The Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City. Prologue

by John Scalzi

Book, 2011

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Collection

Publication

Tor (2011), ebook

Description

Old Man's War author John Scalzi's sendup of the heroic fantasy genre, a finalist for the Hugo Award for Best Short Story. An over-the-top, humorous short story representing the prologue for a "future" book (written as an April Fool's Joke) published on Tor.com. The title of the series and book was created from an amalgamation of the most commonly used words in fantasy and science fiction novels over the previous decade.

User reviews

LibraryThing member chevalierdulys
A funny comic story that made me desire for a full lenght novel. This book is a Satire of fantasy genre. The author really knows how to write and this short story just prooves that. You can read it online. Just search for the title in google.

For what I see in the reviews many a people would like to
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LibraryThing member BooksOn23rd
A classic in its own time... Begin the adventure!

Awards

Hugo Award (Nominee — Short Story — 2012)
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