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Looking for good dragon-focused books? Want to tell everyone about the ones you’ve found? I hereby devote this thread to Most Excellent Literary Dragons (gryphons and ki-rin welcome, too, but maybe we should leave the unicorns for a separate thread).
I’ll start!
Herewith commences the Grand List of Nightcrow’s favorite dragon books:
Donn Kushner, A Book Dragon — the story of Nonesuch the dragon, who chooses for his treasure a beautiful illustrated manuscript, and his guardianship of it throughout the years. (Adorable!)
Patricia Briggs, Dragon Bones (and sequel Dragon Blood) — Ward is the son of the Lord of Hurog, an ancient keep once said to be the home of dragons; when Ward’s father dies, he has to prove himself worthy of becoming Hurog’s guardian. In doing so, Ward has a chance to undo past evils and restore dragons to the land.
Joanne Bertin, The Last Dragonlord (and sequel Dragon and Phoenix) — Bertin’s writing reminds me a lot of Mercedes Lackey, without being in the least derivative. The Dragonlords (shapeshifters who act as judges and lawgivers to humanity) are called in to judge who should take the throne after the Queen of Cassori’s untimely death. Linden Rathan, called the “last” Dragonlord because in 600 years he has not found his soulmate, finds himself in the middle of dangerous intrigue, dark magic, and doomed love.
Elizabeth Kerner, Song in the Silence (and sequels) — I love Kerner’s dragons! Original concepts, amazingly beautiful prose, and sentient dragons; what’s not to like? Lanen Kaelar sets out to find the fabled great dragons of old ballads, and succeeds beyond her wildest dreams.
Naomi Novik, His Majesty’s Dragon (and sequels) — Dragons instead of airplanes! Set in the era of Napoleon’s conquest of Europe, Novik tells the story of Captain Will Laurence (with his rare dragon Temeraire) and England’s Aerial Corps as they strive to protect their nation from Napoleon’s ambitions.
Anyone else have any good dragon books to share? (Or is anyone out there writing any good dragon books to share?) 🙂
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Interested in buying or trading for: GB Pebble Sitting Red Fox in dark grey, Lap Dragon Test Paints (Water Sprite, Glacial Pearl, Opulence, Pastel Rainbow, and many others - see my Classifieds ad), Blue Morpho OW, GB Pebble Loaf dragons in blue/aqua/teal, and Griffin Test Paints (Black Rainbow or Frosted Jade).
nightcrow wrote:Joanne Bertin, The Last Dragonlord (and sequel Dragon and Phoenix)
I have those! They’re great.
Aside from the obvious dragons of Pern and the Elvenbane series, I also have an omnibus of Daniel Hood call A Familiar Dragon. The guy inherits the local wizard’s familiar, a tiny dragon who communicated telepathically, and both of them end up solving crimes.
There’s Jane Yolen the Pit Dragon Trilogy, and of course, Lackey’s Joust series.
nightcrow wrote:Or is anyone out there writing any good dragon books to share? 🙂
I’ve completed the first novel (getting it published is almost harder than writing it!) of my series, A Dragon Medley. It’s called Green Dragon
Read my books! Volume 1 and 2 of A Dragon Medley are available now.
http://www.sarahjestin.com/mybooks.htm
I host the feedback lists, which are maintained by drag0nfeathers.
http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmIf you can find them Irene Radford has three related dragon series. You can read them chronologically or in the order they were written. The original series was The Dragon Nimbus. The books in that series are The Glass Dragon, The Perfect Princess, The Loneliest Magician and The Wizard’s Treasure.
The next series written was The Dragon Nimbus History and it takes place before The Dragon Nimbus. The books in that series are The Dragon’s Touchstone, The Last Battlemage and The Renegade Dragon.
The last series written was The Stargods and is set before the other two series. The books in that series are The Hidden Dragon, The Dragon Circle and The Dragon’s Revenge.
Dawn Cook also has a dragon series: First Truth, Hidden Truth, Forgotten Truth and Lost Truth.
Chris Claremont and George Lucas (yes, the director) did a trilogy to follow up on the film “Willow” which are quite good…Shadow Dawn, Shadow Moon and Shadow Star.
dragonmedley wrote:nightcrow wrote:Joanne Bertin, The Last Dragonlord (and sequel Dragon and Phoenix)
I have those! They’re great.
Aside from the obvious dragons of Pern and the Elvenbane series, I also have an omnibus of Daniel Hood call A Familiar Dragon. The guy inherits the local wizard’s familiar, a tiny dragon who communicated telepathically, and both of them end up solving crimes.
There’s Jane Yolen the Pit Dragon Trilogy, and of course, Lackey’s Joust series.
nightcrow wrote:Or is anyone out there writing any good dragon books to share? 🙂
I’ve completed the first novel (getting it published is almost harder than writing it!) of my series, A Dragon Medley. It’s called Green Dragon
So Medley, is your novel published??? 😕
No! Gosh darn it. Getting published nowadays is complicated. Most publishing housed are closed to unsolicited submissions, so you have to go through an agent. Getting one of those who represents fantasy is quite something, and from Canada to the States, if I want someone who doesn’t accept e-queries, I need a self-addressed stamped envelope… I’m actually getting discouraged, to be honest. I’m now under the impression that my story sucks, etc.
But I’m stubborn, so one day, I’ll be able to shriek on here that my book’s coming out!
Read my books! Volume 1 and 2 of A Dragon Medley are available now.
http://www.sarahjestin.com/mybooks.htm
I host the feedback lists, which are maintained by drag0nfeathers.
http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmdragonmedley wrote:I also have an omnibus of Daniel Hood call A Familiar Dragon. The guy inherits the local wizard’s familiar, a tiny dragon who communicated telepathically, and both of them end up solving crimes.
I have to try that! It sounds adorable! (And I’m already envious – why can’t I have a tiny telepathic dragon?!)
dragonmedley wrote:There’s Jane Yolen the Pit Dragon Trilogy, and of course, Lackey’s Joust series.
How could I have forgotten the Pit Dragon books? I’ve only read the first two, but I loved them! What neat dragons!
Quote:I’ve completed the first novel (getting it published is almost harder than writing it!) of my series
Wow, that’s awesome! Good luck with publishers! (It really does bite about the no-unsolicited-manuscripts thing. So many of the writers I love got their start from an editor’s “slushpile” that I hate how the practice has declined!)
Maybe you should look into Web publishing — eBooks? Isn’t there a somewhat well-known site out there that does that (reputably, I mean)? Or am I thinking of some hardcopy printer’s website, like the Baen Free Library? Hmm.
Either way, let me (okay, all of us Forum-goers) know when it does find a publisher! I promise to buy a copy! 🙂
Interested in buying or trading for: GB Pebble Sitting Red Fox in dark grey, Lap Dragon Test Paints (Water Sprite, Glacial Pearl, Opulence, Pastel Rainbow, and many others - see my Classifieds ad), Blue Morpho OW, GB Pebble Loaf dragons in blue/aqua/teal, and Griffin Test Paints (Black Rainbow or Frosted Jade).
Yeah, I’m starting to look into ebooks. There are several reputable e-publishers.
If you want, here’s a little excerpt of Green Dragon. (The next story will be about white dragons, the next about purple dragons… everyone here can probably guess which ones will follow
)They were racing back to the village – a stupid challenge on Meeryle’s part, given her lack of shape and sense of direction. Meeryle had to stop quickly, already out of breath, feeling her weight acutely.
Leena ran passed her. When she realized her friend was no longer moving, the tall girl stopped and backtracked.
“C’mon! Pick up your feet!”
Meeryle shook her head, panting. “I… can’t… run… any… farther.” She leaned forward, her hands on her knees and tried to catch her breath. She closed her eyes, taking in deep breaths, willing her heart not to burst out of her chest.
“By the way, you were going the wrong way. The village is over there.”
Meeryle shook her head. When would she get a sense of direction?
She still couldn’t catch her breath. She leaned against a tree, thinking she needed to do more tromping around. And to stop eating sweetcakes. At least the ones in the morning.
Then she felt the trunk move. It didn’t sway like a normal tree would, a slow movement back and forth. It expanded and deflated, as if it had taken in a deep breath. Startled, she stood and took a step back. She looked at Leena, wanting to tell her about the strange feeling. But Leena wasn’t looking at her. She was a few steps away, staring at the tree, gaping. Meeryle turned to look at the tree. For some reason, her eyes couldn’t focus properly. The tree seemed fuzzy. Meeryle blinked twice. The tree moved again, but not like before. It rippled, from the bottom up, and suddenly became bigger and taller. The top started to swing towards her, the branches shifting and changing shape. They fused together to become a bird-like head. The trunk and the bottom branches melded and transformed into a lithe body.
Meeryle was frozen in place. Time had stopped. She felt strangely detached. She found herself looking at the creature with interest. It was green, with scales, and reminded her of a lizard and a cat at the same time. It was graceful and beautiful. The neck was long, but the head was not as long and narrow as she would have expected. For some strange reason, a jewel seemed to adorn its forehead. But when Meeryle looked into its eyes, she unfroze. The eyes were a deep ruby red.
She was looking in the eyes of a dragon.
Meeryle surrendered to terror. She turned and ran for her life.
Read my books! Volume 1 and 2 of A Dragon Medley are available now.
http://www.sarahjestin.com/mybooks.htm
I host the feedback lists, which are maintained by drag0nfeathers.
http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmUm…. Robin McKinley’s Hero & the Crown (evil dragons, but loved the book)
E.E. Knight’s Dragon Champion was so much fun…
Melanie Rawn (Dragon Prince, Star Scroll, um…forgot the second or third book title, but good series)
Pamela C. Dean has a young reader series that I started reading in 6th grade & still love: The Secret Country, The Hidden Land, & The Whim of the Dragon
Dragonmedley: Yay! I want to read more 🙂 What’s the target age for your books (young readers, adults?) I have a friend who has published children’s books, so I can ask her how the heck she got her foot in the door and if she can have her publisher talk to you…
boskydragon wrote:Dragonmedley: Yay! I want to read more 🙂 What’s the target age for your books (young readers, adults?) I have a friend who has published children’s books, so I can ask her how the heck she got her foot in the door and if she can have her publisher talk to you…
The fact that you want to read more raises my spirits! Thanks 😀
The target is young adults.
Read my books! Volume 1 and 2 of A Dragon Medley are available now.
http://www.sarahjestin.com/mybooks.htm
I host the feedback lists, which are maintained by drag0nfeathers.
http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmdragonmedley wrote:Yeah, I’m starting to look into ebooks. There are several reputable e-publishers.
Exhaust all your options first.
If you self publish, you take a severe hit to your chances of ever getting a big publishing house to take your book. 🙁
Rusti wrote:dragonmedley wrote:Yeah, I’m starting to look into ebooks. There are several reputable e-publishers.
Exhaust all your options first.
If you self publish, you take a severe hit to your chances of ever getting a big publishing house to take your book. 🙁
I know – I found that out pretty quickly. Since I hadn’t heard of ebooks before either, I’m looking into them (like, how much for the royalties, etc.), but they’re not top of my list for sure.
Thanks!
Read my books! Volume 1 and 2 of A Dragon Medley are available now.
http://www.sarahjestin.com/mybooks.htm
I host the feedback lists, which are maintained by drag0nfeathers.
http://www.sarahjestin.com/feedbacklists.htmThe Book Dragon!!! I’ve had that one for years and love it!!
E.E. Knight’s “Age of Fire” Series. Starts with “Dragon Champion” and the Second Book is “Dragon Avenger”
Pern Books
Mecerdes Lackey’s Dragon Jousters
Melanie Rawn’s “Dragon Prince” and “Dragon Star” Series
I kinda like the “Eragon” Series
I’ll have to go hunt through my bookshelves to se if I’ve missed any 😀
dragonmedley – Persistance and Paitience. Thats what I’ve heard you need to get your work published. We’re rooting for you!!! 😀
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