Writing Marjorie B. Kellogg's [i]The Dragon Quartet[/i]

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Has anyone else read this excellent fantasy series? If not, then you should. Obviously, it's a four-book series that has a lot to do with dragons. The whole plot is centered around them, and I think that the way Kellogg has imagined them tops any other author's vision of them. She has them as very powerful creatures with various abilities, but she doesn't make them as perfect as many other authors do. Her dragons are just as falliable as humans, and, in terms of personallities, they basically are (well, except for Air). One has even lost his memory.

But this series isn't just about entertainment. There is a very serious message in all but the first book, and it's said directly in books three and four. The message is that [spoiler]humans are screwing up Earth, which will most likely have very dire consequences.[/spoiler] Personally, I agree with that, and I think it's a serious problem. I enjoyed Kellogg's interpretation fo that greatly.

I do have one complaint, though. In my oppinion, the first book is way too slow. It starts slow, as do most books, and picks up when Guillimo arrives. But after a few more chapters, it slows down again, and doesn't really pick up until the journey to Erfurt. But aside from that, I don't have any complaints. This series is excellent, and if you haven't read it, you should. Especially if you like dragons.

[Sara]

[size=1]I remember reading the Book of Earth several years ago after borrowing it from the local library... I never saw any of the others there, though, and eventually concluded that a.) the series was left unfinished or b.) it simply took a godawful time for the books to come out. Either way, I'd quite forgotten about it until I saw the title of this thread.

I shall have to locate those sometime. [/size]