favorite dl novel

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#1

zombiegleemax

Jul 26, 2004 13:05:16		what is your favorite dl novel mine is down too two the soulforge and dragons of winter night
#2

brimstone

Jul 26, 2004 13:26:01 		I have a few...but for starters, I never include Chronicles or Legends as up for grabs. It's kind of like when someone asks me what my favorite movie is...I don't even include the Star Wars movies because they're up at a level (with me) that the other movies can't compete with...so it's unfair and I discount them right away.

That was a really complicated way of saying "Chronicles." LOL!

Seriously though...if you discount those...it could very well be Spirit of the Wind...Sacred Fire in the last 20 pages though could steel that away. Pierson's description of the Cataclysm...and Paladine's response to Bedlyn...amazing.
#3

lorac75

Jul 26, 2004 13:41:12 		If you exclude the "Big 6" I have to with Dragons of a Lost Star
#4

zombiegleemax

Jul 26, 2004 13:46:22 		Apart from the Chronicles and Legends trilogies my favorite Dragonlance novel must be Kaz the Minotaur. I just love that minotaur!

Ravenmantle
#5

Sysane

Jul 26, 2004 13:52:49 		Other that the major novels Weasel's Luck was a pretty good read.
#6

Sysane

Jul 26, 2004 13:53:58 		Other than the major novels Weasel's Luck was a pretty good read.
#7

zombiegleemax

Jul 26, 2004 14:07:15 		I'd have to say "Draconian Measures".

Favorite short story: "To Convince the Righteous of the Right" from "Heroes and Fools".

God I love Kang.
#8

cam_banks

Jul 26, 2004 14:32:40 		My favorites outside of Tracy and Margaret's novels are "The Citadel" by Richard Knaak and "A Warrior's Journey" by Paul Thompson & Tonya Cook. "Rose and the Skull" wasn't bad either, which is one of Jeff Crook's books.

I'm not a fan of "Legend of Huma" or the Elven Nations trilogy, so it's a little strange that I like those authors outside of their other works - but life's like that.

Cheers,
Cam
#9

zombiegleemax

Jul 26, 2004 14:32:45 		Draconian Measures is also a very good book! It came down to either Draconian Measures or Kaz the Minotaur and of those two the latter is slightly better in my opinion...

Ravenmantle
#10

zombiegleemax

Jul 26, 2004 14:35:48 		Better hurry before a wandering WizO comes by and closes the thread!

My favorite...is actually a list of favorites....which continues to grow, but it is always these that I read again and again....

Chronicles
Legends
Second Generation
Summer Flame
War of Souls
Raistlin Chronicles
Kang's Regiment
Legend of Huma
The Citadel
Dalamar the Dark
any Tales novel
Lord Soth
Lord Toede

and as I have just picked up Wizard's Conclave and am enjoying it immensly I bet it joins that list.
#11

cam_banks

Jul 26, 2004 14:37:50 		And we can't really talk about this.

Cheers,
Cam
#12

brimstone

Jul 26, 2004 14:51:48
Originally posted by Cam Banks
And we can't really talk about this.

Actually...I'm beginning to wonder if maybe they resended that. Notice the sticky threads about not discussing novels are gone. I haven't seen any officialy closing of novel threads in quite some time. Perhaps it is okay again.
#13

zombiegleemax

Jul 26, 2004 14:57:12 		that'd be cool.....I think perhaps that it is about time for that too...

Maybe they will open the Novels thread back up.......now that would be an early Christmas present!
#14

Sysane

Jul 26, 2004 15:21:38 		Why did they originally close the thread on novels?
#15

zombiegleemax

Jul 26, 2004 15:47:39
Originally posted by Serena DarkMyst
Better hurry before a wandering WizO comes by and closes the thread!

My favorite...is actually a list of favorites....which continues to grow, but it is always these that I read again and again....

Chronicles
Legends
Second Generation
Summer Flame
War of Souls
Raistlin Chronicles
Kang's Regiment
Legend of Huma
The Citadel
Dalamar the Dark
any Tales novel
Lord Soth
Lord Toede

and as I have just picked up Wizard's Conclave and am enjoying it immensly I bet it joins that list.

thats not a list of favorite books, its a full set of books!!!!
its probebly the amount of book that I have read my entire life!(which is not very long... )

I pick the Legends, oh good memorise...
#16

brimstone

Jul 26, 2004 16:08:14 		It's probably best not to go to far down that road for fear of the wrath of the Wiz_Os...but, suffice it to say, novel discussions were much more heated and hurtful towards authors. Very rude and disresepctful.

However, it was very rare that it happened on the DL novel boards. But when they closed down the novel boards in other sections (Forgotten Realms), they had to be fair and close them all down.
#17

zombiegleemax

Jul 26, 2004 16:47:47 		Zook, you had better be careful or that old fuddy duddy Wiz O will shut us down! Have you seen Miclops on these things?
#18

wolf72

Jul 26, 2004 20:55:03 		Stormblade .... no Draconian Measures ... wait Kaz the Minotaur ...

argh! only 1? :D
#19

zombiegleemax

Jul 26, 2004 21:16:38 		Of Legends and Chronicals: Dragons Of Winter Night.
Of the rest: (And I fully expect to be alone here) The Shadow Years*
Of all Time: For Whom The Bell Tolls.

I throw that in there because it was with the Dragonlance Chronicals that I really learned to enjoy reading, and if it wasn't for them I might not have ever read that. So mad props to Weis and Hickman.

*I still say if you take Tanis out of that it makes a pretty damn good drop in anywhere adventure for those who haven't read the book.
#20

zombiegleemax

Jul 26, 2004 21:51:39 		Beyond the Big Six and the War of Souls trilogy, any Dl book written by Richard A Knaak. :D
#21

zombiegleemax

Jul 27, 2004 8:06:02 		My two favorites are the two best

The Soulforge
and
Brothers in Arms

Then
Ledgens

Chronicls are just so good i couldn't put them in a list they have their own catagory of goodness.
#22

valharic

Jul 27, 2004 10:36:41 		I'd have to say Stormblade and Legend of Huma.
#23

zombiegleemax

Jul 27, 2004 10:48:03 		Soul Forge and Brothers in Arms right after the Legends!
#24

talinthas

Jul 27, 2004 12:39:25 		heh. with dragonlance, i don't really have favorite books, so much as books i really really hated- Tales of Uncle Trapspringer, The Dark Queen, Soulforge, Prisoner of Haven, and The Oath and The Measure.

Hmm. then again, if you want to call my favorites the ones i read over and over again, i'd say Darkness and Light, Wanderlust, Kendermore, Lord Toade, and the Gully Dwarves.

and of course, Legends.
#25

zombiegleemax

Jul 27, 2004 14:04:38 		*Gets his post in before the WizOs lock the thread*

The original trilogy and Dragons of Summer Flame.

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#26

zombiegleemax

Jul 27, 2004 14:13:03 		Would it be wrong to ask people why they enjoy these particular favorite novels?
#27

brimstone

Jul 27, 2004 14:21:18 		Why would that be wrong? The Wiz_Os don't care anymore. The warnings are gone...it's not in the FAQ...no where does it say we can't discuss novels anymore. They have removed all references to it. Viva las libras!

#28

zombiegleemax

Jul 27, 2004 20:50:40 		FREE AT LAST! FREE AT LAST! THANK GOD ALMIGHTY WE ARE FREE AT LAST!
#29

zombiegleemax

Jul 27, 2004 21:04:39
Would it be wrong to ask people why they enjoy these particular favorite novels?

Alright, my reasons for liking stories like "First Dragonarmy Engineer's Secret Weapon" and "To Convince the Righteous of the Right" and novels like "Doom Brigade" and "Draconian Measures" comes down to two major factors:

I really like exotic races in fantasy. Therefore, I love the Draconians madly. They're just incredibly...interesting.

Second, I absolutely adore shades of grey. And the draconian nation, as it is headed, inhabits an incredible grey zone, between their evil birth and training, and their more neutral-to-good outlook these days. And mostly, their desire to just live in peace, and raise their children. "To Convince the Righteous of the Right" was one of the best examples of this, with the insane cleric of paladine, and an incredibly kind, comforting, and self-sacrificing aspect of Kang coming out in the same story.

I am most displeased to find that there are currently no plans for further books in that series.
#30

green_cloaked_sorcerer

Jul 27, 2004 21:41:19 		Chronicals and Summer Flame, which could be number one for me if it had more Laurana and cool Tanis, but I loved Palin in it as compaired to WoS Palin.


GCS
#31

zombiegleemax

Jul 28, 2004 11:14:59 		I think that the more people who tell us why they enjoy these particular novels or stories the better because that might encourage some of us who have never read them to do so.
#32

zombiegleemax

Jul 29, 2004 10:47:58 		Dragons of Summer Flame was definately a favorite. I liked how they introduced the next generation of heroes to fight alongside with the originals, and the descriptions of the battles were awesome! I also really liked Soulforge. It was interesting to see Raistlin before he became "all powerful" and whatnot. Kindred Spirits was a good read also. Gilthanas was a bit of a brat, but I loved Flint and Fleetfoot.
#33

zombiegleemax

Jul 29, 2004 10:50:46 		which novel was Kindred Spirits?
#34

zombiegleemax

Jul 29, 2004 11:03:32 		Kindred Spirits was an early look at Tanis. It really showed the root of the hostility between him and Porthios, as well as his early relationship with Laurana. Flint also plays a big part in the novel, as he is first introduced into Qualinesti and meets Tanis. All in all, its a really good read.
#35

zombiegleemax

Jul 29, 2004 11:07:53 		Oh, it deals with the two oldest Heroes of the Lance. Which book was Tas introduced in that series?
#36

zombiegleemax

Jul 29, 2004 11:10:55 		I'm not too sure. Wanderlust possibly?
#37

zombiegleemax

Jul 29, 2004 11:17:56 		I think that you are right!