Dragons!
June 9th 2007 02:58
It's dragons time! Deathly Hallows deluxe cover art has been released and it has......DRAGONS! Or just a dragon with the trio riding on them determinedly in their horcrux chasing ! I never liked dragons, I used to find them boring but right now I am reading Naomi Novik and have started liking them a little bit. And now they are on Harry Potter cover! [One of the chief reasons I liked Harry Potter series was that it was surprisingly free of dragons, vampires and other fantasy lore cliches. They are there in the background, never becoming the mainstay of the plot, just adding to the delicious clutter of magical world.
I have read a little of Anne Mcaffrey's fiction, the chief purveyor of dragon lore. I read Paolini's Inheritance novels too. The first one was decent and the second one was plain bad. But, any novel that would consist of nothing but dragons or vampires as the chief plot point is a strict no no for me. How much can you read of these things at a time? The worst culprit, is the King Arthur stuff. i would rather die than read another King Arthur novel. Mists of Avalon was enough.
Still, I encountered Noami Novik's series purely by chance. I have reviewed the second novel before and am reading the first. It is true that dragons are the chief plotline in the series but there is still a lot going on. in Novik's world, dragons are not just fabulous animals but war machines and she has conjured up intricately woven scenes of war with minute discussions of tactics and maneouvres when dragons are used as weapon carriers. This makes her creation more interesting than say dragons-hoard-magic-treasures kind of stuff.
The Deathly Hallows cover is surprising and gorgeous but I sincerely hope dragons remain just a vehicle to transpot Harry and his friends wherever they need to go. I hope and pray they do not become more germane to the plot than that. Just imagine if the magical power Harry has and the Voldemort knows not, is his ability to tame dragons !
Deluxe Edition Cover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
I have read a little of Anne Mcaffrey's fiction, the chief purveyor of dragon lore. I read Paolini's Inheritance novels too. The first one was decent and the second one was plain bad. But, any novel that would consist of nothing but dragons or vampires as the chief plot point is a strict no no for me. How much can you read of these things at a time? The worst culprit, is the King Arthur stuff. i would rather die than read another King Arthur novel. Mists of Avalon was enough.
Still, I encountered Noami Novik's series purely by chance. I have reviewed the second novel before and am reading the first. It is true that dragons are the chief plotline in the series but there is still a lot going on. in Novik's world, dragons are not just fabulous animals but war machines and she has conjured up intricately woven scenes of war with minute discussions of tactics and maneouvres when dragons are used as weapon carriers. This makes her creation more interesting than say dragons-hoard-magic-treasures kind of stuff.
The Deathly Hallows cover is surprising and gorgeous but I sincerely hope dragons remain just a vehicle to transpot Harry and his friends wherever they need to go. I hope and pray they do not become more germane to the plot than that. Just imagine if the magical power Harry has and the Voldemort knows not, is his ability to tame dragons !
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I have added more stuff since you generosly added your comments here but can you explain to me why you like dragons so much ? I'd like to know.