Dragonlance.
That is the title of one of my all time favorite series. My aunt gave me Dragons of Autumn Twilight for my 16th birthday and little did I know it would be the best present I ever received from her. This book clicked with me like very few books ever had. And the follow up books in the series were just as exciting. Not only did I re-read them multiple times, many of my friends borrowed the book to read it. We wore that copy out (it fell apart) and I had to replace it with a newer edition. Sadly, the newer one didn’t have the Larry Elmore cover – which are so cool.
Anyway – they didn’t stop there. Many other authors wrote Dragonlance stories – along with the original authors, Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman. I read almost all of them, but the Weiss/Hickman books were always the best.
And the 2009 they stopped publishing Dragonlance books. Sad times indeed.
But wait – every good story needs a twist or surprise ending. So guess what?!
Several years ago, they published new Dragonlance books. And not only was there a new series – it was written by Weiss and Hickman! And a few of the favorite characters – like Tasselhoff – were in these new books. Of course I grabbed the first one.
Now – did I enjoy it. Indeedy. Was it as good as the original? No – but that’s probably as much my rose colored memory as anything, I’m sure. It is a fun adventure with a new heroine. Not only is there fantasy, but there is some time travel and history (though it’s not history of our world).
I totally recommend the Dragonlance series (old or new) for kids and adults. There isn’t much to offend anyone – no language, no adult situations. Maybe some fighting, but its mostly fighting goblins and draconians, which most people are ok with.
If yo uhaven’t checked out any Dragonlance books, these are on the shelves now, and I would recommend them. Grab the original series and see where things started.