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Title: Darkness and Light (Dragonlance: Preludes) by Paul B. Thompson, Tanya R. Carter ISBN: 0-88038-722-X Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 08 May, 1989 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.05 (22 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Not Really Horrible, but No Good Either
Comment: I tried to like this book, really I did. I went into it expecting a light read, not Shakespeare mind you. But light reads are supposed to be LIGHT! This book was either too conspicuously trying to take itself seriously or too conciously trying to be funny.
The main gist is that Sturm and Kitiara accidentally end up on another planet when the flying machine they are riding in with a band of gnomes breaks. Once on the planet it's a series of misadventures trying to get supplies to leave which eventually leads them to a brass dragon in an obelisk. When they finally get back to Krynn, Sturm inexplicably joins a group of herders to find his father, barely being saved by Kitiara before being done in by a magician warrior. Did I mention the deadend plot about a pirate ship? I won't even try to go into that.
The characters were strikingly bland. Sturm is such an over-pious, stuffy character it's hard to sympathize with him and Kitiara is just obnoxious, bemoaning how the world doesn't work out perfectly for her. The gnomes are interchangable and so annoying one wants to put them all in a box and sink them to the bottom of the ocean. The one chapter featuring Raistlin and Caramon was better than most of the other characterization put together. Raistlin is such a magnetic character it's hard to write him poorly.
Initially, if the authors had stuck to the later plot of the book, with Sturm looking for his father, this thing might have been a good read. But in the end, too much is attempted to be done and the book just runs out of gas. Oh, and where was the promised romance? I found none.
In the end, too many plot twists make an admirable rope to hang this story on.
Rating: 2
Summary: This is a Shame
Comment: The first book of the "Preludes" trilogy, like the two that follow after it, should never have been allowed to be included in the Dragonlance Saga. I have read them all, and I really wanted to like this book, but it just wasn't happening. Sturm and Kitiara get together to seek out Sturm's father.... a promising enough start, but before you can say "DUH" they've ended up on Lunitari with a bunch of goofy gnomes and a whiny dragon. There is no development of either the Sturm or Kitiara character, and for those hoping to see seeds of little Steele twinkling in their eyes will be sorely disappointed. This is a poorly written novel, with minimal plot, and little to reccomend it to any but the most hard-core of DL fans. Do yourself a favor and pass this one bye and pick up the "Preludes 2" trilogy, a much stronger and more interesting set.
Rating: 4
Summary: Front page: gnomes flying machine works!
Comment: This is about a mercenary named Kitiara and Sturm, a knight of Solamnia. They are going to Solamnia to find Sturm's father, when they lose their horses and come across gnomes with a flying machine. The gnomes promise the humans that if they get them unstuck, they with fly them anywhere they want to go. Sturm, being a knight, is all honorable etc., but Kitiara is quite the opposite. Gnomes are known for being inventors - although about only 10% of their inventions actually work. Kitiara is doubtful that the machine will fly, but they help the gnomes anyway. And the ship, the Cloudmaster, proves to work. All is going well, until something goes wrong, and they crash-land on the moon Lunitari. All red sand and rocks, as far as the eye can see. It's not that bad at first, but when they meet walking, talking (but not so intelligent), tree's, a crazy survivor from a strange incident, giant crystal ants, and when Kitiara grows as strong as ten men, Sturm has visions, and all the gnomes get better at what they were already good at (though they couldn't make it rain before...), they decided that they had better get off the moon - quickly.
Although Kitiara is not a character that I really like, I found the book funny and entertaining.
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Title: Brothers Majere (Dragonlance: Preludes) by Kevin Stein ISBN: 0786929715 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 16 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Riverwind the Plainsman (Dragonlance: Preludes, Volume 4) by Paul B. Thompson, Tonya R. Carter, Clyde Caldwell ISBN: 0880389095 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 March, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Flint the King (Dragonlance: Preludes) by Mary Kirchoff, Douglas Niles ISBN: 0880389117 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 May, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Tanis, The Shadow Years (Dragonlance: Preludes) by Barbara Siegel, Scott Siegel ISBN: 0880389133 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 November, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Kindred Spirits (Dragonlance: The Meetings Sextet, Vol. 1) by Mark Anthony, Ellen Porath ISBN: 1560760699 Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Pub. Date: 01 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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