Pulse en una miniatura para ir a Google Books.
Cargando... Dragons of Darkness (1981 original; edición 1988)por Orson Scott Card (Editor)
Información de la obraDragons of Darkness por Orson Scott Card (Editor) (1981)
Ninguno Cargando...
Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Balancing out a previous collection called Dragons of Light, this collection is, as the name suggests, darker. Dragons here are dangerous, evil or deadly, or just - dragons, with not real moral compass other than their own dark natures. Stories included are as follows: Filed Teeth by Glen Cook Vince's Dragon by Ben Bova The Thermals of August by Edward Bryant The Dragon's Clubs by Stephen Kimmel Negwenya by Janet Gluckman Middle Woman by Byron Walley The Storm King by Joan D. Vinge My Bones Waxed Old by Robert Frazier Soldatenmangel by Victor Milan Alas, My Love, You Do Me Wrong by James Tucker Fear of Fly by Lynn Mims Though All the Mountains Lie Between by Jeffrey A. Carver The Lady of the Purple Forest by Allan Bruton A Dragon in the Man by Kevin Christensen A Plague of Butterflies by Orson Scott Card Review: This is a wild collection, all over the place as far as theme, feel, tone, and subject. The only connection is the concept of the Dragon, but even that is loose. For example, the dragon in Middle Woman is more like a genie in a bottle, while the Negwenya is an African spirit who is dangers, while dragon of The Lady of the Purple Forest is the classic treasure-hoarding, princess-stealing sort. Some of these stories are humorous and amusing, but most are darker and horror-toned; In particular, Filed Teeth and Alas, My Love, You Do Me Wrong. They also span genres. Many are fantasy or dark-fantasy, but at least three were science fiction, and several had the fairy tale or folk tale formula. This anthology is a fine edition of any collection of Dragon stories. While I did not enjoy all of them, I recognized them for being excellent examples of short stories and fine example of dragon mythos. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
ContieneFiled Teeth por Glen Cook
Orson Scott Card is a winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards for short fiction and novels. His novel, Ender's Game, is considered one of the classics of the genre and is currently being developed for film. Along with subsequent novels in the Ender's series (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind, and Ender's Shadow), Card is also the author of the contemporary novels Lost Boys, Treasure Box, Homebody; The Homecoming Saga, including The Memory of Earth, The Call of Earth, The Ships of Earth, Earthfall, and Earthborn; an alternate history novel, Pastwatch: The Redemption of Christopher Columbus; and the American fantasy series The Tales of Alvin Maker: Seventh Son, Red Prophet, Prentice Alvin, Alvin Journeyman, and Heartfire. A respected playwright, Card has seen a dozen of his plays produced in regional theater. He has also taught writing courses at several universities and workshops, including, most recently, a novel-writing course at Pepperdine. Card currently lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with his wife and five children. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
Debates activosNingunoCubiertas populares
Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)813.087608Literature English (North America) American fiction By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Speculative fiction CollectionsClasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
¿Eres tú?Conviértete en un Autor de LibraryThing. |
There were, for me, a couple of low points. Not necessarily poorly written stories, but ones that didn't hold my attention as well (as I *was* here for the dragons). Roger Stine's 'Thermals of August' springs to mind, which was primarily about hangliders. "Soldatenmangel" was also on the strange side, and a little goofy, though still entertaining.
Overall, great fantasy read though. ( )