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Summary: Mixed reviews (read on)
Review: My brother loved this book, I didn't really care for it that much. Here are our opinions:K (age 12): Five stars. I think this book made the readers think more than any other Dragonlance book. Even though they killed one of my favorite (vertically challenged) characters, it was still one of the, if not the, best Dragonlance books. G (age 18): Three stars. While this book isn't devoid of action or any literary merit, it certainly doesn't do the Dragonlance saga justice. It seems as if Weiss and Hickman wanted to end the series as quickly as possible, and in pursuit of that goal managed to cram the entire rewriting of the Dragonlance world into one book. Dragons of Summer Flame should have been a trilogy; witness the brevity of the confrontation at the High Clerists Tower. That outcome was more of an "oh well" than anything. And as far as the outcome of the book as a whole, I was disappointed. It leaves nothing for future speculation or adventure in the simply un-fantastic world of post-Summer Flame Krynn.
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Summary: Weis and Hickman's "Scorched Earth" policy.
Review: For those unfamiliar with the term, a "scorched earth" policy is when a defeated army, leaving a previously occupied territory, destroys all the resources of said territory, in the spirit of "If we can't have it, no one can." Weis and Hickman did this with "Dragons of Summer Flame". They killed off at least 8 major characters, leaving the writers of this "Fifth Age" nonsense only a select few established heroes to work with. They removed magic from Krynn, and the moons that brought it. (One begins to wonder if they haven't just found an easy way to make Krynn a pre-civilization Earth)And for some insipid reason like Mary Weis felt a need to "say goodbye" Raistlin returned from the Abyss, only to provide nothing of substance. I could truly envision, after reading this book, Weis and Hickman sitting around a table, saying "How can we make this book as awful as possible?" I can also see writers wailing and gnashing teeth, having to create fantasy novels in a world devoid of fantasy. This book is a damned shame. This book is a waste of trees. It ruins the saga, which, up till this point, has been excellent. And really, what gives Mary Weis and Tracy Hickman the right to pervert Dragonlance? They aren't the only writers involved here. Oh, well... Anyway, to get the full Dragonlance experience, read the original Chronicles Trilogy, the Legends Trilogy, the Second Generation, and then STOP! Read Dragons of Summer Flame only if you want the series to go up in smoke, courtesy of a vindictive scorched earth policy.
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Summary: WOW
Review: After reading some 40 odd Dragonlance Novels, and other assorted stuff(Ie comics, Modules) I was amazed and saddend by this book. I read all 700+ pages in about 36 hours. I couldn't put it down. It brings closure to the Dragonlance Saga like I never expected. It's been about a year since I read it but it's still crisp in my mind after reading only a few reviews. This book was not pointless but rather brought everything together to a climatic end. If you have read the second generation book and the Chronicles then this book will bring it around full circle. However before you read this book you may want to read some of the other eariler books in the series also.. Such as Legends, the tales books and the Heros books for a flesh out of the ideology of the Humans on Krynn and the Elven Nations Trilology was my favorite non-War of the Lance Series.
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Summary: Miserable book that shouldn't have been written
Review: Why did they write this book? My theory is that there was some contractual obligation here so Weis and Hickman thrashed Dragonlance. How this book got published is beyond me. TSR must have wanted that cash bad. This book is the worst example of authors tearing down a house because they don't like living there anymore. How much more milk can they try to squueze out of Raistlin? STAY AWAY!!!! This is the Highlander 2 of novels.
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Summary: Interesting history lesson, but very dissapointing
Review: I was so excited to read this book and all (or most) of the characters i have come to love in Krynn. So instead i read about Palin, who was boring yet the most interesting of the three new heroes. Steele sucked. and Usha could have been much better. What i got out of it was the history of the creation of Krynn. That's all i really liked about it. More problems - Disabeling Raistlin seemed just too convienent for the plot. Oh, and after everything is said and done for, we get some wussy world with no resemblance to the one we all love. The only thing worth mentioning is that it will make an impact on you one way or the other. END
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Summary: Petty grudge, maybe?
Review: We all knew the authors were mad at TSR, and TSR needed a bridge to go into their Fifth Age DL material, thus we get Dragons of Summer Flame: A novel that manages to kill (or at least maim) all the characters that the reader might actually care about. (and even here they only care because of previous works) Palin is boring, Raistlin is interesting, but he's disabled and just wastes away. And killing off Tas in that redicious manner...revolting. In summation, this book can't stand on its own and seems to be little more than a way to lead dragonlance readers into the "Fifth Age" by ruining magic. Sad, and not recommended.
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Summary: Anawsome bookand a great conscription ofthe second cataclysm
Review: I thought that this book should be read immediately by all dragonlance fans who haven't read it yet. It tells a great story about Usha, child of the Irda, being cast out from the island of her homeland, and into the busy city of Palanthas. she undergoes more events than anyone with such a lack of experience should have to. but then she meets the whiterobed mage, Palin, and it all seems to become fine. and at the end, the fateful battle against Chaos, the Father of All and Nothing, in the Abyss.
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Summary: One of the best Dragonlance novels I've read!
Review: "Dragons of Summer Flame" is definitely on of the finest Dragonlance novels I have ever read to date. Despite the lack (at first glance) of some of our more beloved characters (those who were killed off in earlier novels), and the addition of new ones that we don't know, I thought this might be an O.K. book when I finally decided to read it. Little did I know that I would once again meet up with those beloved characters and come to feel for the new character as I felt for the old ones. The book is written so beautifully that, as I read, I could picture the action perfectly, as if a great movie were playing in my mind. There's plenty of action, plenty of mystery and suspense, plenty of magic, and plenty of laughs, enough to make even the most anti-fantasy fanatic change their ways. This is truly a triumph, depite the loss of a few things most people think are important to the world of Krynn, and it leads way into the new Fifth Age novels. As much as we who enjoy the mages and the gods hate to see those two groups go, Krynn, as all worlds, must move on. I encourage any Dragonlance fan to read this book, and for any non-D.L. reader to start reading from the beginning- "Dragons of Autumn Twilight" before reaching for this book. "May your Sword never break . . ."
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Summary: A Great Conclusion
Review: I finally was able to read this book the other day. Before i bought it I made the mistake of reading reviews on it. Most of them where bad and I made the discovery that my favorite charector, Tanis, had died. So i hesitated in buying this book. But when i did, it amazed me. I knew that some of the original Companians where dead, and the fact that only the twins survived, (sorta..) let me down a little. But certain things kept it from bombing in my book. First was Raistlen's return. Even without his magic he was great. The second was the Knights of Takhisis. It wasnt a battle like any other. I mean, usually you have the evil, corrupt, and cruel dark minions and the chivelrous, honerable, good forces of light. But the dark paladins know as the knights of takhisis where exact copies of the knights of paladine. It was great. So, i wasnt dissappointed and i recommend this book to those who have at least read the first 3 chronicles. If not, i think you cant really appreciate the ending. P.S. Probably one of the best things about the ending was that the human race wasnt the only one to survive. All the races are alive and for once in recorded krynn history, are in some way at real peace.
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Summary: Incredible,amazing, yet tragic
Review: THIS book was INCREDIBLE so ignore any reviews with fives or less. EVEN though it wasn't as GREAT as the original trilogy, this book isTOTALLYamazing. THERE are a few holes, and a few DEATHS, I'll warn you. BUT this book is one of the BEST, and judging it by itself, it is a true 10. READ IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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