Dragons of Autumn Twilight

[philmophlegm]

I've just bought this http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0786915749/ref=s9_simz_gw_s0_p14_t1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1J1NHRTZBG02JZMZDYZ4&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294
on a whim (I was in the bookshop and it glinted at me) and because I remember seeing it on an Amazon list of the highest-rated fantasy books.

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Comments

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Yup. Seriously. Call me 'hignorant.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

It's the first in a series of "over 190 novels" according to Wikipedia. As a series, the Dragonlance books have sold in excess of 22million copies. (While not close to Harry Potter (250million and counting) or Lord of the Rings (100 million or 300million depending upon how you count), that's still quite a lot for a non-mainstream series. Thomas Covenant is about 6million.)

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

Oh. I've heard of the Dragonlance series (though only in a vague sense: popular series that I've not read; have heard sneery things about it from others) I just didn't realise that this book was part of it.

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Ahh ok. Thought it was a bit odd, but that explains it.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I had heard of the Dragonlance series (and can sort-of remember it starting). I had vaguely (very vaguely) heard of this book, but I certainly didn't know it was part of the series.

And - 190 books???

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

I know! I wonder how many people have read them all. People who read more books than me presumably. I gave up on Terry Pratchett because I couldn't keep up.

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

I'm beginning to feel the same way about Tolkien ...

[philmophlegm.livejournal.com]

Far more prolific in death...