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The Cataclysm: Tales, Volume V

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The Cataclysm is an event talked about in almost every Dragonlance book. We have been given hints of the destruction it caused Krynn. In this book, you get the full fury of what kind of an impact it made. The story on Lord Soth is by far the best short Drangonlance story I have ever read. This book has some of the most terrifying stories in the whole series. A must read for any fanof the saga.

I loved every single writer. I can't believe they meshed so well. The only problem I saw, was that they weren't longer; instead of just short stories, I would love a bunch of novels! A must read.

I had been waiting since I started reading TSR 8 years ago for them to write more diverse stories of the times surrounding the cataclysm. It had been all too easy to picture the simplicity of the cataclysm after reading this book as before we knew the main facts in history not the Unsung Heroes of that time that were not recognise. I am pleased that this work was made to express that time oh so long ago in krynn history this will become one of the true classics of this series as expected I Highly recommend reading this.

when i first atsrted reading dragonlance, i kept hearing about the cataclysm, but i feel that noone bothered to add any substantal backround to the event until this book.

this book provided had it all. if you are looking for the same as i did( again alot of insight to what happened before during and shortly after the cataclysym) then this is your book.

The book had wonderful tales, though I skipped the one that was in poem form. I don't understand why that story was done that way. Tales are meant to be read like stories, not poetry. Fave tale was the Good Knight, with Nikol and Michael meeting Lord Soth. At least I was able to know that there was a good side to Soth, even though it only happened once.

Expecting a moderate to good book, I was stunned by the low level of the literature. this may have been better not written, except for three serious and good tales and one funny ang good tale.
Beginning with traditional poetry in "The Word And The Silence" is not what i like. i usually dislike these poems, but this one was appaling. It made no sense and you couldnt understand one bit of it, even whtever it was trying to tell you. The continuation "Mark Of The Flame, Mark Of The Word", was slightly better, but still bad with no point. "The Bargain Driver", was OK but rather boring and, yet again, had no real connection to the cataclysm and no point. "Seekers" was very good but ruined by its pessmistic atitdude. Though the boy believed in Paladine at the end, the man didn't, and we never found out what happened to his quest. "No Gods, No Heroes", was just a funny tale that wasn't even well written. The only good point was Tarli from "Kender Stew" showing up. "Into Shadow Into Light", was almost the best, carrying in it a very deep moral. "Ogre Unaware" was funny but, again, boring. "The Cobblers Son" was very good and funny, one of the only good stories. "The Voyage Of The Sunchaser", was boring and not even funny, only very dull. "The High Priest Of Halycon", was very good, if a trifle dull. Last and best "True Knight" continues "The Silken Threads" from "The Reign Of Istar" in a beautiful manner, with many hidden messages which they did not understand but we did. The ending is beautiful and fitting.

Weis and Hickman have once again opened up the dragonlance world to other authors and different points of view. There were several stories that were quite refreshing. The story with the Cleric of Takesis was a nice change from the normal view given to all of the evil priests in the other books. The story about Lord Soth was an interesting change as well However, all in all the stories just weren't that memorable. For the roleplayers out there it makes an occational good source for some background. Though you have to decide which you want to accept and which you do not.

This book is overall an excellent book for dragon lance lovers... It covers the important aspects of the world for our charaters

I have to give all the short story novels 3 stars. There are some stories you won't like but they'll 2-4 really great ones that will make the books worth the price.

i like the whole book. my favorite story however was the one about the ghost being restored. again very good book; i cant say enough about it.