The Dragon Quintet
10 best books like The Dragon Quintet (Marvin Kaye): The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales, The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy, Swords Against Darkness, Horse Fantastic, Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, Wings of Fire, Dragon Fantastic, A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic, Dragons of Light, Year's Best Fantasy 2
| Author | Tanith Lee |
| ISBN | 0886770033 |
THE GORGON, a brilliant shocker that leads off this scintillating collection of Tanith Lee's tales, was the winner of the World Fantasy Award for best short story of the year in 1983. It is appropriate that it gives its title to these tales ranging from horror and the supernatural to science fiction,...
| Author | Jack Dann |
| ISBN | 0441017649 |
Never before published stories by New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Stroud, Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Diana Gabaldon, and others.
Whether portrayed as fire-breathing reptilian beasts at war with humanity or as noble creatures capable of speech and mystically bonded to the warriors...
| Author | Andrew J. Offutt |
| ISBN | 0890832390 |
Edited and introduced by Andrew J. Offutt.
Contents:
7 · Foreword · Andrew J. Offutt · fw
12 · Nekht Semerkeht · Robert E. Howard & Andrew J. Offutt · nv *
49 · The Tale of Hauk · Poul Anderson · nv *
80 · The Smile of Oisia · George W. Proctor · nv *
118 · Pride...
| Author | Martin H. Greenberg |
| ISBN | 0886775043 |
part of this anthology: Silverdown's Gold - 5 stars
Trionn the scullion could never pause anywhere for more than a minute without attracting a heap of cats. It did not matter wether his clothes reeked of the midden on those days when he raked out the garbage, or if he was simply sitting, huddled...
| Author | Al Sarrantonio |
| ISBN | 0451459776 |
Now, Sarrantonio presents another daring, all-new anthology showcasing some of the genre's biggest names and best newcomers. "Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy" sets the standard for fantasy in the twenty-first century. Fantasy as literature. Fantasy that reinvigorates and expands the field's...
| Author | Jonathan Strahan |
| ISBN | 1597801879 |
Dragons: Fearsome fire-breathing foes, scaled adversaries, legendary lizards, ancient hoarders of priceless treasures, serpentine sages with the ages' wisdom, and winged weapons of war... Wings of Fire brings you all these dragons, and more, seen clearly through the eyes of many of today's most...
| Author | Rosalind M. Greenberg |
| ISBN | 0886775116 |
Each story included in this volume offers a new perspective on the legends of the dragons, the fiercest creatures in the annals of fantasy. Challenges and delights await readers in this all-original collection of imaginative dragon tales tales by such top talents as Alan Dean Foster, Mickey Zucker...
| Author | Margaret Weis |
| ISBN | 0446670634 |
Dragons are monsters, mages, heroes, horrors. Dragons thrill our dreams and haunt our legends. Now Margaret Weis, coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Dragonlance and Death Gate series, author of the Star of the Guardians series, and one of the world's leading dragonists and dracophiles, gathers...
| Author | Orson Scott Card |
| ISBN | 1557850372 |
The dragons are coming! Here are thirteen original tales about that most popular of fabulous beasts--the dragon! Edited by Orson Scott Card, this book features works by authors such as Roger Zelazny, Michael Bishop, Craig Shaw Gardner, Steve Rasnic Tem and more.
The Ice Dragon by George R....
| Author | David G. Hartwell |
| ISBN | 0380818418 |
Remarkable Journeys to Fantastic Realms.
Undreamed-of wonders from the farthest reaches of imagination.
In this second volume of the previous year's finest short fantastic fiction, acclaimed editor and anthologist David G. Hartwell showcases new works by stellar literary...
| Author | Marion Zimmer Bradley |
| ISBN | 0886774861 |
SPELLS CAST AND SWORDS CROSSED!
As the forces of evil reach out to conquer new realms, claiming the lives and treasures of unprotected innocents, there are always a valiant few ready to oppose these masters of darkness and destruction. Bold women warriors, wise women, sorceresses wielding...
| Author | Andre Norton |
| ISBN | 0812547578 |
Alice Mary Norton always had an affinity to the humanities. She started writing in her teens, inspired by a charismatic high school teacher. First contacts with the publishing world led her, as many other contemporary female writers targeting a male-dominated market, to choose a literary pseudonym....
| Author | Mercedes Lackey |
| ISBN | 0886778638 |
Flights of Fantasy is a short story collection edited by Mercedes Lackey centered around birds and flight.
The fourth anthology edited by Mercedes Lackey, who is making a name for herself as an editor, in addition to her fame as a writer. A bestselling author and licensed wild bird rehabilitator...
| Author | Alan F. Troop |
| ISBN | 0451460073 |
The Seadragon's Daughter (Dragon Delasangre #3)
by Alan F. Troop
My take:
The third book in the series is my least favorite. The story could have been a trilogy with A Host of Dragons finishing up the series. This one involves and adventure with sea dragons and several battles (not...
| Author | C.J. Cherryh |
| ISBN | 0671655922 |
Out of the underworld and into your heart! Rumor has it that there is a way out of Hell, through tunnels. Of course the rumors could he disinformation direct from the Father of Lies; all the Heroes of Hell who have assembled for the adventure know that. Though they do not know what hideous dangers they will...
| Author | Isaac Asimov |
| ISBN | 0380699176 |
Enter the limitless realms of pure imagination. Here you’ll discover the dangers of walking the boulevards dreamed up by Harlan Ellison … the dark side of wishes granted by Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Djinn Number Seven … the wry twists of Rick Norwood’s wordplay … the sinister shadows lurking...
| Author | Irene Radford |
| ISBN | 0756400511 |
I really liked the premise of this book and got the trilogy omnibus out of the library. Spaceships, dragons and world building! What could go wrong?
Unfortunately the writing is terrible and needs some serious editing. The main characters are too similar to differentiate and just about every...
