[Sparhawke]

The Darksword by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.

Picked up Forging the Darksword at Market, currently two chapters or so in and the world seems quite original for the authors with magic a truly integral part of life and no sign yet of folklore creatures.

Anybody read this? Any opinions?

[Shanoncia]

I never read the series, but after a bit of internet research I admit that I am interested.

Perhaps the uniqueness of this story ha something to do with the dual effort of authoring??? Just a thought.

[Sparhawke]

The pair's famed Dragonlance novels are very close to my heart, being the ones that got me hooked on fantasy. The world of Krynn may be an RPG inspired setting and a Middle-Earth carbon copy but the characters, their multi-faceted relationships and the pure energy of the story still gets me to this day.

[Shanoncia]

Are they married? It's strange that two should work so much together... they have an impressive history of writing for their ages....




Tracy Hickman/
Margaret Weis

Tracy Hickman was born 1955 in Salt Lake City in Utah .
Margaret Weis was born1948 in Independence, Missouri.


Dragonlance * Chronicles_(1984)

1 Dragons of autumn twilight
2 Dragons of winter night
3 Dragons of spring dawning

Dragonlance * Legends_(1985)

1 Time Of The Twins
2 War Of The Twins
3 Test Of The Twins

Dragonlance * Tales Ii_(1992-1994), Short Stories/Poems

1 The Reign Of Istar
2 The Cataclysm
3 The War Of The Lance
4 Dragons Of Krynn

The Darksword Trilogy_(1988)

1 Forging The Darksword
2 Doom Of The Darksword
3 Triumph Of The Darksword
4 Legacy of the Darksword 1997

The Rose Of The Prophet_(1989)

1 The Will Of The Wanderer
2 The Paladin Of The Night
3 The Prophet Of Akran

The Death Gate Cycle_(1990-1994)

1 Dragon Wing
2 Elven Star
3 Fire Sea
4 Serpent Mage
5 The Hand Of Chaos
6 Into The Labyrinth
7 The Seventh Gate


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[Obtuse]

Not a big fan of these books; my least favorite of their work by far. I thought the series started out okay, but slowly went downhill from there. Then of course there is the end of the series. Awful, just awful, and I can't really say why without giving it away. I will say that my dislike of the conclusion is the result of a specific plot twist which many other reader may not mind. So while I wouldn't recommend these books, neither can I condemn them outright.

[saintjon]

the ending of the second book tore me up pretty bad. Something about it was extremely sad. Man, thinking back about it now, that would have been a really cool way to end it right there. The 3rd book just seemed like a bunch of crazy crap lol.