I can see why, it's so epic. The worst part is it was scheduled to be released last year and Wizards of the Coast delayed it for over a damn year. I hate them for it.
Yeah, it's still going. Dragons of the Hourglass Mage is supposed to come out soon this year, written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It tells what happened after he went to the Great Library in Palanthas.
I just finished reading The Linsha Trilogy, which was very good. I also read the first two books (third one isn't out yet) in The Stonetellers, which is, I believe the first Dragonlance books about goblins, from their point of view. So if you haven't read them yet, i'd recommend them. However, be warned, the third book in The Linsha Trilogy, for whatever reason is actually out of print, and the first two aren't though I got a copy for $20 which wasn't too bad.