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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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The Iron Dragon's Daughter, Michael Jurgen Swanwick
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- The Iron Dragon's Daughter
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Michael Jurgen Swanwick
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0575076054
- ISBN13
- 9780575076051
- Tags
- Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Classics, Science Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Mythical Creatures, Dragons, Steampunk, Cyberpunk
- Rating
- 3.4 out of 5
- Description
- 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.