, however, Sturm's impact was perhaps bigger on me. I could wait not longer. As such, I bought this book. It was an excellent read. Being his first novel, I was reminded (at the risk of blasphemy) 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was also a first novel. Yes, there were discrepancies in total actuality between this story and the "myth" of Huma as relayed in the Chronicles. However, the author tried to dispel that in two ways (a) in the preface by Astinus and (b) in various junkets throughout the book by referencing how the-then-already-spreading legend wasn't entirely meshing with fact. Neither detracts from the story--or from the Chronicles themselves. Rather, Huma is seemingly a poignant, uber-Sturm. Very much human, but driven to a higher calling. Do I have qualms with the book? Sure. Are they worth relaying? No. Read the book. It's worth your time.
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Summary: good
Review: this was a very good book. the begining was slow, but it got better. but there were a few things wrong. i thought huma and his dragon died frozen. like when sturm took the dragonlance from huma's hand in the chronicles. and, where was the white stag. other than that it was great. but huma should have died by a white dragon, to match the chronicles.
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