Dragonlance Series
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Frenzied Wombat
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I adored Dragonlance as a teen. Read all of them at least twice, then pretty much every D&D novel that featured a chick in a chain mail bikini on the cover.
I actually remember thinking that the Legends series was particularly dark and gritty due to Raistlin's acts, though I am sure if I read it today it would be lightsauce.
Not sure why these were never made into a TV series or movie, the story/world was great, and the content could have its maturity level beefed up for mature viewing.
I actually remember thinking that the Legends series was particularly dark and gritty due to Raistlin's acts, though I am sure if I read it today it would be lightsauce.
Not sure why these were never made into a TV series or movie, the story/world was great, and the content could have its maturity level beefed up for mature viewing.
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Drajakur
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Same themes here. Read all of them multiple times as a kid, even bought the Dragonlance D&D rulebook, and really loved the characters and story. Tried re-reading them as an adult and, yikes, bailed out after Autumn. Did not age well.
Still, Verminard did have a kickass Mace.
Still, Verminard did have a kickass Mace.
jayrebb
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I said the same thing. It must be a rights issue.
They're not being shopped appropriately.
There really hasn't been any tv/movie movement on the d&d/wotc front for a long time. I think there's a MTG show in the works, but that's it.
As for the rights, wotc has full control over the ip and the characters going by:
www.trhickman.com
As for the rights, wotc has full control over the ip and the characters going by:
Dragonlance: Who Owns Dragonlance?
Most people assume that Dragonlance is owned by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman ... but the truth is a great deal more complicated than that.
www.trhickman.com
Frenzied Wombat
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You’d think that the IP wouldn’t be a tightly guarded or even highly valuable asset today, and could be easily acquired or licensed. After all, the Dragonlance name is pretty
Valderen
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The Chronicles Trilogy was the first fantasy books I read when I was around 16-17. While I was a fan of D&D, those books really cemented my love for fantasy and specifically dragons.
Even now at 51 I love dragons, a lot of my furniture made by my dad has dragons sculpted on them. I wear a ring which is a dragon, my wallpapers on my iPhone, iPad and desktop at home and work are dragons, not counting like 5 shirts with dragons on them. And that love of dragons can be traced to these books.
They might not be great literature, but they were entertaining and hold a special place.
I know, I'm a total geek.
Even now at 51 I love dragons, a lot of my furniture made by my dad has dragons sculpted on them. I wear a ring which is a dragon, my wallpapers on my iPhone, iPad and desktop at home and work are dragons, not counting like 5 shirts with dragons on them. And that love of dragons can be traced to these books.
They might not be great literature, but they were entertaining and hold a special place.
I know, I'm a total geek.
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Years of smoking and mustiness resulted in throwing all mine out, but I had every book released up to the chaos stuff, and I read many of them several times.
DirkDonkeyroot
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My brother and I have a bookshelf at home with almost every damn dragonlance, forgotten realms, ravenloft, dark sun and I think even a few spelljammer books. Wish I had a picture of it, it's epic.
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Kithani
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I find it interesting how many of y’all read so many books as a kid. I read some books too but I was 10 when EverQuest came out and I feel like I kept getting sucked back into EQ. I remember reading the first 2-3 books of this series though and enjoyed them!
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Fantasy books and D&D were the only thing many of us had until things like MUD's came along. We had to settle for things like Steve Jackson Sorcery! books when friends weren't around to do P&P stuff.
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Valderen
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There was no internet when some of us were kids. I was 30 when EQ came out. I went from reading 1-2 books a month to 1-2 books a year after EQ.
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I was introduced to d&d when I was 9, read Lord of the rings when I was 10, and discovered dragonlance in a used book shop when I was 11. It would be several more years until I even touched a computer when some people I met in a jersey based chat room told me about the MUD they played.
Frenzied Wombat
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The first real computer (C-64) only came out when I was 13, so up until then all I really had were fantasy books-- novels and all the D&D manuals. I remember I was obsessed with those choose your own adventure style books.
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Izo
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