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Dragons of Autumn Twilight

Dragonlance: Chronicles, Book 1

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By: Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman
Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
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Lifelong friends, they went their separate ways. Now they are together again, though each holds secrets from the others in his heart. They speak of a world shadowed with rumors of war. They speak of tales of strange monsters, creatures of myth, creatures of legend. They do not speak of their secrets. Not then. Not until a chance encounter with a beautiful, sorrowful woman, who bears a magical crystal staff, draws the companions deeper into the shadows, forever changing their lives and shaping the fate of the world.

No one expected them to be heroes.

Least of all, them.

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Where does Dragons of Autumn Twilight rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Pretty high because I just love this classic story, iti s everything that Dungeons and Dragons ought to be, put into story form and brought to life through an exciting storyline and colourful characters that have a depth and life of their own.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Raistlin, always the underdog, always hated and mistrusted yet the only one throughout the entire series with the greatest amount of power... and that underlying sense of moral guidance that redeems his character just at the last moment.

What didn’t you like about Paul Boehmer’s performance?

Terrible, too mechanical and totally unemotional. Every word is enunciated to the last syllable and the timing is well off. This narrator does not have a feel for the story, and it seems he is just narrating a bunch of meaningless words from a page which has been put in front of him for no other purpose than to read it out loud. Ax Norman would have been a MUCH better choice in my humble opinion...

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

There were many not just one, but to mention a few, the moment when Tasslehof dies trying to open a door for Tika when they are under the spell of Lorac... the moment when Raistlin finally gets the dragon orb under control and the sense of pure ecstasy that he felt once it's knowledge was his... the final battle with the queen of darkness... need I say more?

Any additional comments?

I love the Dragonlance books, they are very well written and there is so much depth and history to the world which is brought to life by the characters under the guidance of the authors. I cannot praise these books highly enough.

Fantastic story but unemotional narrative

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Loved this as a kid and enjoyed listening again. The narration was ok although I think he forgot which accents he'd associated to certain characters at certain points which took away from the performance for me.

Classic

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I first read this story as a 7 year old boy, a family member had found the books in her attic and everyone knew I was heavily into reading back in the 90's
To re read/hear this story really was just as enjoyable and exciting as the very first time.

Thoroughly Enjoyable

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I don't know if others who have complained have been listening to another version but I had no issue with the narration, I thought he did a decent job.

Narrator is fine.

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First few minutes of narration; I thought I was gonna have to slit my wrists to make it enjoyable. Fortunately it gets better, the narrator character impersonations are actually alright but his general text can be pretty brutal, stick speed to 1.10 to take the edge of the Shatner style rocket man speech.

We all know the story is just too good to not delve back into time and time again. Would love to punch Raistlin though, right in the face.

Maybe Tanis too.

Bear with narrator

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