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A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (Pern (Chronological Order))
by
Margaret Weis ,
Ciruelo Cabral , Anne McCaffrey , Jane Yolen , Patricia A. McKillip , Mickey Zucker Reichert , L. Sprague de Camp , Joan D. Vinge
,
more…
Contents
Introduction (A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic) • essay by Margaret Weis
Weyr Search • [Dragonriders of Pern] • (1967) • novella by Anne McCaffrey
Cockfight • (1980) • novelette by Jane Yolen
The Storm King • (1980) • novelette by Joan D. Vinge
The Fellowship of the Dragon • (1992) • novelette by Patricia A. McKillip
The Champion of Dragons • (1992) • short st...more
Introduction (A Dragon-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic) • essay by Margaret Weis
Weyr Search • [Dragonriders of Pern] • (1967) • novella by Anne McCaffrey
Cockfight • (1980) • novelette by Jane Yolen
The Storm King • (1980) • novelette by Joan D. Vinge
The Fellowship of the Dragon • (1992) • novelette by Patricia A. McKillip
The Champion of Dragons • (1992) • short st...more
Library Binding, 421 pages
Published
November 1st 1995
by Severn House Publishers
(first published 1994)
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I'm disappointed to find this edition was abridged from the original and all the more interesting, less frequently anthologized stories seem not to have been included here.
This edition contains:
Weyr Search [Dragonriders of Pern] (1967) by Anne McCaffrey — I was madly in love with the Pern books as a teen, but the more I read the original Pern story that McCaffrey later expanded, the more I really dislike it. Reading it here again was like having everything I enjoyed about the world of Pern sucke...more
This edition contains:
Weyr Search [Dragonriders of Pern] (1967) by Anne McCaffrey — I was madly in love with the Pern books as a teen, but the more I read the original Pern story that McCaffrey later expanded, the more I really dislike it. Reading it here again was like having everything I enjoyed about the world of Pern sucke...more
May 30, 2011
Brenda
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
short-stories
I didn't read all the stories, just the ones by the authors I've never read before. I discovered a few new authors that I'd like to try more of, like L. Sprague de Camp, Esther Friesner, and Eluki Bes Shahar. I've always had a fondness for dragons, so all these dragon-centered stories really hit the spot.
This book is pretty much exactly as advertised - if you're in the mood for some dragons, and you're a fan of fantasy fiction, there are stories here for you.
They're not all excellent stories - but my rating gets raised up to 4 stars because it does have some true classics here - Anne McCaffrey's gloriously un-PC 'Weyr Search' (the one that started it all!) and George R.R. Martin's 'Ice Dragon,' for example.
The Jane Yolen story is an excerpt from her 'Pit Dragon' trilogy, which is still my favori...more
They're not all excellent stories - but my rating gets raised up to 4 stars because it does have some true classics here - Anne McCaffrey's gloriously un-PC 'Weyr Search' (the one that started it all!) and George R.R. Martin's 'Ice Dragon,' for example.
The Jane Yolen story is an excerpt from her 'Pit Dragon' trilogy, which is still my favori...more
As with any short story collection, some of these are great, some are terrible, some are okay. But you say "dragon" and I say here's my money . . . Got this back in high school.
I gave it three stars because there were some stories I really liked and some stories I will never read again and wish I never read in the first place.
Nov 28, 2010
Audra
rated it
1 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
adult-fantasy-fiction,
gender-issues
Wow, first two stories had my thinking, "Hmm, not fond of this so far but I'll stick it out." Third story was just bloody ridiculous.
For a book called a Dragon-Lover's Treasury... there's a lot of stories with completely unlovable dragons.
Dracophiles should purchase it immediately, if they haven't yet; otherfolks should probably just borrow it.
As it turns out, this was an abridged version. I don't know that I'll seek out the book to read the rest of the stories, but it was fun.
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Listening to this on the walk to/from work. So far ok; as with all anthologies, some stories are better than others.
So far the Jane Yolen story was simple but nice; Orson Scott Card story was kind of whacked (dragons impregnating women? ewww); the Zelazny story was great (and led to a movie--Dragonheart); the McKillip story is slow but that's just how she w...more
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Listening to this on the walk to/from work. So far ok; as with all anthologies, some stories are better than others.
So far the Jane Yolen story was simple but nice; Orson Scott Card story was kind of whacked (dragons impregnating women? ewww); the Zelazny story was great (and led to a movie--Dragonheart); the McKillip story is slow but that's just how she w...more
Obviously not every story in this compilation gets four stars. Some don't even deserve one. In fact the one story in here by Orson Scott Card (probably my favorite author) is lousy.
But there are several stories here that are excellent. George Martin fans will find an great tale about a girl and a dragon. No it's not related to TSOIAF but it's great nonetheless.
This book is great for those times when you don't have time to get involved in an entire novel, but you still crave reading something go...more
But there are several stories here that are excellent. George Martin fans will find an great tale about a girl and a dragon. No it's not related to TSOIAF but it's great nonetheless.
This book is great for those times when you don't have time to get involved in an entire novel, but you still crave reading something go...more
This was a fun collection of short stories. Some were better than others.
My two favorite were converting Dragons to Christianity (hilarious) and a short story about an evil sword trying to corrupt a hero...awesome.
My two favorite were converting Dragons to Christianity (hilarious) and a short story about an evil sword trying to corrupt a hero...awesome.
Apr 19, 2010
Mollie *scoutrmom*
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
fantasy,
read-in-2010
The Dragonriders of Pern story seems to be made up of parts of the first book in the series rescued from the editor's trash. Well done and complete in itself, but not the something different I'd hoped for.
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Margaret Edith Weis is a fantasy novelist who, along with Tracy Hickman, is one of the original creators of the Dragonlance game world and has written numerous novels and short stories set in the world of Krynn. She graduated from the University of Missouri–Columbia and now lives in southern Wisconsin in a converted barn. Most recently, she has completed the third novel in the Dragonvarld trilogy...more
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