Kuang’s Poppy War, but her short story was probably my favorite in the entire series. I feel like I am the only person I know that didn’t like R.F. Scott Lynch has written some of my favorite books, yet I found his story slow and dull. What was particularly interesting is that my past experiences with the various authors’ writing had little to no bearing on whether I liked their shorts. On the other hand, there weren’t a lot of stories that stood out as being particularly exemplary to me. The writers and their dragons are also from nice diverse backgrounds so you really get a nice mix of perspectives on the topic. I think holistically, The Book of Dragons is a great package deal that would satisfy any dragon fan looking for more fresh content to dig their greedy claws into. There are traditional dragon/sword-and-sorcery stories, tales about metaphorical dragons, poems, inventive takes on what a dragon is, and more. This is a truly eclectic group of works, and I really enjoyed their diverse nature. To begin, I think Strahan did a fantastic job organizing and gathering up these stories. However, as usual with anthologies, the results were mixed.

Who doesn’t love dragons? Dragons are experiencing a real renaissance right now, so I decided to get into the spirit and dig into this big book of dragons in search of treasure. This is a collection edited by Strahan, it has a serious A-list of authors, and it’s about DRAGONS. He continuously puts out anthologies that pique my curiosity, but not quite enough to divert my reading schedule for a massive pile of short stories.

Jonathan Strahan has been on my radar for a while.

Today we will be talking about The Book of Dragons, by a whole hell of a lot of authors and edited by Jonathan Strahan. Its the start of October, my favorite month, and it seems like the perfect time to curl up with a giant book of short stories.

The book of dragons by jonathan strahan