false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1188172365m/1777371.jpg 1777371 3 <div><div><div> A fantasy masterpiece from a five-time Hugo Award winner!</div><div> </div><div>A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a post-industrialized Faerie and, dragging himself into the nearest village, declares himself king and makes young Will his lieutenant. Nightly, he crawls inside the young fey's brain to get a measure of what his subjects think. Forced out of his village, Will travels with female centaur soldiers, witnesses the violent clash of giants, and acquires a surrogate daughter, Esme, who has no knowledge of the past and may be immortal. </div><div> </div><div>Evacuated to the Tower of Babel -- infinitely high, infinitely vulgar, very much like New York City -- Will meets the confidence trickster Nat Whilk. Inside the Dread Tower, Will becomes a hero to the homeless living in the tunnels under the city, rises as an underling to a politician, and meets his one true love&#8211;a high-elven woman he dare not aspire to. </div><div> </div><div>You've heard of hard SF: This is hard fantasy from a master of the form.</div></div></div> 1776045 8 1 2008 The Dragons of Babel total:124|5:21|4:53|3:31|2:13|1:6| 124 442 269 39 3 1 false false Wed Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 05:52:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 08:42:02 -0700 2008
I was tempted to rate it lower because two of the short stories making up the book wer...more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Dec 16 15:18:46 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 14 11:53:26 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 12 11:51:05 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 18 12:42:22 -0700 2008 The Iron Dragon's Daughter. Will is a happy-go-lucky fairie peasant boy--until a draconic cyborg machine of death crash lands in his village. The dragon chooses Will to be his mouthpiece and spy, which makes him grow up very fast and very dark. Eventually, Will escapes t...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Jan 10 00:06:51 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 00:07:43 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 19:13:03 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 19:13:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 01 17:02:51 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 17:03:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 19:33:26 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 15:59:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 04:52:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 04 07:06:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 12:42:43 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:42:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 03:29:33 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 00:14:12 -0700 2009 everything is to become nothing specific at all." And, "There were two detectives in the frigid apartment...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Oct 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 15:00:53 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 27 11:22:27 -0700 2009
Rather than writing a traditional novel plot, Swanwick adapts the classic oral tradition of the hero's quest: A boy is thrust into the world to...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Sep 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 11:25:24 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 15:18:59 -0700 2009 Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, and Gene Wolfe) write beautifully. Their s...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 08 12:20:45 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 11:50:57 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 12:20:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Aug 22 09:19:34 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 09:30:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 15:32:01 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 15:43:30 -0700 2008 ...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 11 08:10:14 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 11 08:18:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 16:39:02 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 16:40:20 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Oct 13 13:35:35 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 13:39:53 -0700 2008
Swanwick is one of the very best writers SF writers out there. By best I do not mean my favorite, I mean a gifted and skilled stringer together of words. You know, a wri...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 19:28:55 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 19:28:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 24 12:37:13 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 09:41:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1777371