Heroes and Fools
by Margaret Weis (Editor), Tracy Hickman (Editor)
Dragonlance: Tales of the Fifth Age (2), Dragonlance - chronological {shared universe} (Anthologies — (Tales of the Fifth Age 2))
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Presents a collection of stories centering on the Fifth Age, including Boojum, Boojum, The Road Home, Much ado about Magic, and Gone..Tags
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The second anthology in the 'Tales of the Fifth Age' series, which started with Relics and Omens. This volume is a little thicker, but the text is also smaller, alas. And WOTC didn't really proofread, did they? A few typos here and here, but foremost... the last part of the first tale pasted directly at the end of the last tale. Last tale also bringing back draconian commander Kang (see also The Doom Brigade and Draconian Measures).
Anyway, like before, (most of) these tales are nice to read in-between other books, telling of what happened after the Chaos War and as a preparation for the next events on the Dragonlance timeline. Like before, I indicated with (*) which tales stood out for me. Overall, a nice collection, but don't read this show more if you're not familiar with Dragonlance, even if some tales could have been part of any fantasy universe, somehow.
Linda P. Baker's story was the longest, I think. Or was that Roger E. Moore's? Two long stories, then. The stories by Miranda Horner and Jean Rabe were the least good. Jean Rabe hasn't managed to convince me much, but maybe her full novels are better? (see Dragons of a New Age trilogy, for example, still on my TBR-pile).
Table of Contents
Introduction
Janet Pack - Boojum, Boojum
Miranda Horner - Tree of Life
Giles Custer and Todd Fahnestock - Songsayer
Jeff Grubb - Gnomebody (*)
Nancy Varian Berberick - The Road Home (*)
Paul B. Thompson - Nobless Oblige (*)
Kevin James Kage - Much Ado About Magic (*)
Nick O’Donohoe - A Pinch of This, A Dash of That
Linda P. Baker - The Perfect Plan
Richard A. Knaak - The Thief in the Mirror
Jean Rabe - Reorx Steps Out
Douglas Niles - The Bridge (*)
Roger E. Moore - Gone (*)
Margaret Weis and Don Perrin - To Convince the Righteous of the Right show less
Anyway, like before, (most of) these tales are nice to read in-between other books, telling of what happened after the Chaos War and as a preparation for the next events on the Dragonlance timeline. Like before, I indicated with (*) which tales stood out for me. Overall, a nice collection, but don't read this show more if you're not familiar with Dragonlance, even if some tales could have been part of any fantasy universe, somehow.
Linda P. Baker's story was the longest, I think. Or was that Roger E. Moore's? Two long stories, then. The stories by Miranda Horner and Jean Rabe were the least good. Jean Rabe hasn't managed to convince me much, but maybe her full novels are better? (see Dragons of a New Age trilogy, for example, still on my TBR-pile).
Table of Contents
Introduction
Janet Pack - Boojum, Boojum
Miranda Horner - Tree of Life
Giles Custer and Todd Fahnestock - Songsayer
Jeff Grubb - Gnomebody (*)
Nancy Varian Berberick - The Road Home (*)
Paul B. Thompson - Nobless Oblige (*)
Kevin James Kage - Much Ado About Magic (*)
Nick O’Donohoe - A Pinch of This, A Dash of That
Linda P. Baker - The Perfect Plan
Richard A. Knaak - The Thief in the Mirror
Jean Rabe - Reorx Steps Out
Douglas Niles - The Bridge (*)
Roger E. Moore - Gone (*)
Margaret Weis and Don Perrin - To Convince the Righteous of the Right show less
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Margaret Weis was born on March 16, 1948 in Independence, Missouri. She graduated from the University of Missouri in 1970. She worked for Herald Publishing House, starting as a proofreader and leaving as the editorial director of their trade press division. In 1983, she went to work for TSR, Inc., the company responsible for numerous role-playing show more games including Dungeons and Dragons. At TSR, she was part of the design team responsible for the creation of the DragonLance saga, which lead to the DragonLance fantasy series of books. She collaborated with Tracy Hickman to write many of the books. She is also the author of the Star of the Guardian series, the Death Gate Cycle, and the Darksword Trilogy. In addition to writing, she is the owner and president of Mag Force 7, which produces collectible trading card games. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Tracy Hickman was born on November 26, 1955 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He entered the Missionary Home in Salt Lake City in 1975. From there, he was sent to Hawaii for language training for his eventual trip to Singapore. He was stationed in Hawaii and taught at the Mission House while waiting for his visa to come in. He preached the Mormon way of show more life in Indonesia for a year and a half. He was honorably released in 1977, and held a series of odd jobs after returning to the states including glass worker, television assistant director, and drill press operator in a genealogy center. In 1981, he approached by TSR about buying two of his gaming modules. He was hired by the company instead and began working with Margaret Weis. They wrote the DragonLance Chronicles together as well as over 40 books. He wrote two solo novels Requiem of Stars and The Immortals. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Heroes and Fools
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- 1999-07
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- It is always a pleasure to work on a new Dragonlance anthology for many reasons.
Introduction
The proprietor of the Crossroads Inn looked nervous.
"Boojum, Boojum"
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- PS648 .F3 .H476 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Prose (General)
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