Great video! Huge DL fan myself. The authors' skill level has increased exponentially since Chronicles, though I still love those books! I recommend the Lost Chronicles Trilogy if you haven't read it yet. That's the perfect combination of nostalgia and expert storytelling and fills in the gaps of events that took place during the Chronicles with most of the same characters. Cheers!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video and share the same passion for Dragonlance! I have read the Lost Chronicles trilogy and I completely agree that their writing has gotten better over the years. Thank you very much for watching and supporting the channel! :-)
Goblins? In Solace? My gateway into DragonLance was the SNES game Legendary of Zelda 3, A Link to the Past. I borrowed from a neighbor. Then later at K-Mart around 1992 or so was Dragons of Autumn Twilight. The first fantasy book I read. The covers were amazing. I liked Sturm the most, which makes sense. I'm a Cancer Sun, Virgo Moon, and Scorpio rising. Or an INFJ-T. Which basically boils down to Paladin, Oath of the Ancients.
Along with The Hobbit and Terry Brooks original Shannara trilogy, Dragonlance was also my gateway to fantasy fiction and RPG's. As you said every character in the group develops as the books progress and probably my favourite is Flint (yes I'm biased, I love dwarves!). He is the perfect comedy foil for Tasslehoff, pretty much always falling foul of the Kenders mischief. However I always read him as the original leader of the group and his travels with Tanis are all about preparing him to become leader of their group. Flints development is different from the others in the group and probably the most tragic, he is old and his body and mind just don't work as quickly or efficiently as he wants. This is what gives him his gruffness and at times rudeness. Tasslehoffs optimism and childish nature however almost act as an antidote to this and help Flint deal with his aging body and mind. It's almost as if Tasslehoff knows what Flint is going through but would never approach the subject with the grumpy dwarf. Their friendship really hit a note with me and without spoilers I'm not afraid to say it made me shed a tear or two.
Your kind words mean a lot! Thank you for noticing the effort put into the intro. I wanted to try something new and will absolutely do it in other videos as well.
Love your channel name, very clever. I have also just joined BookTube, & I'm a writer, so I really relate to your story. I also have a difficult background with PTSD, with many mental health struggles, so relate to your story here too. It's important to write about this stuff, isn't it, without becoming melodramatic. I will enjoy following you.
Cosmic horror, wow, I must get into some of this - sounds amazing. I love fantasy & magic realism, but have been slow in coming to horror, must explore. Thanks for this stimulating prod.
I am really enjoying following your adventures with books. Hope you are still feeling creative & productive. This can be so important for good mental health, can't it?
Ah, thanks for this, I have a very similar story. I also write & vlog about this. It's so important, isn't it? I have really enjoyed discovering your channel.
This comes off as more of a PSA to keep your accounts updated with current information. Comes off a bit disingenuous as the title sounds like books were removed when it was your own faults in account updating. The device issue is a bit of a yikes and for sure not your fault, but keeping up with important accounts otherwise really should be the driving point here. I do agree in backing up any books you do buy - you already paid for it.
I was in 7th grade, helping my dad run a xnas tree stand in Graham, WA. We went to the nearby Safeway and he told me i could get a book to read while i sat in the trailer waiting for customers to come buy trees. Now that i think about it, i doubt anyone would leave a 7th grader in charge of a business these days. Lol.. but the book i found was Dragons of Winter Night.... i didnt know it was the second book in a trilogy! Even though i couldnt fully grasp the story i knew i had found something special.
Those books saved me from the boredom of my live as a country girl. Had to travel an hour to get English books back then. Those and Elfquest comics were all my heart could ever want. I heard someone reading the first book on RU-vid (not an official audio book) and I swear I now can hear the dice roll when something good or bad happend. It was still a fun story to experience again and well told but as a player and GM it's obvious this was a campaign the authors played.
Thank you for sharing your experience with those books and comics. I also read a bit of Elfquest back then, but my local library didn't have that many. It's great to see how they made a difference in your life.
For me this was David Eddings "The Belgariad" and "The Mallorean". Full of the standard tropes, a nobody boy becomes Wizard and king. None of the cultures were unique, all based on real world ancient cultures. There was a pilgrim country, a Roman country, a viking country, etc. But there's something comforting and enjoyable about the common tropes when they're well done, especially when you enjoy the characters that are moving through them.
Yes exactly. And I guess for a younger YA audience it made it easier to conceptualize the environment. I didn't realize the extent of the "recycling" till I reread the series in my twenties. Didn't bother me any though
That's awesome to hear! Dragonlance is a fantastic series to dive into if you enjoy fantasy. There's A LOT of books. But it all starts with The Chronicles. The writing has gotten a lot better over the years as well, with multiple authors contributing. Hope you enjoy exploring the world of Krynn!
You can avoid the need by removing DRM and backing up your library. I’d say it’s a must-do for digital readers. Then you never lose access. I keep my books organized locally in Calibre and backed up to Google Drive.
Same ;-) And I agree, but it can be a bit technical to do for non-technical people. Some of the calibre plugins for kindle books are outdated and you usually have to go digging on github to find updated versions. Most people don't know how to do that :-(
Wonderful video! Dragonlance was a massive part of my childhood and I would love to give The Chronicles and Twins Trilogies a re-read one day. Tas is one of my favorite characters in all fiction. 😀 I also really loved the wizard.. Fizball...I think? I have to say I think the Twins Trilogy is my favorite in the entire series in terms of the writing, mature themes, originality, character arcs and storytelling. Magnificent! Let me know if you would like to have a live chat sometime.
Mine too. My best friend and I would nagg the owner of the only shop that had US DnD stuff to order more Dragonlance books. One girl in a game store was an uncommon sight. Two was a menace. 😂 There was no Amazon to order English books back then and bookstores charged an arm and a leg for imported books.
I'm in the extreme minority. Never was much of a fan of Raist. He was a villain in the Legends Books. He was a paradox. He had amazing Fortitude and Will Power, yet was jealous of his Brother who really loved him, which denotes an insecure person who dislikes themselves. Charismatic people like themselves. Ultimately, once Cam stopped giving unconditional love, Raist respected his brother the most! Truly powerful writing. The build up to the confrontation at the portal was amazing. I really respected Raist for his decision at the end of Legends. Even though he lost his identity after the test, he still had compassion and empathy (Bupa)😉 Additionally, I'm in the minority with understanding the hard decision that Par-Salian had to make when Raist took the test. All in all the Archmage got the job done. Lastly, Par-Salian was sending back Cam to be saved, but not Raist. And it happened! Cam finally was his own person when Legends ended. Thanks to Tas. It's safe to text I liked Cam way more than his Twin. 😊
I remember the Chronicles quite fondly as they were my gateway into fantasy when I was a kid. And of course I also have to mention the "Twins" trilogy which was excellent too. Do you know if we can get it as a board game?
Thank you very much for your answer. Very helpful. There is a definitive tell for resistive devices: if you need to excert some pressure of the nib down against the screen. By your descrption, definitively capacitive.
I'm glad you found a writing guide that has advice that resonated with you and motivated you. You clearly are doing your research into the craft of writing. But I would suggest that you be wary of collecting so much advice and instruction, with "your writing must to do this" and "your characters must do that", that it begins to feel constrictive with all the rules and formula following, and steals the joy out of creating your own style, making your own rules. It can be a fine line between helpful guidance and constraining your creativity in a box. That being said, Lynchpin Writer sounds intriguing.
I like both physical and digital reading, but I've been collecting physical books since I was a child and can't imagine stopping 30 years later. Its such a great feeling adding a print book to your collection. Great video!
Congrats on a chapter done! I'm curious if you as a bilingual author, who I'm sure would love to have an audience both at home and abroad, if you write in English or in danish, or if you consider the translation of your prose from one to the other while you're writing.
Thanks, and good questions! I am writing in English. The main reason being that in the Danish market you more or less can't self-publish, and the publishing community is very small. A lot of people in Denmark read books, but even the bestsellers don't sell that much. So, I've decided to write in English instead to open it up to a broader audience - and also be able to share it online :-)
The scribe is heavily discounted right now. I wonder if they are making a scribe 2. I know with all the hype of e-color readers right now I wonder if they are trying to keep up.
Thank you for the recommendations 👍. For now I tend to lean towards short books. I always is more nervous about reading long books/it feels like a bigger commitment.
Welcome to booktube! Dragonlance was also an important part of my reading history. I love mostly horror and look forward to your bookish content in future. 📚📚
Thank you very much. I am trying to get my hands on a Kobo Libra Color, but it is sold out in all the regular places I buy tech. When I get my hands on one, I will do a review video and probably also a dedicated comparison video.
Welcome to the BookTube community! Sounds like reading is a great escape and stress reliever for you. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Happy Reading! 😎📚👍
