Dark Sword Trilogy

[Neon]

Has anybody read this series? It's by Tracy Hickman & Margaret Weis ... the first book is called Forging the Dark Sword. I currently just started on the first book and it seems really interesting. The basic premise is about a world entirely dominated by magic, and those without magic are completely outcast or killed. For me this is a nice twist because I've yet to read a book which explores "technology" and doing away with magic. But then again, my reading thus far is somewhat limited

 

[Suzie]

I read Darksward a long while ago and remember really enjoying it but could not get my hands on the 3rd book at the time, one trilogy I always wished I'd finnished and never got round to!

Let me know if it finnishes as well as it starts!

 

[Shoegaze99]

Many years ago I began the first book. I got about two chapters in, set the book down, and have never picked it up again. I own all three, though I'm not sure why.

 

[Neon]

I finished the first one and was completely unimpressed. I really disliked most of the characters and doubt I will finish the series. Oh well ..... onto bigger and better things!

 

[GOLLUM]

I read the Dark Sword trilogy about 15 years ago and found it was pretty stabdard fare. I know Weiss and Hickmann are not exactly heavyweights in terms of cutting edge speculative fiction but I quite enjoyed their Dragon Gate cycle books.

 

[yangly17]

HEY GUYS!
Just like to tell you all that I read this series over the past month and finished it! It was great! I would have to say I didn't like the ending all that much, but that's just my opinion. I would recomend reading it, though. It was a great reading experience! Its slow to start, give it time

 

[jackokent]

My problem with this series was there was no one in it I liked. I much preferd the rose and the profit and Wies's solo star of the gardians.

Also enjoyed the whole deathgate cyle (bit of a predictable end) and the dragon lance books.

 

[Simkinesque]

I thoroughly enjoyed the darksword trilogy personally, found the ideas pretty original, though I suppose there is better out there, wheel of time series for example is a lot more complex an well written, but still, as far as standard fantasy goes I'd hafta say the darksword trilogy is quite good.

 

[Fried Egg]

You've got to love these ten year old threads getting resurrected!

I first read this series back in the late 80's and I actually thought it was their best work, although I don't know how well it would stand up today.

The characters are all quite problematic, I can see why the OP didn't like them. But that was the point really. They were to find themselves later on in the trilogy.

 

[Simkinesque]

Exactly, I think part of the point of the book was to NOT have that perfect, squeaky clean, never does a thing wrong character... And I loved it personally, wish I could get my hands on Legacy of the Darksword though, the sequel to the trilogy...

 

[Grimward]

Having enjoyed the original Dragonlance series, I bought each of the original Darksword series upon publication. I was initially nonplussed, but it grew on me to the point where I'd have to agree that I enjoyed it, although I'm definitely in Gollum's camp about the Deathgate series far exceeding this one. I have Legacy, but it's among my to-be-reads (or is it my to-be-re-reads? ). If you're anywhere near Maryland, Sim, I'll loan it to you when I'm done.

 

[Fried Egg]

I thought that the Deathgate cycle started well but went on too long and felt drawn out towards the end (perhaps they should have stuck to trilogies). I remember being particularly disappointed by the ending. I did really like the first four or five books in the series though.