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The Book of Dragons

An Anthology

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The Book of Dragons

By: Jonathan Strahan
Narrated by: Matthew Waterson, Lorna Bennett, Eleanor Caudill, Feodor Chin, Mimi Chang, MW Cartozian Wilson
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R.F. Kuang, Kate Elliott, Ken Liu, Todd McCaffrey, Garth
Nix, Peter S. Beagle, and other modern masters of fantasy and science fiction
put their unique spin on the greatest of mythical beasts—the dragon—in
never-before-seen works written exclusively for this fantasy anthology compiled
by award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan and with art by Rovina
Cai!

Here there be dragons . . .

From China to Europe, Africa to North America, dragons have long captured our
imagination in myth and legend. Whether they are rampaging beasts awaiting a
brave hero to slay or benevolent sages who have much to teach humanity, dragons
are intrinsically connected to stories of creation, adventure, and struggle
beloved for generations.

Bringing together nearly thirty stories and poems from some of the greatest science fiction and fantasy writers working today— Garth Nix, Scott Lynch, R.F. Kuang, Ann Leckie & Rachel Swirsky, Daniel Abraham, Peter S. Beagle, Beth Cato, Zen Cho, C. S. E Cooney, Aliette de Bodard, Amal El-Mohtar, Kate Elliott, Theodora Goss, Ellen Klages, Ken Liu, Seanan Maguire, Patricia A McKillip, K. J. Parker, Kelly Robson, Michael Swanwick, Jo Walton, Elle Katharine White, Jane Yolen, Kelly Barnhill, Brooke Bolander, Sarah Gailey, and J. Y. Yang—and illustrated by award-nominated artist Rovina Cai with black-and-white line drawings specific to each entry throughout, this extraordinary collection vividly breathes fire and life into one of our most captivating and feared magical creatures as never before and is sure to become a treasured keepsake for fans of fantasy, science fiction, and fairy tales.

Accolades & Awards

Locus Award
2021
Dragons & Mythical Creatures Locus Award Anthologies & Short Stories Fantasy Science Fiction
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There are several me good stories and some horribly boring stories. I suggest that you skip over “dragon in the barn” else you’ll be bored to tears.

Mixed bag

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I WANTED to enjoy this book. I listened to the entire thing. A few stories were pretty good but more of the stories just stopped leaving me hanging with no idea of how even the shortest of the stories ended. Did the main character live or die? Were the dragons willing to coexist with humans or not? Not my kind of stories.

Too many stories just stopped without being done

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