Going to buy Dragonlance. Can't decide on format!

JeremyZ · 08-14-2010, 11:01 AM

I'm sure this has happened to many here. I read the Dragonlance Chronicles in the 80s, before I even discovered (or was ready for) The Lord of the Rings.

I remember enjoying the heck out of these books. Part of the experience was paper, the feeling of the paperbacks, and the Larry Elmore artwork on the covers.

I was about to pull the trigger on them for Kindle, but hesitated. How do YOU decide?

(sigh) just realized it is not available on Kindle. I clicked the 'Tell the publisher you'd like it on Kindle' link.

On the bright side, I guess it was an easy decision.

Purple Lady · 08-14-2010, 05:01 PM

Is this what you were looking for? it's at B&N
Dragonlance: Dragons of the Dwarven Depths (Lost Chronicles #1)

JeremyZ · 08-14-2010, 05:32 PM

No, that is Dragons of the Dwarven Depths, but in the Dragonlance series. It seem like they're publishing the newer ones in electronic format, but not the classics.

Thanks anyway!

Ajax · 08-14-2010, 05:43 PM

It's things like this that mean the darknet will never die. I own them in paper, but I can't buy them for my kindle...

Yet there are perfectly formatted versions of Dragonlance Chronicles and Dragonlance Legends on the darknet.

carld · 08-14-2010, 05:45 PM

I remember Dragons of Autumn Twilight and the other two books well. They were a fun read back in the day. Unfortunately, they don't appear to be available as eBooks. My paperback copies were lost somewhere in the mists of time and several moves.

DArenson · 08-14-2010, 06:32 PM

Have you read the Legends trilogy? It was even better than Chronicles.

Care · 08-14-2010, 06:40 PM

^^ I didn't care for Legends as much as the original Chronicles. I read pretty much all of them, the Heroes, the Meeting sextet, and a bunch of others. I still have a lot of them in paperback, they are some of my oldest books (that were originally bought by me).

I bet they will eventually put them out in ebook format. They are doing all of the Wheel of Time books right now. I have almost bought some of them, but I stopped myself. I already own 7 in hardcover, paperback, and audio, and the rest I own in papaerback and audio. I have bought 4 copies of the first book The Eye of the world. because I read it so much it kept falling apart. I guess if I had them in digital form they wouldn't do that!

DArenson · 08-14-2010, 06:44 PM

I didn't care much for the Dragonlance Sequels. But I loved Chronicles and Legends--especially Legends, which was darker and more complex.

mrkarl · 08-14-2010, 06:57 PM

dragoblance was a good book in it's day...........too bad the publishers got a little greedy and only put out the stories for the first year as hardbacks, that kind of ticked me off........40 bucks for a book I can read in a day? But yeah the darknets got very good versions and you can download them from there in less time than it takes to dig out and enter your CC info, and you can get them in all formats

JeremyZ · 08-15-2010, 12:51 AM

What's darknet? Bootleg? PM me on where to go for those please.

Thanks for the tips on Legends, Heroes, etc., Care & DArenson. I'll read those too. I might check in with a friend who owned them back in the day; see if he still has them.

I just Wiki'd Margaret Weis. Interesting read. It has a good dated list of her works.

If I end up buying this in paper, I might just order some of the classic Choose Your Own Adventure books too. That'll bring me right back to Jr. High.

HarryT · 08-15-2010, 09:10 AM

I read these books when they came out in the early 1980s, and thought they were wonderful. I re-read them a couple of years ago and found them to be superficial and totally unrewarding. Unfortunately we can't always recapture the experiences of our younger days.

Ea · 08-15-2010, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carld

I remember Dragons of Autumn Twilight and the other two books well. They were a fun read back in the day. Unfortunately, they don't appear to be available as eBooks. My paperback copies were lost somewhere in the mists of time and several moves.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

I read these books when they came out in the early 1980s, and thought they were wonderful. I re-read them a couple of years ago and found them to be superficial and totally unrewarding. Unfortunately we can't always recapture the experiences of our younger days.

I got all nostalgic reading this thread. Read, re-read and loved 'Chronicles' and 'Legends' in the late 80's

But like Harry, I've had opportunity to re-visit them some years ago, and discovered that my taste in writing had developed a bit since then - the writing is simply not good enough. Too bad, because the stories and characters were good (and I remember I had a crush on Raistlin *sigh*

)

jaxx6166 · 08-15-2010, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ea

I got all nostalgic reading this thread. Read, re-read and loved 'Chronicles' and 'Legends' in the late 80's

But like Harry, I've had opportunity to re-visit them some years ago, and discovered that my taste in writing had developed a bit since then - the writing is simply not good enough.

It's definitely true. Some things are better left to the happy teenage or childhood memories

I had fallen in love with W/H and remember discovering her webpage back in the magforce 7 days of the early 90's, when the interwebs wasn't as mainstream as it is today. Just for the hell of it, I sent an email to Weis and I got a reply. That was probably one of the highlights of my younger days

There even used to be newsgroups discussing Dragonlance, I remember W/H actually being a part of the discussions at a couple points.

Far as seeing them in (legal) ebook form anytime soon, probably not going to happen until a giant asteroid smashes us all to pieces. Last I heard, W/H did not meet Hasbro's expectations and were therefore pretty much forbidden from writing in the universe they created. Wizards/Hasbro is a company that doesn't seem to "get it," I mean, have any of you even seen the bastardized versions of Magic:Online they created?

But, a general search through Amazon appears that they are STARTING to release some of their IP's in ebook form. Or at least the ones that still make MegaCorp enough money to be happy....see Drizzt. Your best bet may be to try the devil directly and email someone from MegaCorp, maybe we'll have better luck going to the source/publisher than through the distributor.

I do however have a couple of dogeared DL paperbacks that have been well loved through the years, if you're interested. . .

I also have reisssued hardcovers with new paintings that an ex girlfriend bought me directly thru MW, which had been autographed and personalized...those you'll have to pry from my cold dead hands though

JeremyR · 08-15-2010, 08:55 PM

These things are pretty common in most used bookstores, if you have one nearby.

JeremyZ · 08-16-2010, 09:02 PM

Yes, I need to find them used. Don't want to pay for paper if I'm not sure I'm going to love it. (you guys have planted the seed of doubt in my mind) I figured it might be a guilty pleasure, like some women who read romance novels even though they know it is crap.

jaxx - If you're willing to sell me your DL Chronicles and maybe Legends then I'm game. Maybe I will send you a couple of DTBs in exchange, no guarantees you'll like them, but what's the worst that can happen. PM me.

We have a book exchange at work, but it is mostly the orphan books. No chance of finding Dragonlance there.

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08-14-2010, 11:01 AM	#1
JeremyZ Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 1000702 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chicago Device: Nook ST, Kindle 2, Samsung Galaxy Stellar phone	Going to buy Dragonlance. Can't decide on format! I'm sure this has happened to many here. I read the Dragonlance Chronicles in the 80s, before I even discovered (or was ready for) The Lord of the Rings. I remember enjoying the heck out of these books. Part of the experience was paper, the feeling of the paperbacks, and the Larry Elmore artwork on the covers. I was about to pull the trigger on them for Kindle, but hesitated. How do YOU decide? (sigh) just realized it is not available on Kindle. I clicked the 'Tell the publisher you'd like it on Kindle' link. On the bright side, I guess it was an easy decision.

08-14-2010, 05:01 PM	#2
Purple Lady Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,698 Karma: 16542228 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pennsylvania Device: Huawei MediaPad M5, LG V30, Boyue T80S, Nexus 7 LTE, K3 3G, Fire HD8	Is this what you were looking for? it's at B&N Dragonlance: Dragons of the Dwarven Depths (Lost Chronicles #1)

08-14-2010, 05:32 PM	#3
JeremyZ Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 1000702 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chicago Device: Nook ST, Kindle 2, Samsung Galaxy Stellar phone	No, that is Dragons of the Dwarven Depths, but in the Dragonlance series. It seem like they're publishing the newer ones in electronic format, but not the classics. Thanks anyway!

08-14-2010, 05:43 PM	#4
Ajax Addict Posts: 386 Karma: 17083352 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Texas Device: K4 Touch, Kindle Fire, HP Touchpad	It's things like this that mean the darknet will never die. I own them in paper, but I can't buy them for my kindle... Yet there are perfectly formatted versions of Dragonlance Chronicles and Dragonlance Legends on the darknet.

08-14-2010, 05:45 PM	#5
carld Wizard Posts: 2,698 Karma: 4748723 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle Paperwhite	I remember Dragons of Autumn Twilight and the other two books well. They were a fun read back in the day. Unfortunately, they don't appear to be available as eBooks. My paperback copies were lost somewhere in the mists of time and several moves.

08-14-2010, 06:32 PM	#6
DArenson ebookworm Posts: 268 Karma: 100026 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kobo, Kindle	Have you read the Legends trilogy? It was even better than Chronicles.

08-14-2010, 06:40 PM	#7
Care Aes Sedai Posts: 659 Karma: 46166 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Aura and Kobo Mini, had a Nook, NOOKcolor, Nook STR.	^^ I didn't care for Legends as much as the original Chronicles. I read pretty much all of them, the Heroes, the Meeting sextet, and a bunch of others. I still have a lot of them in paperback, they are some of my oldest books (that were originally bought by me). I bet they will eventually put them out in ebook format. They are doing all of the Wheel of Time books right now. I have almost bought some of them, but I stopped myself. I already own 7 in hardcover, paperback, and audio, and the rest I own in papaerback and audio. I have bought 4 copies of the first book The Eye of the world. because I read it so much it kept falling apart. I guess if I had them in digital form they wouldn't do that!

08-14-2010, 06:44 PM	#8
DArenson ebookworm Posts: 268 Karma: 100026 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Canada Device: Kobo, Kindle	I didn't care much for the Dragonlance Sequels. But I loved Chronicles and Legends--especially Legends, which was darker and more complex.

08-14-2010, 06:57 PM	#9
mrkarl Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 22 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: the great white north Device: aluratek libre pro	dragoblance was a good book in it's day...........too bad the publishers got a little greedy and only put out the stories for the first year as hardbacks, that kind of ticked me off........40 bucks for a book I can read in a day? But yeah the darknets got very good versions and you can download them from there in less time than it takes to dig out and enter your CC info, and you can get them in all formats

08-15-2010, 12:51 AM	#10
JeremyZ Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 1000702 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chicago Device: Nook ST, Kindle 2, Samsung Galaxy Stellar phone	What's darknet? Bootleg? PM me on where to go for those please. Thanks for the tips on Legends, Heroes, etc., Care & DArenson. I'll read those too. I might check in with a friend who owned them back in the day; see if he still has them. I just Wiki'd Margaret Weis. Interesting read. It has a good dated list of her works. If I end up buying this in paper, I might just order some of the classic Choose Your Own Adventure books too. That'll bring me right back to Jr. High.

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08-15-2010, 09:10 AM	#11
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I read these books when they came out in the early 1980s, and thought they were wonderful. I re-read them a couple of years ago and found them to be superficial and totally unrewarding. Unfortunately we can't always recapture the experiences of our younger days.

08-15-2010, 08:55 PM	#14
JeremyR Guru Posts: 973 Karma: 2458402 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: St. Louis Device: Kindle Keyboard, Nook HD+	These things are pretty common in most used bookstores, if you have one nearby.

08-16-2010, 09:02 PM	#15
JeremyZ Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 1000702 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Chicago Device: Nook ST, Kindle 2, Samsung Galaxy Stellar phone	Yes, I need to find them used. Don't want to pay for paper if I'm not sure I'm going to love it. (you guys have planted the seed of doubt in my mind) I figured it might be a guilty pleasure, like some women who read romance novels even though they know it is crap. jaxx - If you're willing to sell me your DL Chronicles and maybe Legends then I'm game. Maybe I will send you a couple of DTBs in exchange, no guarantees you'll like them, but what's the worst that can happen. PM me. We have a book exchange at work, but it is mostly the orphan books. No chance of finding Dragonlance there.