The Flight of Dragons by Peter Dickinson
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Book Reviews of The Flight of Dragons
Book Review: An Excellent Book
Summary: 5 Stars
I highly recommend this book for any amateur dragonologist. It's really a wonderful piece of prose that investigates the theory of dragons from several insightful and novel perspectives I'd never previously considered. The art is detailed and beautiful, contributing significantly to the engrossing nature of the story and its mystique. You'd do yourself a great service by tracking down a copy of this book for the dragon enthusiast in your life.Book Review: Answering the key question
Summary: 5 Stars
The book answers the right question - Not "How could something as big as a dragon fly?", but "Why did dragons need to be that big in order to fly?". The approach is a straight faced, imaginative explanation of dragon phsyiology, psychology, life cycle, and more. The author manages to engage in a ciritcal scientific examination of all the evidece without losing the sense of awful wonder for the dragons he is studying.Book Review: Wonderful Book
Summary: 5 Stars
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Book Review: What if fire breathing dragons were real...
Summary: 4 Stars
How would they fly, why would they hoard gold, and how did they breed? Author Peter Dickinson attempts to answer these question from the standpoint that Dragons were very much real and, step-by-step, he explains how these meat-eating Hindenburgs would have lived. His viewpoint is that they were animals, and not 'intelligent beings', but, real or not, fire breathing dragons have left a mark in our minds and memories that remains to this modern day. Another plus are the nice dragon illustrations peppering the slim, 132 page coffee table styled book, so fantasy fans will find something to enjoy in it.Book Review: Not the movie
Summary: 4 Stars
Although it is a good work, I often wonder why this title was chosen for the movie. Only a few things from this book were used. For those who are looking for the main plot of the movie, this was based largely on one of Gordon R. Dickson's novels THE DRAGON AND THE GEORGE. This is the first of his acclaimed Dragonknight series. Not quite as cute and small child friendly though.
I personally view THE FLIGHT OF DRAGONS as a reference source for Gordon's novels....
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