Dragon books need suggestions - Page 3

thinkpad · 03-11-2010, 05:55 AM

Halfway through: Dragon Avenger. I feel the book is a copy of the first one: Dragon Champion, so I would not recommend it. It doesn't add anything new and I fail to feel captivated by the story. On the other hand with the Temeraire series I felt with the characters and couldn't wait to read the sequels.

John F · 04-15-2010, 08:39 AM

If your interested, a free dragon book:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80353

GeoffC · 04-15-2010, 08:45 AM

Dragon Knights series by Bianca Darc .... (nb erotica)

lib2b · 04-15-2010, 10:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KarateMonkey

My wife just read Dragonhaven by Robin McKinley, and enjoyed it. We got it from Fictionwise.

I'd like to second this recommendation - I really enjoyed it.

I also second/third/etc. the Temeraire books. The human characters are nothing special, but I really enjoyed the dragons in them.

When I was in high school, I really liked the trilogy by Melanie Rawn that began with Dragon Prince. I was in high school though, and that was quite awhile ago, so I don't know if I'd trust my judgement today

. There are some books that I loved in high school that I still love today, and some that upon re-reading many years later I wonder what I was thinking; having not read these since high school, I'm not sure if this series would fall under the former or latter category.

thinkpad · 04-18-2010, 04:58 AM

The next book in the Temeraire series is now available for preorder from Amazon, available on July 13, 2010: Tongues of Serpents

GeoffC · 04-18-2010, 05:38 AM

Excuse me whilst I vent ....

$19.98 for the Kindle Version ...

$16.50 for the hardback !

thinkpad · 04-18-2010, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Excuse me whilst I vent ....
$19.98 for the Kindle Version ...
$16.50 for the hardback !

I saw it on the U.S Amazon site for $15.00 (Kindle price) perhaps that is if you preorder?

GeoffC · 04-18-2010, 05:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thinkpadx

I saw it on the U.S Amazon site for $15.00 (Kindle price) perhaps that is if you preorder?

Okay, I just followed the link that was posted and gasped at the difference in price - though why I'm surprised I don't know....

thinkpad · 04-18-2010, 06:10 AM

Here previous books in the series has gone down to $6.39. I don't think it's unfair with a price of $15 when it's released. But I agree I wouldn't pay more for an ebook than I do for a paper-book.

GeoffC · 04-18-2010, 06:29 AM

Your original link still shows the prices I quoted; why are they different to the prices at #39?

thinkpad · 04-18-2010, 07:27 AM

Strange. Are you being redirected to the UK page? When I click the link I'm taken to the page where the price is set to $15.

GeoffC · 04-18-2010, 09:24 AM

Interesting, no - it's definitely the amazon.COM version ... - perhaps I've cahed it somewhere ....

starrigger · 04-23-2010, 04:43 PM

I can't let this question go by without pointing out my own two science fiction (not fantasy) dragon novels, Dragons in the Stars and Dragon Rigger. They're both in ebook, multiformat. (They're in most of the ebook stores, but I recommend either fictionwise or webscription for DRM-free versions.) You can read the short story that the first book was based on, "Though All the Mountains Lie Between," on my website for free.

My family also really enjoyed Patricia Wrede's series, which I believe started with Dealing with Dragons. And Jane Yolen wrote a good YA trilogy, the Pit Dragon series.

Sweetpea · 04-25-2010, 02:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GeoffC

Interesting, no - it's definitely the amazon.COM version ... - perhaps I've cahed it somewhere ....

Your location is set to the UK. Try logging out and using an US proxy...

thinkpad · 04-14-2012, 05:12 AM

The last 2 books in the Temeraire-series was a disappointment for me, but I've found a new author that I enjoy more.

E.M Sinclair has a whole series about dragons. The first book is free.
Soul Bonds Book 1 Circles of Light series
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/146078

If you're having trouble remembering names/places this book is perhaps not so easy since there's a lot of places and names to remember, especially in the following books.
I'm currently on book 3 in the series and I still find the story interesting.

04-14-2012, 05:12 AM	#45
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	The last 2 books in the Temeraire-series was a disappointment for me, but I've found a new author that I enjoy more. E.M Sinclair has a whole series about dragons. The first book is free. Soul Bonds Book 1 Circles of Light series http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/146078 If you're having trouble remembering names/places this book is perhaps not so easy since there's a lot of places and names to remember, especially in the following books. I'm currently on book 3 in the series and I still find the story interesting. Last edited by thinkpad; 04-14-2012 at 05:37 AM.

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03-11-2010, 05:55 AM	#31
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	Halfway through: Dragon Avenger. I feel the book is a copy of the first one: Dragon Champion, so I would not recommend it. It doesn't add anything new and I fail to feel captivated by the story. On the other hand with the Temeraire series I felt with the characters and couldn't wait to read the sequels.

04-15-2010, 08:39 AM	#32
John F Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,941 Karma: 70583139 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo Clara 2E	If your interested, a free dragon book: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=80353

04-15-2010, 08:45 AM	#33
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Dragon Knights series by Bianca Darc .... (nb erotica)

04-18-2010, 04:58 AM	#35
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	The next book in the Temeraire series is now available for preorder from Amazon, available on July 13, 2010: Tongues of Serpents

04-18-2010, 05:38 AM	#36
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Excuse me whilst I vent .... $19.98 for the Kindle Version ... $16.50 for the hardback !

04-18-2010, 06:10 AM	#39
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	Here previous books in the series has gone down to $6.39. I don't think it's unfair with a price of $15 when it's released. But I agree I wouldn't pay more for an ebook than I do for a paper-book. Last edited by thinkpad; 04-18-2010 at 06:22 AM.

04-18-2010, 06:29 AM	#40
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Your original link still shows the prices I quoted; why are they different to the prices at #39?

04-18-2010, 07:27 AM	#41
thinkpad David Posts: 1,808 Karma: 8916183 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Norway Device: Kindle, E.Edge (sold), Irex Iliad (retired)	Strange. Are you being redirected to the UK page? When I click the link I'm taken to the page where the price is set to $15.

04-18-2010, 09:24 AM	#42
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	Interesting, no - it's definitely the amazon.COM version ... - perhaps I've cahed it somewhere ....

04-23-2010, 04:43 PM	#43
starrigger Jeffrey A. Carver Posts: 1,355 Karma: 1107383 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus, Droid phone, Nook HD+	I can't let this question go by without pointing out my own two science fiction (not fantasy) dragon novels, Dragons in the Stars and Dragon Rigger. They're both in ebook, multiformat. (They're in most of the ebook stores, but I recommend either fictionwise or webscription for DRM-free versions.) You can read the short story that the first book was based on, "Though All the Mountains Lie Between," on my website for free. My family also really enjoyed Patricia Wrede's series, which I believe started with Dealing with Dragons. And Jane Yolen wrote a good YA trilogy, the Pit Dragon series.

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