Dragonlance The Second Generation/Dragons of Summer Flame Omnibus inquiry

[Darth Fistandantilus]

With the release of the latest Chroncles and Legends Omnibus editions (the black and gold books), is anybody in the know aware of any plans for a similar treatment for the Second Generation and Dragons of Summer Flame?

 

[Tinker Gnome]

Sadly most DL fans do not acknowledge anything past the Legends trilogy so I doubt we will get anything like that.

 

[humble minion]

I’d prefer a Lost Chronicles omnibus (or a Chronicles omnibus including the Lost Chronicles) myself.

I don’t think even Weis and Hickman are happy with Summer Flame.

 

[mamba]

I’d prefer a Lost Chronicles omnibus (or a Chronicles omnibus including the Lost Chronicles) myself.

I don’t think even Weis and Hickman are happy with Summer Flame.

That one I would get, Summer Flames can rot in hell

 

[GreyLord]

This is all hearsay, and gossip, and basically stuff I've heard people mention on the internets.

The three original Dragonlance Omnibus books back in the day were Chronicles, Legends, and Tales.

They have not come out with the Tales Omnibus again. I would probably expect that before I would expect a Second Generation/Summer Flame Omnibus.

One reason that I've heard is that Weiss and Hickman never wanted to do a Summer Flame in the First place, and in that light, the Destinies Trilogy basically (and this is a spoiler)

Spoiler

"renders the entire possibilities of Dragons of Summer Flame and beyond almost an impossibility to happen

In otherwords, there will probably never be an Omnibus with Dragons of Summer Flame again, and the "Wanna Bet" story in Tales may have to be rewritten.

I'd say there is probably a better chance of a Destinies Omnibus than there would be for a Second Generation/Summer Flame Omnibus to occur.

I'd say even a Lost Chronicles Omnibus is more likely than a Second Generation/Summer Flame Omnibus at this point.

 

[Dragonhelm]

With the release of the latest Chroncles and Legends Omnibus editions (the black and gold books), is anybody in the know aware of any plans for a similar treatment for the Second Generation and Dragons of Summer Flame?

Nothing is in the works that I'm aware of. It would be neat, though!

 

[Dragonhelm]

The three original Dragonlance Omnibus books back in the day were Chronicles, Legends, and Tales.

Yep, all with the white covers.

The Tales omnibus was in the UK only. I have a copy.

One reason that I've heard is that Weiss and Hickman never wanted to do a Summer Flame in the First place, and in that light, the Destinies Trilogy basically (and this is a spoiler)

Spoiler

"renders the entire possibilities of Dragons of Summer Flame and beyond almost an impossibility to happen

In otherwords, there will probably never be an Omnibus with Dragons of Summer Flame again, and the "Wanna Bet" story in Tales may have to be rewritten.

I'd say there is probably a better chance of a Destinies Omnibus than there would be for a Second Generation/Summer Flame Omnibus to occur.

I'd say even a Lost Chronicles Omnibus is more likely than a Second Generation/Summer Flame Omnibus at this point.

Margaret Weis has said herself that she does not consider Dragons of Summer Flame to be canon.

I cannot speak to the reasons behind Summer Flame. I've heard conflicting stories over the years. Personally, I love the Knights of Takhisis. However, I'm not a fan of Chaos' portrayal.

Spoiler

Margaret says that the Graygem's appearance in Destinies is her preferred way of looking at Chaos

What Destinies does so well is create a clean slate for Dragonlance. The buy-in to get to the current year was at around 20 books, which was way too much. Now we're back to the "Holy Six" (the term for Chronicles and Legends that DL fans use so well).

 

[Darth Fistandantilus]

I’d prefer a Lost Chronicles omnibus (or a Chronicles omnibus including the Lost Chronicles) myself.

I don’t think even Weis and Hickman are happy with Summer Flame.

My understanding is that they were unhappy with it because they wanted to make it into a trilogy, not because of the content

 

[delericho]

What Destinies does so well is create a clean slate for Dragonlance. The buy-in to get to the current year was at around 20 books, which was way too much. Now we're back to the "Holy Six" (the term for Chronicles and Legends that DL fans use so well).

Nine, surely, to include the Destinies trilogy?

 

[Dragonhelm]

Nine, surely, to include the Destinies trilogy?

Twelve if you include Lost Chronicles.

Nah, a person should be good to go after Chronicles and possibly Legends. The rest is gravy.

Mmmm....gravy....