Black Dragon, White Dragon [Paperback]

Eugie Foster (Author), Jeff Crook (Author), Robert J Santa (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 2008

Black Dragon, White Dragon is a collection of 24 short stories about the most fearsome and magical of all creatures to ever inhabit the world of fantasy literature: dragons. From marauding beast to noble saviour, the dragon is presented here in a myriad of forms by a group of today's most exciting authors including Eugie Foster, Jeff Crook and James S. Dorr.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Ricasso Press (December 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981932304
• ISBN-13: 978-0981932309
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,797,148 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some great original stories..., March 31, 2009

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Naill Renfro (Hangzhou, China) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Black Dragon, White Dragon (Paperback)

Especially "An Ordinary Dragon" (Jennifer Schwabach), "The Elephant and the Dragon" (Sean Melican), "I Dreamed of Griffons in Flight" (Jeff Crook), and "The Dragonkeeper's Wife" (Peter M. Ball). The book would be worth it for these stories alone, but there are many others as well. "A Pet of Her Own" (M.L. Burch) would be a great story to read aloud to a child, even a very young one, and especially to one who's lobbying for a pet. "San Marino and the Dragon" (Kelly Harmon) is one of several light-hearted, positive stories, while others are more grim. They range from at least one story with no characters other than dragons to at least one story in which the dragon is never actually seen. Happy, sad, violent, peaceful -- dragons for everyone!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A charming surprise, February 18, 2009

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Rosemary Williams "Spyderred" (Kelseyville CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Dragon, White Dragon (Paperback)

This book has much of the delight and charm of the Harry Potter stores. Each entry has some relationship to a dragon. Best of the lot is the story by Burch titled "A Pet of Her Own" in which a young girl finds an egg in a mysterious forest, hatches it in believable ways, and discovers she has a dragon. Her effects to cope with raising a dragon on a farm are a delightful mix of realism and fantasy. The resolution is satisfying and represents the girl's growth in generosity and, finally, maturity. Altogether suitable for the pre-teen, early teen reader.

5.0 out of 5 stars Beyond the covers of this book there be dragons, April 30, 2009

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scatter "prevalent" (gilbertsville, ny USA) - See all my reviews

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I didn't realize until I got this book that what had been missing from my shelves was an anthology of dragon stories, lots of them. All kinds of dragons here - good dragons, ordinary working dragons and dragons you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley. My current favorite is a dragon who protects a village in return for cave and boards. The book is just a lot of fun!