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| Title | : | The Dragon and the George (Dragon Knight #1) |
| Author | : | Gordon R. Dickson |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 286 pages |
| Published | : | by Ballantine Books (first published 1976) |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Dragons. Fiction. Science Fiction. Humor |
Gordon R. Dickson
Paperback | Pages: 286 pages Rating: 3.9 | 5868 Users | 193 Reviews
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Jim Eckert was a dragon. He hadn't planned it that way, but that's what happened when he set out to rescue his betrothed. Following her through an erratic astral-projection machine, Jim suddenly found himself in a cockeyed world - locked in the body of a talking dragon named Gorbash. That wouldn't have been so bad if his beloved Angie were also a dragon. But in this magical land, that was not the case. Angie had somehow remained a very female human - or a george, as the dragons called any human. And Jim, no matter what anyone called him, was a dragon. To make matters worse, Angie had been taken prisoner by an evil dragon and was held captive in the impenetrable Loathly Tower. So in this land where georges were edible and beasts were magical - where spells worked and logic didn't - Jim Eckert had a problem. And he needed help, by george!Details Books To The Dragon and the George (Dragon Knight #1)
| Original Title: | The Dragon and the George |
| ISBN: | 0345350502 (ISBN13: 9780345350503) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dragon Knight #1 |
| Literary Awards: | World Fantasy Award Nominee for Best Novel (1977), British Fantasy Award for Best Novel (1977) |
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Ratings: 3.9 From 5868 Users | 193 ReviewsRate Epithetical Books The Dragon and the George (Dragon Knight #1)
I enjoyed this book, as, even though it was written almost 40 years ago, many of the issues are still relevant. We have rampant unemployment, price gouging by landlords, employers who take advantage of desparate workers, and an economy which enables all those injustices to thrive. I enjoyed watching as the character "Jim" grew and learned something about himself, and finding that he did not like all that he saw. He used that knowledge to begin changing his actions, and even though the effect wasI read this book almost 40 years ago. It was one of my first fantasy reads, and I loved it! I recently ran across it and 5 or 6 more that Dickson had written in the series. I had not read any but the first and decided to refresh my memory and re-read it. Like many memories from our youth, it wasn't quite as good as I remembered, however, I did enjoy it enough to want to read more in the series and see what happened to the characters. The writing is a bit dated and the story is simpler than most
I first read this book 12 years ago. This summer, my siblings and I decided to read it together. So I did, and reviewed it. Then I rediscovered my first review! They're very similar, which goes a long way toward my classification as a broken record. Here are both:[2005] I've wanted to read this novel ever since I found out that it was the inspiration for the animated movie Flight of Dragons---you know, the one with James Eckert, the contemporary academic who finds himself trapped in a mystical
Our Hero gets whisked away to another world, a world with knight, trolls and wizards, where he needs to fight the forces of darkness to rescue his true love. Sound familiar? But there's a twist, in this new world he is a dragon. Dickson (born in my home town of Edmonton -according to Wikipedia) has taken a familiar set up added the dragon element and created an enjoyable if familiar tale. I would like to have seen more about dragons though- I don't believe this was explored as much as it could
2.5I had severe issues with the blandness of many characters, the short-changing of the action scenes and the relatively inconsequential plot. I also admit my bias to having adored "Flight of Dragons" as a child, and this book pretty much only shares character names and the idea of a man transported into a dragon's body. I prefer the movie characters, though some of them are more fleshed out in this version. I just don't like how they are fleshed out. I don't find any particularly interesting,
I first read perhaps all of these books back in high school, and from that era, they're the only genre series I've actually come back to and still liked. Not that there aren't issues: there are plenty.But that's why I've just added a guilty-pleasures shelf, because it's far too late for me to actually come up with reasons why I like them so much. I'll have to come back to it later (maybe after I check out the second book, tomorrow).
Pure fun...rather unorthodox and original when it showed up. I read this and several of the sequels. Not the regular hero slays dragon story as the hero IS the dragon. Humorous/adventure.Jim Eckert finds himself in one of the most spectacularly frustrating and weird situations that has been imagined in the worlds of fantasy. In a quest to rescue his girl friend who's been "aported" to another world (apparently "aported" there by a crazy professor who can't get her back, but offers to send Jim
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