Did these fire-breathing (and, in both cases, shapeshifting) lizards brings their A-game? Read on, reader…īook the First: “ Nice Dragons Finish Last (Heartstrikers #1)” by Rachel Aaron.īlurb: As the smallest dragon in the Heartstriker clan, Julius survives by a simple code: keep quiet, don’t cause trouble, and stay out of the way of bigger dragons. So, that’s the place I was coming from when I picked up a pair of dragon books by (as coincidence would have it) a pair of Rachels. And by “right”, I mean they need to bring more to the table than just, “We’re dragons! ‘Nough said!” If and when I ever decide to deliver a story featuring THE mythological beast synonymous with fantasy (meaning above and the beyond the cameo appearance in “ The Song Caster”, and my sorta-kinda dragon character who’ll be making her debut in Xchyler Publishing’s paranormal anthology this fall), it’ll be because I’ve come up with an at least semi-original spin that I feel will do this venerable creature justice. This may or may not be taken as blasphemy – particularly coming from not only a fantasy reader, but a fantasy writer – but the fact is, I’m not super into dragons.ĭon’t get me wrong! They can be cool and all.
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An author of rare literary talents, Durant (1885–1981) won a wide readership through his ability to make history intriguing, lively, and dramatic. Exceptional for its masterful prose as well as its size and scope, the Story is a powerful combination of style and substance. Reading those volumes-sometimes poring over large portions of them multiple times-would be one of the most enlightening and enjoyable experiences of my life.įirst published between 19, The Story of Civilization is a work of great and enduring value. 1 Although I wanted to learn more about history, I wasn’t sure I wanted to learn that much. Finding the book at the library, I was surprised to see that it was but one volume in a massive series called The Story of Civilization-eleven substantial volumes spanning two feet of shelving. Because my immediate interest was ancient Greece, I decided to try a friend’s recommendation, The Life of Greece by Will Durant. I had taken several history courses but wanted more. Eleven years ago, toward the end of my undergraduate years as a philosophy major at the University of Virginia, I was feeling dissatisfied with my knowledge of history. Of those which come through the gate and make their habitation in this world none can tell although Ibn Schacabao tells of the beings which crawl from the Gulf of S'ghlhuo that they may be known by their sound. Verily do we know little of the other universes beyond the gate which YOG-SOTHOTH guards. Here follows a small selection of quotes from various translations of the Necronomicon:Īnd it was dreamed again of the priest Nophra-Ka and of the words he spoke at his death, how the son would rise to claim the title, and the son would rule the world in his father’s name, and the son would revenge his father’s murder, and the son would call the Beast that is worshipped, and the sands would drink the blood of the seed of the Pharaoh. 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