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Dragon Sword

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I bought this book in a tiny little bookstore in Nicosia, Cyprus in 1990. The characters unfold and draw the reader into the nightmare that is Suzanne Helling's personal world, and into her rebirth and healing as Alouzon Dragonmaster, hero of Gryylth. Become entwined in the threads of Gryylth & Corrin, lands built on mist and mystery. The characters have depth and feeling, and when the final page is turned, you really do want to find out how the new, solid worlds of Gryylth,Corrin, & their inhabitants, will evolve.

Dragon Sword was a wee bit heavy-handed on the social commentary, but you know, after I got into the story, I just didn't care.

It's about a world invented by a bitter, divorced, mysogynistic professor. He needs a successor and his assistant is the one chosen by the dragon--and she's a pacifist who still has nightmares about Kent State.

There's nice conflict between the two of them, an interesting world, and the intriguing question of how real is real?

Truly worth readin

There is not a single truly positive male character. The men are vile, and my feeling was they could have only been created by a woman who wanted all men castrated. In fact, the author does that in the book.

The professor, who is the most vile of all, must be Baudino with balls. She apparently took her opinion of men and transposed it into her charachter's opinion of women.

I remember loving this book (and all the other Gael Baudino books) decades ago. I remember Gossamer Axe being wonderful, and the Strands of Starlight books being wonderful. But I also thought I remembered this as being wonderful, so maybe I should not read the other books again. Not that I can find them easily or inexpensively.

I am disappointed by this book. I wouldn't say don't read it or don't get it, though. YMMV.

This was just awful. Schlock. Formulaic. Unoriginal. Remaindering is a mercy killing. Not a book to give someone if you want to get them hooked on fantasy fiction.