The official release date: August 2, 2022. Published by Del Rey Books.
I have no inside info on the book's contents, but you may also want to (re-)read the second Weis/Hickman trilogy (Time of the Twins/War of the Twins/Test of the Twins) as well, as it will also be considered canon for this trilogy.Well, that gives me plenty of time to re-read the original trilogy before they come out.
I have no inside info on the book's contents, but you may also want to (re-)read the second Weis/Hickman trilogy (Time of the Twins/War of the Twins/Test of the Twins) as well, as it will also be considered canon for this trilogy.
It is interesting that it says Classic - maybe the details may clash with what WotC have in-store for the setting?
The label "Classic" Dragonlance definitely implies a "non-Classic" Dragonlance - if there was only one version of the setting, there wouldn't be any need to call it anything other than just "Dragonlance." It's also the sort of label they tend to apply to media that have distinct old and new versions.I dunno. I think that there is a ton of speculation on a single word. I think they just want to point out they are going back the original story lines. Maybe.
The label "Classic" Dragonlance definitely implies a "non-Classic" Dragonlance - if there was only one version of the setting, there wouldn't be any need to call it anything other than just "Dragonlance." It's also the sort of label they tend to apply to media that have distinct old and new versions.
I'm curious where newer characters like Sindri Suncatcher fit into the "Classic" scheme. Those YA novels exist somewhere before the Chaos storyline and after the War of the Lance storyline.
I believe that Weis and Hickman are only considering their own two trilogies as canon for this new trilogy.I would think Classic would mean involving characters from the original trilogy or two, this does have Tas in it, or set in the same time period as the original trilogies. And all that extra stuff in the other books not set in this time period would not be Classic. Where the exact dividing line would be, I am not sure, as I have read very few of the books.
Which necessarily includes non-Weis/Hickman Dragonlance novels.The first Classic Dragonlance novel, Dragons of Autumn Twilight, was written by Weis and Hickman and published in 1984. Since that time, more than 190 novels have been published in the setting.
As in Star Wars Legends.The label "Classic" Dragonlance definitely implies a "non-Classic" Dragonlance - if there was only one version of the setting, there wouldn't be any need to call it anything other than just "Dragonlance." It's also the sort of label they tend to apply to media that have distinct old and new versions.