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Summary: This was a Superb book!!
Review: This book, Dragons of Summer Flame, is now one of my favorite books out there. I thought that the action was great with the battles in all of the battles with Chaos' forces, and well written. And although I wasn't that happy with all of the many hero deaths, it was Really cool to see Raistlin again. Tasslehoff was more humorous than he's ever been, and I liked all of the mystery behind the newer characters Palin, Usha, and Steel. Unfortunately though, I hadn't read the Legends series yet, so I was kind of left in the dark about Raistlin, and all of his business with Caramon and Tasslehoff. Also, all of the gods were portrayed excellently. The ending disappointed me a bit, but every event leading up to it was superb. All in all, I can say that the book was well narrated, had a good progression of plot, and was very interesting. A must buy.
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Summary: Wholesale Destruction, and for what?
Review: Although it's been over a year since I've read this book, I feel compelled to warn true fans of Dragonlance about it's true nature. This book ruins everything the authors took years to build!All I can say is Amen to the reader from San Diego. Everyone I know who has read this book, including me, dismiss it as having anything to do with the previous two trilogies. Whether from some contractual dispute or other bizzare scenario, this book just screams out loud and clear that something was wrong with it's creation. I did not even care that much for the other various authors (Preludes, Meetings Sextant) who feebly tried to recreate the characters that only Weis and Hickman should have claim to, but they were at least tolerable. Let us hope than somewhere someday this one 'truly does not exist' and that a character will wake up from this terrible dream and go on with the true spirit of the original books. Despicable!
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Summary: Krynn is destroyed by its Authors
Review: I have to qualify the summary by stating that I loved the original Dragonlance Trilogy. I have read and reread the books and have never tired of wandering the realm of Krynn. The ho-hum efforts of the legions of well meaning authors of the spin-off novels were bearable. This effort by the trilogy's original authors is not. Yes, the Dragonlance series has spun on too long, but it surely the world of Krynn we know and love did not deserve to be destroyed so callously. I found myself grimacing at some of the hackeyed plots involving the gods of Krynn and despairing as one hero after another is killed off in uninspiring, unheroic fashion. The truly sickening end to many well-loved characters made my stomach turn. Do yourself a favour, throw this book into the Abyss. Then re-read the original Dragonlance Trilogy and revel in the magic and spendour on Krynn as we know and love.
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Summary: Could've been a must have...
Review: ***SPOILERS*** This book might be great if you haven't read the Chronicles or Legends trilogy and become attached to Dragonlance. My problem with DoSF is that the world of Krynn is completely butchered and old heroes we've come to love are killed off like rats. It seems to me that either the authors or TSR (I'm suspecting the latter) tried to kill off the series so the Fifth Age could replace it and make some money (and mind you, the Fifth Age trilogy is horrible). Despite all that, I'm still hopeful about the upcoming "War of Souls", especially now that TSR is out of the picture (yeah!).
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Summary: Good Book
Review: "Dragons of Summer Flame is a good book. Written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, both wonderful authors, this book is sure to be a good bet for you avid readers. "Dragons of Summer Flame" is the story of how the new generation of heroes must save their world known as Krynn from the evil father god known as Chaos. The hero Palin, a white mage, get's help from many unlikely people including the Dark Knight, Steel Brightblade, the rambunkchous kender, Tasslehoff Burrfoot, and a mysterious girl whose name I cannot place at this moment. Together they alone will decide the fate of an entire world. All-in-all, this book is an exciting read and I would recommend it to anyone.
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Summary: IT"S NOT SO BAD!!!
Review: I wasn't a huge fan of this book, but I have to write to clear up a misconception many people seem to have. Weis&Hickman did not "decide" to dramatically alter the world forever in a vindictive and spiteful effort to ruin it for everyone else. They don't OWN the rights to the Dragonlance saga, and they are NOT ALLOWED to make decisions like that! It was TSR's choice, for God's sake! If you have to blame someone, blame them! And anyway, I hear that Weis&Hickman are currently working on a new, veiled-in-secrecy Dragonlance trilogy. So calm down! As far as the book goes, It wasn't quite as great as I had hoped, but it wasn't bad, either. I got it the instant it came out and read it pretty much non-stop through Thanksgiving break, and I enjoyed it. A lot. It doesn't have quite the magic of their previous Dragonlance books, but it's still quite fine. The ending did depress me--and it didn't help that I finished it at around Midnight on the day before I had to return to school. Still, Dragonlance fans should read it. So there.
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Summary: F-A-N-T-A-S-T-I-C ! ! !
Review: This book is very good ! It makes the bridge between the 4th age and the 5th. It's a must !!! Buy this book and you won't regret it !
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Summary: Do not read this book
Review: If you worshipped the Dragonlance Chronicles and Legends novels as I did then DO NOT READ THIS BOOK. My favorite series of all time was the Chronicles. This book ruined it. Heros and villians that the reader has come to know and love were killed off and horribly dishonored. Each character seems to meet an unbecoming fate. This book is the worst conclusion to a great series. Do yourself a favor and skip this book. Imagine your own ending to the compainions of Krynn. You will be much better off.
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Summary: Read this.
Review: An excellent continuation of the Dragonlance saga. Weis and Hickman continually amaze me with their writing style and ability to manipulate the emotions of their readers. Complaints that this novel is nothing but the destruction of Krynn and the beloved heroes miss the point entirely. Summer Flame is no more or less tragic than the Chronicles, or the brothers' Legend series. (Think about it, we lose Flint and Sturm in the original series, and Raistlin's "death" in the Legends was absolutely devastating.) A novel needs to have a mixture of tragedy and comedy to make it successful, and Weis and Hickman achieve this balance in every series they pen. Ignore the bitterness of other, less favorable reviews (they apparently like to see their heroes live happily ever after, and don't like a little realistic fantasy.) Read this, and cry as well as laugh. My only complaint is that Usha turned out not to be Raistlin's daughter. I think she could have been the next major character if she had a little of Raistlin's personality in her.
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Summary: Quite possibly the greatest DragonLance novel of all
Review: I will make this short for those of you who do not like reading long excerpts: an amazing and spectacular book from Weis and Hickman. I really enjoyed reading this book and was saddened in the end when "Uncle Tas" was squashed, so to speak.
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