Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)

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Life long friends, they went their separate ways Now they are together again, though each holds secrets from the others in his heart They speak of a world shadowed with rumors of war They speak of tales with strange monsters, creatures of myth, creatures of legend They do not speak of their secrets Not then Not until a chanced encounter with a beautiful, sorrowful wo New Download [ Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1) ] Author [ Margaret Weis ] – kino-fada.fr Dragonlance was the first fantasy novel series I ever read so it holds a special place in my heart The Chronicles Trilogy was the first in a series of 10 core books There are probably well over a 100 books set in the Dragonlance world but these are the ones you need to read.Chroncicles Trilogy Dragons of Autumn TwilightDragons of Winter NightDragons of Spring Dawning... Hear the sage as his song descendslike heaven s rain or tears,and washes the years, the dust of the many storiesfrom the High Tale of the Dragonlance Three centuries have passed since the Cataclysm, where burning mountains fell from the sky and the gods of old abandoned their mortal worshippers When a group of adventurers come together at the Inn of the Last Home after five long years on their own, they endeavour to begin a...Someone played a dungeons and dragons game which is based heavily on Tolkien s books and then decided to write down what their characters did and publish it And while dungeons and dragons is great fun for those playing it, everyone has had to suffer through players who labor under the mistaken impression that their adventures are just as interesting to everyone else as they are to the player So then, like, you know, this Orc came out of the weapons room but I rolled a 20 and I threw my 5 Someone played a dungeons and dragons game which is based heavily on Tolkien s books and then decided to write down what their characters did and publish it And while dungeons and dragons is great fun for those playing it, everyone has had to suffer through players who labor under the mistaken impression that their adventures are...Wow not a good wow I just read some of these reviews and ratings I have to raise my hand and be the voice of reason The public deserves this.Let s get something straight here these books are unreadable for anyone older than 15 I love fantasy and I don t have an issue with the world building or the story here In my reviews, I sometimes excuse poor writing, characterization and other literary elements when the author does other things extremely well Most novels have multiple flaws and the Wow not a good wow I just read some of these reviews and ratings I have to raise my hand and be the voice of reason The public deserves this.Let s get something straight here these books are unreadable for anyone older than 15 I love fantasy and I don t have an i...Disclaimer My rating is purely sentimental Dragons of Autumn Twilight is a read down the memory lane If I were to rate it on the basis of my current standards and preferences, it would score 3 stars the most As it is, it has been one of the earliest fantasy books I have ever read and it still engulfs me in the fuzzy warmth of initial wonder that there are other fantasy books beside the Lord of the Rings and that I can read them and love them as much as I like It s also one of the three book Disclaimer My rating is purely sentimental Dragons of Autumn Twilight is a read down the memory lane If I were to rate it on the basis of my current standards and preferences, it would score 3 stars the most As it is, it has been one of the earliest fantasy books I have ever read and it still engulfs me in the fuzzy warmth of initial wonder that there are other fantasy books beside the Lord of the Rings and that I can read them and love them as much as I like It s also one of the three books sporting dragons that I truly like, which I consider a feat in itself This book has one saving grace that simultaneously constitutes its greatest pitfall it s as classic as classics go You will find here every existing trope and the novel doesn t even pretend to deviate off...I first read this book about the time it came out, when I was about 10 or 11 and recently found an identical, battered paperback copy at a thrift store Dipping back into it twenty odd years later, it has many shortcomings However, it still takes me back to that time when I d read un...When I was nine years old, I wrote a short story about an elf and a mage traversing an imaginary world and banishing evil back to the depths from whence it came I was proud of the story I showed it to my family and they read it, and pretended it was great They put it on the fridge.I reread the story years later and it was a difficult decision whether I should laugh or whether the embarrassment was too much even for hysterics I thought fantasy fiction had a formula that alternated between a s When I was nine years old, I wrote a short story about an elf and a mage traversing an imaginary world and banishing evil back to the depths from whence it came I was proud of the story I showed it to my family and they read it, and pretended it was great They put it on the fridge.I reread the story years later and it was a difficult decision whether I should laugh or whether the embarrassment was too much even for hysterics I thought fantasy fiction had a formula that alternated between a short climax and a short resolution like the regular, predictable oscillations of a wave pattern Like that wave pattern, it seemed to go on and on so that a 20 paged story seemed to take forever to read At nine years old, I thought this was an exciting,...My daughter is getting older now and asking me for suggestions on books that are age appropriate her term I purposely haven t read all of the Harry Potter books nor seen the movies because I was hoping to read watch all of them with her She s 10 and hasn t shown the slightest interest in those books, but she just became interested in Star Wars this summer, so I m willing to give her time I use this anecdote and the age appropriate tag because as a young lad in love with reading this s My daughter is getting older now and asking me for suggestions on books that are age appropriate her term I purposely haven t read all of the Harry Potter books nor seen the movies because I was hoping to read watch all of them with her She s 10 and hasn t shown the slightest interest in those books, but she just became interested in Star Wars this summer, so I m willing to give her time I use this anecdote and the age appropriate tag because as a young lad in love with reading this series came along at the right time to fill a need I really liked these pulpy, page turning fantasy send ups lacking the creative stones of Tolkien I was a 16 18 year old boy Camus would have been lost on me and if he wasn t, I would have been carving Morrissey lyrics onto my forearm unironically.I don t know whether I d recommend these to my 15 year old daughter in 5 years time, but if she is into light fantasy I ll do it without hesitation Would I ever read these again ...Great start to an all time classic fantasy series I loved the colorful characters and fast moving plot based on an interesting story line of reunited friends with secrets and a mysterious and gorgeous, of course stranger who drew them into danger and excitement The negatives were mere niggling at best, however they did exist I was about 13 or 14 years old when I read Dragons of Autumn Twilight and even then I knew Weis was leaning a little too heavily on stock phrases the same emotion is d Great start to an all time classic fantasy series I loved the colorful...When I read this DD was all the rage, and this series gave lovers of high fantasy exactly what they were craving I thought it very good at the time, not nearly as good as Brooks or Donaldson and naturally not Tolkien, but still an entertaining adventure trilogy I think Weis Hickman s Rose of the Prophet series along with their Darksword books are also better due to their originality In this opening novel of the trilogy, friends of different ages and races are reunited after a lengt When I read this DD was all the rage, and this series gave lovers of high fantasy exactly what they were craving I thought it very good at the time, n...

Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)
  • English
  • 01 April 2018
  • Paperback
  • 444 pages
  • 0786915749
  • Margaret Weis
  • Dragons of Autumn Twilight (Dragonlance: Chronicles, #1)