The Dragons of Babel
Jan 2008 · Tor Books
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A fantasy masterpiece from a five-time Hugo Award winner!
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.
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–a high-elven woman he dare not aspire to.
You've heard of hard SF: This is hard fantasy from a master of the form.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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.
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–a high-elven woman he dare not aspire to.
You've heard of hard SF: This is hard fantasy from a master of the form.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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29 November 2010
I'm not really sure how much this book really counts as a sequel... Jane makes only a minor cameo appearance and really, much of the book's setting seemed pretty different, too. It was definitely less dark, less violent and less oriented on sex. I read a review saying that this was mostly a re-working of previously published short stories, and I have to say that I can definitely see this is true, as this was not a very coherent book. But, really, _The Iron Dragon's Daughter_ was not very strong in this either. Basically, I liked this, but I didn't love it - and I really don't plan on following this series or author any longer.
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12 July 2016
I've reread this book so many times & never gotten over how amazing it is.
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Michael Swanwick lives in Philadelphia, PA. He has won five Hugo Awards and one Nebula Award.
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