The Dragons of Chaos

Dragonlance Dragons #3

by Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

The Chaos War Rages

For fans of Dragons of Summer Flame , this is a new short-story collection, featuring the brave heroes, dark villains, differing races, and all varieties of dragons of one of the most popular fantasy worlds -- Krynn.

Edited by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman, this volume highlights familiar and beloved characters (and creatures), filling in some intriguing gaps of lost Dragonlance history.

Genres: Dragonlance, Fantasy, Fiction, Dragons, High Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons, Short Stories

337 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Margaret Edith Weis is an American fantasy and science fiction author of dozens of novels and short stories. At TSR, Inc., she teamed with Tracy Hickman to create the Dragonlance role-playing game (RPG) world. She is founding CEO and owner of Sovereign Press, Inc and Margaret Weis Productions, licensing several popular television and movie franchises to make RPG series in addition to their own.
In 1999, Pyramid magazine named Weis one of The Millennium's Most Influential Persons, saying she and Hickman are "basically responsible for the entire gaming fiction genre". In 2002, she was inducted into the Origins Hall of Fame in part for Dragonlance.

Reviews

[Yasmin · Rating 4 out of 5]

El tercer volumen de la trilogía tiene -por fin- una historia con enanos gullys!
En general es una trilogía bastante buena, muy entretenida, aunque tiene detalles que me parecieron un poco forzados y/o extraños, pero en general me gustó mucho. Creo que sólo faltó alguna historia que tuviera kenders como personajes (otros que son mis favoritos).

[Chet · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a collection of short stories set in the Dragonlance universe. The quality was uneven with some of the stories not very good but also some really compelling ones. My favorites was The Son of Huma by Richard A. Knaak.

[Mikaël · Rating 3 out of 5]

Most of the short stories are decent, with a few really good ones (such as the what-if scenario where Takhisis becomes a sex slave), and a few really bad ones (such as the one that's all about chess, but was written by not one, but TWO people who obviously never played chess in their life)

Overall it was fun but for those reading the books chronologically.. the order is hella wrong with this one; skip it until after the Chaos War, whatever that is

[Douglas · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent collection of short stories. As with any anthology, some are better than others. I particularly liked “Master Tall and Master Small,” “The First Gully Dwarf Resistance,” and “There is Another Shore, You Know, Upon the Other Side.”

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the stories were very slow and hard to follow. The story 'There's another shore, you know,' was very well done, made me wish it was a full novel. Overall a good read with a varied timeline.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've never read a book from this world or series and though some things were confusing, I also felt like this was a good intro as well.

[Kaz Hayes · Rating 4 out of 5]

First two stories, banger. Last four stories, banger. Adam Lesh, count your days.

[Jim C · Rating 2 out of 5]

My rating is 2.5 stars. This is a collection of short stories set in the world of Dragonlance.

I believe that a collection of stories will be a mix of liked and not liked stories. Unfortunately, this collection had more stories that I did not care for. Most of the stories in this novel were pedestrian and really did not stand out. There were exceptions and these exceptions are worth the read. I enjoyed "Personal", "There is Another Shore, You Know" ( I wish this story was a novel. This story had an interesting concept.) and "The First Gully Dwarf Resistance". Also, Margaret Weis' contribution to this collection was enjoyable. I would recommend these short stories to fans of Dragonlance.

If you are looking for a tales anthology, there are better ones.

[J.C. Cauthon · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a collection of short stories for the Dragonlance saga. With most short story anthologies, there is a pleasant mix of liked stories and those not-so-liked. This one was an overall "not-so-liked." In truth, I wish I could reclaim the time that I spent reading this.

The stories were mediocre and dull. None of them stood out for me.

So, this was not one of my favorite collections, and I probably would not recommend it if anyone asked for my opinion about reading it.

[Aaron Pellegrini · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was mildly entertaining. Some stories proved to be a labor, however there were some gems. The story by Weis/Perrin, and the last story in the Icewall were gems. Pierson's story was decent as well. This book was typical of the Dragonlance short story books.

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

For someone like me who wants to read all stories from dragenlance, it was a nice read. But the stories are not that good as the main story line.

[Lana · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book full of lovely dragon stories but my very favourite apart from the revolt by the gully dwarfs who I always love is the story of the white dragon and I particularly loved the ending!!