From Lord of the Rings to Dragonlance

Yeah. It's official. I'm a fantasy geek. My partner always shudders whenever he catches me reading Lord of the Rings or books from Dragonlance. I usually encourages him to read the books, especially the ones from Dragonlance.

The problem is, you see, Dragonlance contains of plenty of trilogies. The first trilogy is called Chronicles. Three books, each of them has about 300-400 pages. The next trilogy is called Legends. And then there's Tales from the Second Generation (kinda forget some titles, so you might want to check the official site or this. If you're that interested, that is.) written by the same authors, Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. You can skip that and move to Dragons of Summer Flame which contains--what, 500-600 pages IINM. Then you proceed to the latest trilogy. One book has about 600-700 pages, maybe more.

And they are just the important books, so to speak. There are others. He always complains that he does not have enough time to read. So he says...

I prefer the ones written by Weis and Hickman, though. Maybe I'll reread their works again...

Several years ago, when I first read Lord of the Rings trilogy, I had nobody to discuss it with. Most people scoffed at me, saying that only fools had enough time to read LOTR. Now that the movies are out, suddenly, plenty of new fans emerge, saying this and that about LOTR. I have many people to discuss it with. However, sometimes I'm still disappointed because they still compare the movies with the books. Oh, well.

*sighing*

I also read works done by Raymond E. Feist (still waiting for the sequel of Talon of the Silver Hawk) and David Eddings. I've read several books from Forgotten Realms, Ravenloft, Shannara, what else?

Characters that I love from Dragonlance:
- Tanthalas Half-Elven (Tanis)
Hot-headed yet wise. Handsome and loyal to his friends.

- Lauranthalasa of the Royal House of Qualinesti (Laurana)
Tanis' wife. Strong and well-mannered. Beautiful and courageous. Unappreciated by her own folks.

- Tasslehoff Burrfoot
Ah, here's a character I can identify myself with. :) Curious and easily bored, like all kenders. Witty.


Characters that I love from Lord of the Rings:
- Strider a.k.a. Aragorn, later known as King Elessar
Reasons are unnecessary. :)

- Gandalf
He's like someone very dear to you, friendly and huggable.

- Galadriel
Her beauty is such an inspiration. I especially love Lothlorien.