DragonLance?....

Lost · #1 (**permalink**) 09-08-2004, 04:52 AM

Just wondering, what is the first book to start out with dealing with DragonLance? I've read quite a few FR books, but this will be my first plung in to DL.

thanks

Paranitis · #2 (**permalink**) 09-08-2004, 05:19 AM

As in novels..or handbooks?

If you are talking about Novels then pick up the Chronicles Trilogy..after that then go for the Legends trilogy.

This link tells you a pretty good order to read the books..that's personally what I am using anyway..I am just starting the 2nd book in the Legends Trilogy

Lost · #3 (**permalink**) 09-08-2004, 06:03 AM

Yes, the novels... Thank you much, Paranitis

You're help is greatly appreciated...

Magrus · #4 (**permalink**) 10-10-2004, 03:05 AM

Well, the Chronicles were written first, but they've done back stories on the different characters from those books to give you a look at their history. I can't recall if those were the Legends series or named something else...it's up to you I'd say whether to read in the order they were written, or read the individual character histories first to get an idea about them before going into the Chronicles Series. Either way, the three Chronicles books basically got me hooked on reading. Highly suggested as reading anything the two authors put out in the Dragonlance line.

Paranitis · #5 (**permalink**) 10-10-2004, 06:32 AM

You read the Chronicles series first. Then you go for the Legends series next.

The reason for that is there are a lot of books that expect that you know some things from those series and if you haven't read them yet you might get a bit lost.

Legends suspects that you have read Chronicles because it is a direct sequel to Chronicles. And it is better that you read these two first THEN other books so you get an idea what everything is about.

Ares2382 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-11-2004, 02:31 PM

BTW Dragonlance is not part of forgotten realms setting, it's a seperate setting of it's own.

As for the first book, I would suggest reading the Legend of Huma. I like the author, and I believe it's setting is one of the earliest of all dragonlance books. Also many of the Dragonlance books you read, including the Chronicles trilogy refer to Huma so it would be good to learn about him so you know what they are talking about.

Magrus · #7 (**permalink**) 10-11-2004, 06:29 PM

True, but then there isn't a Dragonlance forum on here either. After going through the Chronicles and the series about the two Majere twins, not sure what the series is called, I've got too many I've read through but the trilogy involving the two novels "Time of the Twins" and "Test Of the Twins" I would suggest the novel "Soulforge". It tells the story of Raistlin mainly, but includes the companions from the Chronicles serious set up from childhood to roughly 5 years before the novel "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" I believe was the title. Theres a series that details each characters exploits between said books as well. Interesting work, they were each done by different authors and all are a bit different.

Ares2382 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-11-2004, 07:30 PM

There was a dragonlance forum, but I think I was the only guy who posted on it so they removed it

Anyways if you gonna stick to just Weis & Hickman novels then the order is:

Chronicles Trilogy
Legends Trilogy
Dragons of Summer Flame (not a trilogy

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War of the Souls Trilogy

Magrus · #9 (**permalink**) 10-11-2004, 09:06 PM

I need to get the rest of the War of Souls books, I read the first one, cannot recall if I read the second or not, going through a novel a day kind of makes them all blur together unless I'm actually looking at them...I really enjoy the work those two put out together. Soulforge was a book done just but Margeret Weis, has an interesting backstory on how the books all came into being in it too. I just picked it up and finished it. Very good in my opinion, unless your not big on Raistlin, then you may not find it good.

Dalamar the Dark is a good one in my opinion also, done by a different author. The Icewall Trilogy, starting with The Messenger was good too. Completely seperate area of the world from the rest of the novels except for vague mentionings throught all of them, nice arctic twist to things after going through all the other books.

The book about Lord Soth, not sure what its called, it's been quite some time since I've read it, that was good too.

CM · #10 (**permalink**) 10-12-2004, 06:27 PM

http://www.gamebanshee.com/forums/sh...992#post549992

That is the link to a thread an ong going discussion on Dragonlance novels in the SYM forum. It also has a link which slows all the books under the sun of kyrnn. Anyway just FYI.