The Soulforge

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#1

greylord

Aug 08, 2005 12:23:54
I haven't actually gotten around to reading them as of yet (I am rereading Chronicles currently), but there are two books I am wondering about.

The first is called the Soulforge. In the back of the Dragons of Winter Night there was an ad (yes mine is an older copy) for a series of books called Super Endless Quest. In them the fourth book is titled...The Soulforge and is supposedly about Raistlin's experiences. The actual ad is

THE SOULFORGE by Terry Phillips. The story of what really happened to the young mage, Raistlin, in the towers of High Sorcery!
#2

aliothefool

Aug 08, 2005 12:33:32
Hmmm, I wasn't even aware there was a non-Weis version. I read Soulforge by Margaret, and I would highly suggest it if you are a Raistlin fan. (Then read the Legends trilogy.)
#3

gerrin

Aug 08, 2005 12:37:30
There was another book that had you play Raistlan in his test for high sorcery. I own it and it is a fun little read as you play Raistlan and try to win the test. It was called Soulforge also and it is a non Weiss edition.
#4

zombiegleemax

Aug 08, 2005 13:52:44
There is also a short story called the Soulforge in the Magic of Krynn book.
#5

rath_the_ranger

Aug 08, 2005 16:39:56
Sorry - dbl post
#6

rath_the_ranger

Aug 08, 2005 16:45:21
There is also a short story called the Soulforge in the Magic of Krynn book.

Actually, you are incorrect; here is a link to the ToC for "Magic of Krynn" and it doesn't reference that short story.

"Magic of Krynn" - Table of Contents

I also checked the links to the other "Tales" books (except "Love and War", which didn't have a ToC available) and didn't find any short story titled as such. I don't remember reading any "Soulforge" stories other than Margaret's. It's been a while and I could be wrong, but I don't think so.
#7

Dragonhelm

Aug 08, 2005 17:10:40
The first is called the Soulforge. In the back of the Dragons of Winter Night there was an ad (yes mine is an older copy) for a series of books called Super Endless Quest. In them the fourth book is titled...The Soulforge and is supposedly about Raistlin's experiences. The actual ad is

You mean this?

The Soulforge, by Terry Phillips

I'm not sure exactly how this relates to the Soulforge novel by Margaret. I think Margaret basically took all the ideas of Raistlin's Test, cleared up inconsistencies, and put out the definitive version.


Rath - Hey, bro! Haven't seen you around in a while.
#8

brimstone

Aug 08, 2005 22:45:54
The short story he is refering to is "The Test of the Twins." It doesn't really show much of Raistlin's Test, though.

I've not read the original choose your own adventure-type book Soulforge, (although the Dragonlance Atlas goes into it in some detail).

Margaret Weis's The Soulforge matches up alright with "Test of the Twins" but essentially throws Terry Phillip's Soulforge out the window (along with a few other novels). But, I'm not too upset about those other novels being tossed out (Meetings Sextet), because they threw the accepted continuity out first (the info from DL5 and Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home).
#9

gerrin

Aug 09, 2005 1:11:19
But, I'm not too upset about those other novels being tossed out (Meetings Sextet), because they threw the accepted continuity out first (the info from DL5 and Leaves from the Inn of the Last Home).

Personally I enjoyed the meetings sextent. It was the reason I started to read the chronicles after I finished them. I am bad Dragonlance fan, I started with the other novels before getting into the trilogies.
#10

brimstone

Aug 09, 2005 1:36:11
Personally I enjoyed the meetings sextent. It was the reason I started to read the chronicles after I finished them. I am bad Dragonlance fan, I started with the other novels before getting into the trilogies.

Hey, I really enjoyed the Meetings Sextet as well (especially The Oath and the Measure) but that doesn't mean I forgive them for their continuity attrocities.
#11

gerrin

Aug 09, 2005 8:41:20
Hey, I really enjoyed the Meetings Sextet as well (especially The Oath and the Measure) but that doesn't mean I forgive them for their continuity attrocities.

I completely agree that they committed some huge attrocities. I always viewed them sort of as tall tales. When I first read the first of the meeting sextet I was really confused of why Flint and the Speaker were such good friends in that book but in the chronicles it was like they had never met. I realized later the reason for that was they had never met before. The one thing that I have encountered with a lot of Dragonlance novels before is a lack of continuity. Recently it seems to have been cleared up though.
#12

rath_the_ranger

Aug 09, 2005 12:42:52
Rath - Hey, bro! Haven't seen you around in a while.

Z'up? Yeah, been busy with the new kiddo and whatnot. Had a few spare minutes at the end of a busy day yesterday and figured I'd see if anything good was happening over here.