KENDERMORE (Dragonlance: Preludes) [Mass Market Paperback]

Mary Kirchoff (Author)

Book Description

Series: Dragonlance: Preludes | Publication Date: September 17, 1989

Before the War of the Lance, carefree kender Tasslehoff Burrfoot is enjoying the company of his friends at the Inn of the Last Home when a bounty hunter arrives and charges him with desertion for violating the kender laws of prearranged marriage. But Tasslehoff’s intended has pulled a disappearing act of her own. The race is on to see who gets dragged to the altar first in a tale of adventure replete with magic, monsters, and mayhem.

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About the Author

Mary Kirchoff is the author of a number of Dragonlance novels, including Flint the King (with Douglas Niles) and the Defenders of Magic trilogy. Currently she is Vice President of Publishing at Wizards of the Coast, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (September 17, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880387548
• ISBN-13: 978-0880387545
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #899,314 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars So Many Major errors, September 9, 2002

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This review is from: KENDERMORE (Dragonlance: Preludes) (Mass Market Paperback)

I must confess that after several attempts to read this book, I finally gave up. I could not get past the MAJOR storyline errors. For example in the first chapter, they describe Tika as having short dark hair. Hair color may have been a minor point on everyone else EXCEPT Tika (What color is Flint's hair? or Tanis'?). It is stated again and again how she had RED hair. It is part of her personality and it is not a small throw away detail. Then Tanis and Flint have a conversation where they discuss how worried they are about Caramon and Raistlin and how Raistlin is too young to be going off to take The Test!! Nobody knew they were off to take The Test, and it was clearly stated that it was a secret, but even more, the friends were suprised at Raistlin when they first saw him in Autumn Twilight. Did no one involved in writing this book actually read Chronicles? If not the author, and there is no excuse for her not having read the source, but at least an editor, proofreader...someone. I tried to read past these points, but was blasted with small things like typos, or sentences being spoken by Tas referred to as "said the dwarf." I give up....maybe if I finally finish everything DL ever written, I might come back and try this one again.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Redeemed the Series, July 28, 2002

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Heather Richards "darkjediqueen" (a galaxy far far away) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: KENDERMORE (Dragonlance: Preludes) (Mass Market Paperback)

After the abyssmal Darkness & Light of the Preludes series, I was very inclined to pass over Kendermore. I only had hope because the author was different, so I gave it a shot. Luckily this book was a hundred times better than the last one.

The main plot is that the kender Tasselhoff is being taken back to Kendermore by the dwarven bounty hunter Gisella and her assistant. Of course being a kender, he ultimately gets distracted along the way. A treasure map gets involved along with a cowardly doctor and Tasselhoff's intended bride to be. Being a kender he naturally manages to get out of every tight situation without fear and normally "borrowing" something along the way.

Kendermore saves itself from the problem of the last novel by not taking itself so seriously. Ridiculous situations are treated as just that and not intended to be great masterpieces. The author lends just enough credibility to the rather comical character to make him an amusing hero.

It's all in all a nice light read that though it won't make you think too much, it won't sour your stomach either.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Tas deserves better, September 29, 2003

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... "vilbs" (Montreal) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kendermore (Dragonlance: Preludes Volume Two) (Mass Market Paperback)

"Kendermore" has the dubious distinction of being the best novel in the Dragonlance Preludes trilogy.... I say dubious because that's more of a slam to the other two novels than a complement to this one. It's still not all that great a book, but is marginally saved by the overall quality of the character Tasslehoff Burrfoot. As has already been pointed out, the author clearly contradicts facts and character qualities already established in Chronicles, but nitpicking aside the plot just isn't all that hot.

It starts off decently enough, with Tas being nabbed by a bounty hunter and dragged back home to Kendermore, but it degenerates from there into a gnome ridden goofy mess. It's an immature and almost insultingly childish story that doesn't really give new insight or development to everybody's favorite kender. Tasslehoff is one of the most recognizable and consistently entertaining characters in the Dragonlance world, and to have this be "his" tale prior to the War of the Lance is doing him a great disservice.