Realms of Dragons: The Worlds of Weis & Hickman [Paperback]

Margaret Weis (Author), Tracy Hickman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Eos (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0061053260
• ISBN-13: 978-0061053269
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,709,613 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Short Sword in Long Scabbard, January 10, 2000

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Gino Alberto Guillen Bagsit - See all my reviews

This review is from: Realms of Dragons: The Worlds of Weis and Hickman (Hardcover)

If you want to know more about the worlds created by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, this book will give you a good amount of information on the various settings. The bulk of the book is a comprehensive and considerably detailed encyclopedia separated into five different sections -- each one dedicated to a particular series (i.e. the Death Gate Cycle, the Dragonlance Novels, etc.). The book is also wonderfully supplied with beautiful full-color paintings from the novels, black and white photographs of the authors in the Interviews chapter, and a helpful book-by-book analysis of the authors' various works. The first problem, however, with this potentially great work is that the description at the back of the book misleads the reader. It promises "numerous black-and-white DRAWINGS and MAPS to each world." This is false. There are absolutely NO MAPS within the book, and the only black and white pictures are mostly photographs. It's disappointing because detailed maps would have greatly aided the encyclopedia entries. And a well-structured timeline would have likewise been invaluable and much appreciated. The encyclopedia entries also need more information. Some descriptions are only a sentence long. In addition, the book-by-book analysis in the first chapter completely left out the Dragonlance Novels (which I find particularly sinful, because it was the Dragonlance Series that catapulted Weis and Hickman to fame.) So much more could have been added visually. The writing content could have been packed with meatier annotations and previously unknown trivia. I guess I'll have to wait for another,worthier attempt at these magnificent fantasy realms.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great reference, March 18, 2000

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A Guy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Realms of Dragons: The Worlds of Weis and Hickman (Hardcover)

If your looking for an autobiography, novel or a new story, you've come to the wrong place. This is a very detailed reference book FULL of information, with only a little new meterial (like about the author's lives). If you are a longtime fan of the author's, however, this can be a great book to have. After having already read the books of Weis and Hickman, reading this book can remind you what happened, clarify confusing points, or simply bring back memories of a great story.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a great book, December 13, 1999

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E. Flowers (St. George, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Realms of Dragons: The Worlds of Weis and Hickman (Hardcover)

This book is really really cool. Weis and Hickman are awesome authors, and this book is great for fans of them. It has all their books, from the dragonlance to death gate to darksword, and even some of their solo works like the star of the guardians. I love it, a definite good buy.