"Morten Brattbakk" <slire@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Grey skrev:
>
> > Been a while since I last posted, so am asking if anyone is still on
this NG
> > what the latest is in the world of DL, and is there any new stuff on
the
> > horizon. I came away from DL just after I read that totally
disappointing
> > War of Souls stuff and was wondering if there's anything to come back
to.
> > Please don't say that fifth era is still around....
>
> New books do come out, most of them are set in the era after War of
> Souls. I was disappointed with it, and also in part with its outcome,
> so I dont read those books.
>
> One book I will pick out this summer, however, is the first book in the
> "Lost Chronicles" trilogy, Dragons of the Dwarven Depths. Its release
> date is July 11th, and it is set immediately after Dragons of Autumn
> Twilight, telling the story that Weis and Hickman had to cut when
> originaly DoAT was written to keep it from becoming too long. Whether
> the authors manage to recapture the magic that they IMO seemed to have
> lost in War of Souls, remains to be seen, however. But I must say that
> I read a sample chapter (included in a new Weis post-WoS Dragonlance
> bok, Amber and Iron), which, though much a recap of what we already
> knew, featured a conversation between Tas and Raistlin that really put
> in me in a nostalgic "Chronicles-mode". So I am somewhat hopeful,
> despite the horrible title :)
>
> Morten
I do wonder why they have chosen to go backwards in DL instead of
forwards.
Would it virtually admitting that 5E has been an ill conceaved flop and
there's no point pressing forward with something no one wants?
Just exactly who is it responsible for letting DL get into this mess? WoS
was three coffin nails in the buried casket of DL, and on the tombstone is
written "Here's lies one of the best contributions to the fantasy genre.
Killed by apathy, bad stories and some idiot who thought 5E was a good
idea"
Just my $0.02's worth.
Graham
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