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Summary: Okay...um...er... not exactly what I'd call da bomb...
Review: I'd hafta admit that the story wasn't very good at all! I mean, of all places, they went to tha red moon! Isn't that a little out of it?...I would definetly recomend this book to anyone dat doesn't enjoy a good book! In other words, this book was one of the 2 Dragonlance books I disliked very, very, very, very much! It pretty much sucked!
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Summary: Dragons and draconians are the least of this books problems
Review: I've got a bone to pick with the whole concept behind the Preludes series (and I've read a lot of Dragonlance). The whole thing has ridiculously fantastical adventures taking place (even for fantasy books) that then never get mentioned by the characters in Chronicles. Fair enough, Flint doesn't want to talk about falling in love and becoming King of the gully dwarves. But Tanis goes back in time and then carves Krynn's very own Mount Rushmore! This one is just as bad ... Sturm goes to the moon? Sounds like a Tin-Tin cartoon.As other reviewers have pointed out, Sturm is aware of dragons but 'never mentions them' to any of the other companions. Worse, it specifically states in Dragons of the Winter Night, Sturm's surprise about a silver dragon when he journeys to Icewall (remember, Derek disagrees and says the night was a renegade?). So that is a big problem. But what I see as the worst problem with this book (and this isn't really the authors fault, more Margaret and Tracey {:P )is that, according to the facts given with regards to Steele Brightblade's conception, it happens during the time described in this book. One of the greatest events in the history of Krynn, certainly in the lives of either Sturm or Kitiara, and it doesn't get mentioned in a book about those times! TSR should never have published all these books ... they were just too wacked out, and to loose with the facts of the existing Dragonlance books at the time. Failing that, if you want to kill a few brain cells, read it.
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Summary: Lukewarm
Review: It is a book you half to read if your Dragonlance fan but it not a book that will stand out in your mind. It probably the least memorble book of the series, but still not terrible.
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Summary: An interesting adventure....
Review: It's been a while since I've read this book, so fogrgive me if I'm a bit rusty. Kitiara, Sturm, and a bunch of gnomes.... What else could you ask for? Although we find in other books that Kitiara had Sturm's child, we certainly don't see anything going on in this book. Sure, Sturm has some mixed emotions about her, but nothing happens in this book. At the end, when they part, it's assumed they never see each other again until that fateful morning on the High Clerist's Tower battlements. Back to the book.... It explains a very interesting adventure that Kitiara and Sturm had shortly after the companions broke up, intending to meet again in five years. These two travel together for a while, but then part ways after several adventures. This book merely gives some information on Kitiara searching for her father and Strum searching for his father. Strum proves to be successful, but he is in for some surprises - one of which involves Kitiara. This books flows pretty well, but some parts of it drag. I did enjoy the book, but not enough to give it more than four stars. I recommend this book for the true Dragonlance fan. However, for the occasional reader, I don't recommend starting with this book or even trying to read it until you're a fan.
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Summary: An interesting adventure....
Review: It's been a while since I've read this book, so fogrgive me if I'm a bit rusty. Kitiara, Sturm, and a bunch of gnomes.... What else could you ask for? Although we find in other books that Kitiara had Sturm's child, we certainly don't see anything going on in this book. Sure, Sturm has some mixed emotions about her, but nothing happens in this book. At the end, when they part, it's assumed they never see each other again until that fateful morning on the High Clerist's Tower battlements. Back to the book.... It explains a very interesting adventure that Kitiara and Sturm had shortly after the companions broke up, intending to meet again in five years. These two travel together for a while, but then part ways after several adventures. This book merely gives some information on Kitiara searching for her father and Strum searching for his father. Strum proves to be successful, but he is in for some surprises - one of which involves Kitiara. This books flows pretty well, but some parts of it drag. I did enjoy the book, but not enough to give it more than four stars. I recommend this book for the true Dragonlance fan. However, for the occasional reader, I don't recommend starting with this book or even trying to read it until you're a fan.
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Summary: The worst DL book ever
Review: The adventure was ridiculously far-fetched. The basic idea: decribe Kitiara and Sturm's journey together, was good. It's just when the authors decided to put it into writing that it became terrible. Flying to the moon? Fantasy is supposed to be fantasy, but this takes it to it's awful extremes.
The writing style was horrible. I didn't feel that I could connect with any of the characters. The gnomes were just silly.
I felt this book was a disgrace to the entire DL series, and the publishers should think twice before putting one of the books by these authors out into the shops.
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Summary: This is a Shame
Review: 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.
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Summary: This is a Shame
Review: 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.
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Summary: This is a Shame
Review: 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.
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Summary: Surprising
Review: The main reason for the 4 stars, is the fact that the synopsis of the book is somewhat misleading. The synopsis says that this story is about Sturm's search for his father and Kitiara's early merc. days. In fact, after reading this book, it seems that the search for his father was actually a sub-plot (with the majority of the adventure happening on the moon). As far fetched as it seems (and one wonders if Thompson and Carter have been into Otik's finest ale) for the happenings to take place on the moon, the overall story is really good. The gnomes (adding a sense of humor), a wise-cracking brass dragon, a mad man marooned and ruler of the tree-people on the moon, crystal ants, and magicians are present from page one. A really good read.
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