The Magic of Krynn

Wonderful collection of short stories, including key tales that link the original trilogies with the newer settings.

After reading the previous reviews of this particularly intriguing collection of DragonLance tales I felt that it might be a waste of time to read through them. Having that thought in mind, I dove in anyway. Having now finished this first tales novel, which of course follows the theme of magic, I can definitely say that it was well worth the time to read. Granted, the leading story, a poem about Riverwind the Plainsman wasn't all that intriguing and a couple of the other stories weren't real page turners. Overall though, I would definitely recommend this book of tales to any DragonLance fan, especially for the final story, "Legacy" which serves quite well in furthering the grand DragonLance epic begun by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.DragonLance Tales Volume IRiverwind and the Crystal Staff by Michael Williams ** - This is the story of Riverwind and his quest to find the staff that plays such and important role in "The Dragons of Autumn Twilight." Some may find a tale told in the form of a poem fascinating, unfortunately I'm not among them and I found myself trying to get through this as quickly as possible to get to the rest of the tales.The Blood Sea Monster by Barbara and Scott Siegel **** - This is a fairly well written tale of a young and mischievous elf who steels away aboard a fisherman's boat, only to be found by the fisherman. Upon their fateful meeting, the young elf strikes a bargain with the old fisherman in the hopes of profit. After they've set off though, the old man has a terrifying surprise for the elf.A Stone's Throw Away by Roger E. Moore ***** - I cannot give enough praise to the author for this wonderfully well written tale of Tasslehoff Burrfoot and his run in with a powerful wizard. It seems that one of those stories he kept telling everybody during "Chronicles" and "Legends" wasn't too tall a tale after all!Dreams of Darkness, Dreams of Light by Warren B. Smith ***** - In this exceptionally well written tale, the author reintroduces us to Pig Faced William Sweetwater, the owner of the Pig and Whistle in Port Balifor which was the bar the Heroes of the Lance stayed in and earned the money to move on in their quest.Love and Ale - by Nick O'Donohoe *** - This a story of Otik and a young Tika Waylan, running The Inn of the Last Home, well prior to the events in the "Chronicles" and the things that can go wrong when there is a Kender involved. While the premise of this tale is well thought out, the story dragged way too much and seemed to be bogged down in the details.Wayward Children by Richard A. Knaak ***** - This is another of the stories in Tales Volume I that cannot receive enough praise as this exceptional author puts us, the readers, in the eyes of the enemy, the Draconians and their strange encounter with a village of elderly elves.The Test of the Twins by Margaret Weis ***** - Co-DragonLance creator Margaret Weis does her usual high standard of work in this tale that gives us the back story of Par-Salian's

I found this book quite good. It is filled with a compilation of short stories written by come of the more well known Dragonlance authors. All of them are pretty good, like Palin's test, depicted on the cover. This is a must read for anyone into the dragonlance saga.

Well most of the stories were good but some were boring.... Anyways there were some great ones like the legacy which is a novella. If you just want to read the best stories out of all the tales then you should buy the book the best of the tales.

This book is worth reading for the stories of the Majeres alone. At last, in "The Test of the Twins", the story of what Raistlin went through during his Test! In another story, twenty-five years later, we are asked, is he truly dead? Questions are raised- but not exactly answered- in "The Legacy." Remember Flint telling Tas to quit telling those wild stories? In "A Stone's Throw Away" we get to listen in on his adventure involving a cursed teleporting ring. What kind of curse? You'll have to read and find out for yourself