Dragons of Autumn Twilight (The Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol 1) by Margaret Weis
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Book Reviews of Dragons of Autumn Twilight (The Dragonlance Chronicles, Vol 1)
Book Review: FANTASY AT ITS BEST...MOSTLY
Summary: 4 Stars
This is really a wonderful book in the finest tradition of fantasy. It is about a group of heroes who go out on a quest to defeat a GREAT EVIL. LOLOLOL.....I can already see some of you hardened fantasy fans groaning. But wait, there is hope. Weis and Hickman are able to breathe such life into this cliched setting that you can't help but become enthralled. And yes, the characters are straight out of a D&D campaign, but the authors succeed where others would fail in giving them each distinctive, captivating personalities. This is the first of a trilogy, so be prepared for an ending not close to being wrapped up. Overall though this book and the entire trilogy is pretty good.Book Review: Terrible writing
Summary: 1 Stars
I read almost 200 pages and stopped. This is badly written and poorly crafted. One of the most enjoyable aspects of reading fantasy is learning the "rules" of the world that the author is building. But this world doesn't seem to have any rules, so anything can happen at the author's convenience (or laziness). I'd strongly recommend the Butcher series that starts with The Furies of Calderon instead.Book Review: One of my all time favorite trilogies
Summary: 4 Stars
I really enjoyed this book as a young adult. The characters are well done and well written. And the world is very interesting. It is staple fantasy, elves, dwarves, dragons ect but its a very engaging book to read. A great series. This would make an incredible TV series or movie with CGI. Be warned DO not buy the Animated movie, it is horrible!Book Review: A Great Read, Classic Adventure Fantasy
Summary: 4 Stars
I first read this series when I was in high school, many moons ago and I loved it. I thought it was the best fantasy setting ever, in fact in my mind it was much better than Tolkien. I know...I know before anyone flies off the handle let me explain.
Fantasy can be compared to rock n' roll, the Beatles were the first and started it all,even though they borrowed from influences before them as did Tolkien. Like the Beatles, Tolkien should receive his due as the first but just like rock n' roll there have been those that have done it better since the Beatles. I feel the same about Dragonlance. I thought the races and history was much more interesting and well thought out.
Yes some of the characters are cookie cutter and some of the story is predictable but that doesn't mean it's not a good read.
I don't understand these reviewers who complain that this or that fantasy novel is too predictable, it's high fantasy! Just like romance novels, mysteries and westerns. Fantasy is just another genre, if you read much fantasy as many claim then you should be able to tell from the plot summary whether your going to be reading a so-called cliche or not.
With novels like this it is just a good read with the classic fantasy races given a new history and story line, read it for that and I guarantee you will enjoy it.
Book Review: The best fantasy has to offer.
Summary: 5 Stars
You can't judge a book by its cover, eh? Back in 1990 my cousin and I got into all things fantasy, mostly because we loved the 80's fantasy movies like Willow, Legend, Dragonslayer, etc., but because we wanted to further our love of fantasy into reading novels, which we had heard were always better in book form. man, were they right!
Being total fantasy literature newbies, we literally went to the bookstore and decided to get into any fantasy series that looked appealing to us. We didn't know of any authors in the genre, what any of it was about or anything, so I just walked in and looked around for a bit and the first thing that really caught my eye was the artwork Larry Elmore did for the covers of the Chronicles trilogy. The colors and detail in the artwork instantly drew my eye to the books and I picked them up and read the synopsis on the back. It sounded interesting, so I bought the entire chronicles trilogy. Which I did just by chance... I had no idea that was the first trilogy in the series, so I guess I just lucked out and picked the right ones to start with. By 1990, there were already quite a few novels out, so it's cool I started where I was supposed to.
When I got home I read Dragons Of Autumn Twilight and COULD NOT put it down. I had read few books by that time, and to sit and read a whole book in an entire day was something I never thought I could do until that day. The way Weis and Hickman described battlefields, how lovingly they described the detail of each and every dwelling the story took place in, and most of all, how much I ended up caring about those original Comapnions... man, I was and still am in love with those books. My cousin happaened to pick up a Forgotten Relams trilogy when he was in the store, and after we both finsihed our books, we swapped trilogies. Forgotten Realms didn't appeal to me nearly as much, so I decided to get into the Dragonlance novel universe as much as I could after that, and after reading my Dragonlance novels, my cousin did the same!
Over the years I read a lot of other fantasy from the likes Mercedes Lackey, Robert Jordan, George RR Martin, the Discworld books and a ton more, but none of them appealed to me as much as the Dragonlance universe. I own all 200 plus Dragonlance novels now and I can honestly say that they all range from good to excellent except for like 5 of them, mostly the ones written by Roland Green. It's amazing how the qaulity has stayed so high since so many authors have added their input to the world of Krynn.
Is Dragons Of Autumn Twilight and the Chronicles trilogy the best Dragonlance has to offer? No, that honor goes to Weis and HIckman's newest Dragonlance trilogy The Lost Chronicles. These are novels that revolve around what the original companions did between the books in the Chronicles trilogy. These books are extremely well written, and also far more adult oriented than the early novels. But as good as the new Chronicles is, they can't compare to the memories of reading Autumn Twilight for the first time. Nothing can.