Has the Dragonlance series gone down the drain after the Twins trilogy?

Personaly I stopped reading the Dragonlance books after the twins trilogy because when I went in to the book shop to get a new Dragonlance book I couldnt find any good ones. They all seemed to be short stories and the ones that wernt had totaly rediculouse plots.
Does anybody else feel the same way or am I the only one?

Yes, you could say that, but you have to remember that after the "Twins" , the real time trials started for TSR Inc. and no new novels where really released till later with M.Weis and T. Hickmans relase of Dragonlance 2nd Generation.
A real sorta new release you should go get is Dragonlance: fifth age: The Dawning of a New Age and The Day of the Tempest by Jean Rabe, very good effort in both novels!(released'97)

[Memnoch]

There's a new trilogy coming out called War of Souls in 2001 and will form the backbone for the new 3rd Ed Dragonlance campaign world.

Dragonlance was what started me off into D&D in the first place.

If you want some suggestions on Dragonlance novels that are good after the Twins trilogy, try Soulforge. It details Raistlin's childhood and you have to read Dragons of Summer Flame. It continues the Chronicals (about 20 years I think) after the end of the Twins Trilogy, and is the transition to the 5th age. Both of these are fabulous books. Dragons of Summer Flame is probably the best of all the Dragonlance novels. Also for some good reads you can try The Legend of Huma and it's sequel Kaz the Minotaur. I also liked the Meetings Sextet (6 books about how the main group all met), and the Elven Nations Trilogy (great history about split of the Silvenesti elves and the creation of Qualinesti).

Downhill? yes, but not down the drain. The Original trilogy and the twins were by far the best because the size of the books allowed for a more complex plot. You can do that in 257 pages. For those of you who want to spend the extra money, try buying the First Three in their annotated form. I found it very interest to read all the little bits and pieces from the author (like why certain NPCs were call what and the history behind certain actions) and it made me want to read more of the series's books. Definily good reading.

H

Not In my opinion, Having grown up playing D&D (18 Years into it) I find I cannot get enough of these books. I own every single DL book ever put out. Some are better than others but maybe only 2 really suck. My favs outside of the original 2 trilogies are Legend of Huma and both Kaz follow up books (Kaz the Minotaur is my favorite DL character outside of Raistlin), Lord Toede (cracks me up),The Elven and Dwarven Nation trilogies are both very good. The meetings Sextet offers a few good reads, especially The Companions which deals with Minotaurs and Tas turns evil (Very funny). The Rastlin trilogy is excellent so far (Eagerly awaiting the third book), and Emperor of Ansalon, which chronicles the rise of Ariakas. Some of the books are kind of corny like Wanderlust, and Darkness and Light, but I can get through them with a minimum of cringing. The 2 I would single out as being bad and not worth the money would be the Dark Queen (rather plodding), and Uncle Trapspringer. I love the world of Krynn and am more than happy to lose myself there on a daily basis, so I would say No, The DL series did not go downhill at all. By the way, most of the books containing the short stories are excellent. The only things I dont like in there are the Epic poems.

MrSlayer


I left out alot of titles, so if you have any questions on a particular book feel free to email me or post your question here. I'll be happy to answer.

As far as I'm concerned (and I am a Dwarf so I'm entitled to grumble) the only DragonLance books worth reading are the first nine (Chronicles,Legends and Tales) and some of the stuff in the tales was pretty awful.I have never before read anything in first person perspective where the narrator dies (that thief who drowns) and have only ever seen it's like ("The Vulture" a short story by Franz Kafka).

As far as I'm concerned (and I am a Dwarf so I'm entitled to grumble) the only DragonLance books worth reading are the first nine (Chronicles,Legends and Tales) and some of the stuff in the tales was pretty awful.I have never before read anything in first person perspective where the narrator dies (that thief who drowns) and have only ever seen it's like ("The Vulture" a short story by Franz Kafka).But then the Dragonlance Adventures Sourcebook (included 1st Ed AD&D Rules and stats for all Legends NPC's inc Tasselhoff Burfoot and Caramon Majere plus many others).In those days the gods never let anyone get higher than 18th lvl on Krynn exept for Raistlin who they mysteriously allowed to get to 20th (before he annoyed Takhisis and got what he deserved).

[lekimbel]

Well, I never really read much past the first two series, except for little bits & peices. I DID read Dragons of Summer Flame but thought it was a bit lame-I don't really care about what caramon's kids are doing! HOWEVER, Raistlan in his prime was cool, and easily the biggest mistake TSR made was to "kill" him off. Level 20? I thought he was way more than that? Didn't he destroy the whole world??!! I always think its little disspoainting when you see the "official stats" on book characters-its like Tanis was lvl 10?!! Wow, I'm so scared. Heheh...I'm only kidding, I'm sure he was 13 or something. Overall, I agree with Nick....certainly sales must have gone tubular. D&D books went so pulpy its a laugh. Oh well, heres to the boat drinks!!!