A Fate Worse Than Dragons [Paperback]

John Moore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 2007

In an attempt to win the hand of Princess Gloria in marriage, Sir Terry slays a dragon-only to discover he's killed the dragon in a neighboring kingdom and inadvertently earned the devotion of the wrong princess. And everyone knows that getting stuck with the wrong girl is truly a fate worse than dragons.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Ace (April 24, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 044101495X
• ISBN-13: 978-0441014958
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #113,587 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun Stuff, April 24, 2007

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JC (VA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Fate Worse Than Dragons (Paperback)

Moore's book is a highly enjoyable diversion. A light, humorous and fast moving fantasy about a loyal and brave knight, a loyal and brave fop, beautiful (and maybe virginal) princesses, a beautiful cook, kidnappings real and staged, mistaken identitity, gryphons, dragons, wizards and toast-with butter and jam. Lots of fun to be had here.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Funny but too limited in scope, July 29, 2007

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Mike Garrison (Covington, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Fate Worse Than Dragons (Paperback)

This is the latest in Moore's series of fairy tale and fantasy parodies that are set in the "Twenty Kingdoms". As usual, Moore makes fun of both the fairy tale genre and also modern society. He occasionally manages to do both at the same time, such as with the many jokes in this book about the monsters that only eat virgins. (While these books are about children's stories, they are not themselves stories for children.) But what I've noticed about Moore's books is that he draws up some really interesting characters and then feels the need to shoehorn them into fairly limited roles. Each book I read, I wonder what would have happened if he had been willing to try something a little more daring than a fantasy parody. The stories are OK, the jokes are pretty good, the setting is generic, and the characters are great. The books are lightly diverting and decently amusing, but they could be much more than that.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Comes the Virginivorous Monster, December 7, 2007

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watzizname "watzizname" (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Fate Worse Than Dragons (Paperback)

She says 'Let's wait until we are married,' and then discovers that a virginivorous monster is nearby and suddenly changes her mind and can't wait to preconsummate their future marriage, and . . . .

That is perhaps the funniest scene in this hilarious spoof of fairy tales (especially fairy tale cliches)

No, this is not Moore's best; that distinction (so far) goes to The Unhandsome Prince, with Bad Prince Charlie and Heroics for Beginners very close seconds, but you'll still laugh your head off and be glad you bought A FATE WORSE THAN DRAGONS. Enjoy.

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