WAR OF THE TWINS PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Margaret Weis,Tracy Hickman | 411 pages | 28 Feb 2001 | Wizards of the Coast | 9780786918058 | English | United States Home - Indoor Flat Track What was the original course of events before Tas was accidentally sent back in time, allowing the future to change? Given we are told in Astinus's Chronicles that Fistandantilus contacted his apprentice in the future, could Raistlin's have gone back to the past in the original timeline only to be drained by Fistandantilus rather than give versa? The Dark Queen's threat that the knowledge she gains from Tas will help her thwart the Heroes of the Lance in Chronicles leads to nothing. The writers seemed totally confused with the concept of time travel and appear to be making up the rules as they go along. Weis has said on a fansite that Hickman once explained the time travel paradoxes in a big diagram, but she could not explain them herself. A good editor would have told them to resolve this before publication. It's just vague, confusing bad writing and plotting. I didn't pick up on it as a teenager but it irritated me as an adult reader. Mar 03, M. Joseph Murphy rated it it was amazing. Sequels are rarely as goos as the original. The Legends trilogy is actually better than the original. Raistlin is one of my all time favourite characters and I know I'm not alone here. The relationship between the brothers is heart-wretching. If you love fantasy and have not read this book yet do it now. Apr 18, Gary Greysonet rated it it was amazing. War of the twins brings the Legends series proves once again that the quality is so even among the books it deserves mention for that alone. Raistlin and Caramon each come into power and their long troubled relationship as brothers diverts to a bitter rivalry, toward redemption through wisdom and mutual understanding. Paladine plays a subtly supervisory role in things as always, and Tasselhoff is as singular in manifestation as ever. View all 8 comments. Nov 09, Jason rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Fantasy, Teens. Shelves: young-adult , fantasy , adventure , audiobook , favorite-villains- antagonists , I remembered almost nothing of this second installment of the Legends trilogy going into the reread which is kind of surprising because there were a couple of hardcore scenes. In fact, the only thing I clearly recalled when I got to it was when a dwarf shaved his beard, and that's so inconsequential when pit against everything else that I'm not sure why it stuck. Perhaps a psychologist is needed here. By the end, even Tasslehoff, an insufferable eternal optimist, is having a difficult time finding anything nice to say about him. But is he truly a villain? Raistlin is so difficult to categorize. An argument can be made that he's a villain because he's certainly evil, but it just doesn't quite fit. He's definitely not a hero, and anti-hero is wrong also. Perhaps anti- villain? I was discussing this with a coworker, and he ran across a phrase that seems apt. Raistlin is evil fighting evil. He has the noble aspiration of defeating Takhisis, the goddess of evil, and then taking her place, though he doesn't care who dies or who he has to flat out murder even if it's a friend or family member along the way. Out of the two of them, Takhisis is worse, hands down, but would you rather live in Hitler's Europe, or Stalin's? This involved Raist's attempts to get to the portal that will get him into the abyss so he can fight Takhisis, and how a war was started, and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But there was one part I didn't understand. Either I missed something while listening to it which is quite possible , or there's a plot hole here you could drive the Bagger through. He finds this gnome with Tasslehoff, murders him, then takes the device. Several days later at the aforementioned inopportune time, Tasslehoff has this device, and is standing right in front of Raistlin with it preparing to use it with Caramon. Raist doesn't seem to care. Did he forget that the device is supposed to fuck up everything? Why does the device even still exist? Since you know it's supposed to ruin your life's ambition, why not destroy it? And how did Tasselhoff get it back? I clearly remember Raistlin taking it away, but do not recall it going back to Tas. Being a Kender, he could've slipped it out of Raist's pocket at some point, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't stated. This audiobook was another one done for the Library of Congress, and the reader John Polk, I think did fine, but the copy I had came from a friend who got it from Lord knows where, and it was substandard. I could deal with the occasional blips and skips just fine since they didn't happen too often and didn't last too long. They were quarter second skips, not whole minutes or anything. I got to within about five or so pages to the end, maybe less than 10 minutes worth of material, and then it was over. The ending was missing. But what do you expect when something is related, even in the remotest degree, to Congress? Luckily fantasy nerds are unscrupulous folks, and someone has posted the entire book online in PDF form, and I was able to finish it up And now that I think about it, stand by Anyway, this book was good, fun, etc. Sep 18, Annathelle26 rated it it was amazing Shelves: epic-fantasy. Another amazing Dragonlance story, exactly like its predecessor! The first book made me have great expectations about the sequel, and I am happy to say that these expectations were fully met. The action scenes and the general plot kept being interesting, the comic interludes were really cute, and the descriptions vivid and well-written. There were scenes that made me feel awe, there were others that had me at the edge of my seat, and others that made me incredibly sad. However, ok, there were als Another amazing Dragonlance story, exactly like its predecessor! However, ok, there were also parts that seemed somewhat boring to me. But they aren't enough to affect my five-star rating. I tried really hard to understand Raistlin. He had the most complicated story arc, and it was really interesting to see the changes in his mood, the unexpected moments where he displayed affection and happiness, as contrasted to his normal cynic and evil nature. It really made the reader think about whether he is fully evil or if there is still a spark of good in him. While reading, many were the times I felt as confused as Caramon in this matter. Neaning the end, he almost had me give him a second chance There really is nothing else that matters to him more than his magic and his powers. Now, onto the third and final book! In general, I have to say that whatever I've read of the Dragonlance universe so far was fantastic, and with each new book, the series is starting to firmly establish itself in my list of favourite fantasy books Mar 08, David rated it it was amazing Shelves: fantasy. Raistlin is set on a path not of his own choosing. Who is he, Raistlin or Fistandalus and not even his own brother is certain. After his confrontation with Fistandalus not even Raistlin is certain who won for Fistandalus was renown for taking bodies of younger men to house his evil soul. He is convinced he knows better though and will not let Cameron dissuade him Raistlin is set on a path not of his own choosing. He is convinced he knows better though and will not let Cameron dissuade him from this task. His brother is now his champion, having regained his prodigious strength and fighting ability. It is clear though that Raistlin will betray him, if it serves his purpose. Only a Kender would desire such a fate. An excellent tale, very moody. It is interesting to read a book which was written nearly 30 years ago and it is still a popular book among fantasy fiction readers. After reading some Forgotten Realms novel, reading a Dragonlance novel is really interesting. Dragonlance world is more epic in style. Ok there are few characters and we are mostly reading similar characters and seeing similar places in Dr War of the Twins is the second book of Dragonlance: Legends series, which was written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman in Ok there are few characters and we are mostly reading similar characters and seeing similar places in Dragonlance but when a book is well written they can be acceptable. Main characters are really likeable, maybe they are not great but it is always good to read about Caramon, Raistlin and Tas. What a great middle book! Rather than lagging in action, the action builds incrementally until the very strong climax at the end. I can't wait to read the final book in this trilogy. Weiss and Hickman are masters at character building and world building at the same time so that neither characters nor setting suffers. It's unbelievable how deftly they move from place to place and time to time with such detail. I've now read seven Dragonlance books and am nowhere near tired of this world.