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The Iron Dragon's Daughter (Fantasy Masterworks)

The Iron Dragon's Daughter (Fantasy Masterworks)

by Michael Swanwick (Author)

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    Paperback 2004

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Synopsis

Part classic fantasy, part Charles Dickens, The Iron Dragon's Daughter is one of the most unique novels in the genre. Jane is a changeling child, enslaved in a factory that makes the iron dragons - terrible engines of war - until she discovers the secret of the dragons' sentience and is able to use one of the beasts to escape. Then, her adventures as a thief and an outsider take her into a reality rich in wild magic and sharp-edged technology, a world where Time and shopping malls have a strange relationship and gryphons have a low capacity for alcohol. A surprising and brilliant novel that undercuts the easy escapism of more conventional fantasy.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 352
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 14 Oct 2004
ISBN 10: 0575076054
ISBN 13: 9780575076051
Book Overview: 42 in the Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks series, a library of the most original and influential fantasy ever written 'A wonderful novel, a singular work that never slackens its pace or its inventiveness' James Schellenberg 'There are many themes in this expertly complex book, but one of them is that of refusal, a refusal embodied not least in the attitude to cliched handling of generic tropes' Roz Kaveney 'Simultaneously magical and steampunk-like, a dreamland ravaged by Industrial Revolution ... Gives one hell of a jolt to received ideas of what is possible in fantasy ... It ought to be read' Vector 'There are few great anti-fantasies in the literature: The Iron Dragon's Daughter ... is one' The Encyclopedia of Fantasy A New York Times Notable Book

Author Bio
Michael Swanwick was born in 1950. He is recognised as one of the most powerful and consistently inventive writers of his generation. THE IRON DRAGON'S DAUGHTER was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award; it was a New York Times Notable Book, as was JACK FAUST. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award more than a dozen times and won a Hugo for his SF novel STATIONS OF THE TIDE. He lives with his wife and son in Philadelphia.