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<blockquote data-quote="Goonalan" data-source="post: 8983169" data-attributes="member: 16069"><p><strong>#186 Dragons: Worlds Afire Anthology by Various </strong></p><p><strong>Read 4/4/23 to 5/4/23</strong></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]281089[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>A nice easy read, and it does exactly what it says on the tin, or else the front cover.</p><p></p><p>Four stories (novellas, let's not quibble) from the best in the division for the four variants on a theme that Wizards are peddling- the Forgotten Realms (& Salvatore), Dragonlance (Weis & Hickman), Eberron (Keith Baker) & Magic the Gathering (Scott McGough).</p><p></p><p>And all four stories about, well... dragons, obviously.</p><p></p><p><strong>If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair- R.A. Salvatore</strong>, in which Urshula, the black wyrm of Vaasa, the Beast of the Bog, is put to good use by the Witch King , and Lich, Zhengyi, in his on-going battle against the Kingdom. It's got a twist in the tail/tale- see the title, otherwise it's just a well written story, a lesson about the long-game, and the (vision) outlook of a lich.</p><p></p><p><strong>Here Be Dragons- Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman</strong>, in truth I don't dig Dragonlance, I read it when I was a kid, and played lots of the TSR/Wotc (whichever they were) modules back in the day, and then later on I also DMed several of the re-visioned campaign books (Sovereign Stone?). They were alright, some of the players were keener to play it than me. I preferred plain old D&D, and I always think of Dragonlance as being somehow less than, and... childlike. It was cute, and a bit daft, even back then.</p><p></p><p>And so to this one-</p><p></p><p>There's this kender... nothing's changed, let's move on.</p><p></p><p><strong>Principles of Fire- Keith Baker</strong>, is a cracker, and now I'm a little bit tempted to read some of the Eberron novels, bugger. I like the detective-thing (Inquisitor), I like the setting- although there's not much of it to see here, I like the characters. My only issue with this one was that the story is supposed to be about a dragon, and we have a dead dragon at the beginning- and that's the mystery, only a dead dragon isn't enough dragon. There has to be another one somewhere, and so I guessed who the second dragon was fairly early- it was very easy to do. Liked the story though.</p><p></p><p><strong>Unnatural Predator- Scott McGough</strong>, I really liked the story although, and again- it's not my thing, the only card games I have in the house are... well, cards. I don't understand Magic the Gathering, I don't know what you do with your cards, your deck- I don't know anything about the setting, the contents, etc. Except what I of course read here... It's alright. I had to re-read the ending three times just to make sure I hadn't missed anything. The faerie and the dragon are both some kind of necro/undead-automaton/constructs. I guess. I'm not a fan. I don't really get it. It's for kids- right?</p><p></p><p>Read.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and for a book that is about pictures and words, well... there are remarkably few pictures. Was this just a Christmas/New Range/Re-Launch type thing?</p><p></p><p>Stay safe and well you lovely people.</p><p></p><p>Cheers goonalan</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Goonalan, post: 8983169, member: 16069"] [B]#186 Dragons: Worlds Afire Anthology by Various Read 4/4/23 to 5/4/23[/B] [ATTACH type="full" width="202px"]281089[/ATTACH] A nice easy read, and it does exactly what it says on the tin, or else the front cover. Four stories (novellas, let's not quibble) from the best in the division for the four variants on a theme that Wizards are peddling- the Forgotten Realms (& Salvatore), Dragonlance (Weis & Hickman), Eberron (Keith Baker) & Magic the Gathering (Scott McGough). And all four stories about, well... dragons, obviously. [B]If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair- R.A. Salvatore[/B], in which Urshula, the black wyrm of Vaasa, the Beast of the Bog, is put to good use by the Witch King , and Lich, Zhengyi, in his on-going battle against the Kingdom. It's got a twist in the tail/tale- see the title, otherwise it's just a well written story, a lesson about the long-game, and the (vision) outlook of a lich. [B]Here Be Dragons- Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman[/B], in truth I don't dig Dragonlance, I read it when I was a kid, and played lots of the TSR/Wotc (whichever they were) modules back in the day, and then later on I also DMed several of the re-visioned campaign books (Sovereign Stone?). They were alright, some of the players were keener to play it than me. I preferred plain old D&D, and I always think of Dragonlance as being somehow less than, and... childlike. It was cute, and a bit daft, even back then. And so to this one- There's this kender... nothing's changed, let's move on. [B]Principles of Fire- Keith Baker[/B], is a cracker, and now I'm a little bit tempted to read some of the Eberron novels, bugger. I like the detective-thing (Inquisitor), I like the setting- although there's not much of it to see here, I like the characters. My only issue with this one was that the story is supposed to be about a dragon, and we have a dead dragon at the beginning- and that's the mystery, only a dead dragon isn't enough dragon. There has to be another one somewhere, and so I guessed who the second dragon was fairly early- it was very easy to do. Liked the story though. [B]Unnatural Predator- Scott McGough[/B], I really liked the story although, and again- it's not my thing, the only card games I have in the house are... well, cards. I don't understand Magic the Gathering, I don't know what you do with your cards, your deck- I don't know anything about the setting, the contents, etc. Except what I of course read here... It's alright. I had to re-read the ending three times just to make sure I hadn't missed anything. The faerie and the dragon are both some kind of necro/undead-automaton/constructs. I guess. I'm not a fan. I don't really get it. It's for kids- right? Read. Oh, and for a book that is about pictures and words, well... there are remarkably few pictures. Was this just a Christmas/New Range/Re-Launch type thing? Stay safe and well you lovely people. Cheers goonalan [/QUOTE]
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