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Anonymous Sun Jun 9 22:00:34 2013 No.3838977 [Reply] [Original]

So even as a kid, I knew that these books...kinda sucked. I realized that I didn't give a fuck about the story or characters, but I was just in it for the dragons. Is there a series with cool, intelligent, good-guy dragons that's actually, well, good?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 9 22:21:35 2013 No.3839031 bump

>>	Anonymous Sun Jun 9 22:25:35 2013 No.3839040 I really liked Dragon Rider by Funke, but I also read it when I was ten so I dunno

Anonymous Sun Jun 9 23:32:30 2013 No.3839187

Try out the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik. I'll be the first to admit, even as a fan of the series, that the books are a bit unconventional in their pacing, but if you're looking for a series with dragons as actual characters and not simply villains or forces of nature, they do a good job. There's a fair bit of humor as well, in that some dragons' views of the world contrast pretty greatly with that of humanity (which becomes pretty important later on). Several different cultures and their interactions with dragons appear as well.

It's sorta like historical fiction with dragons.

You sound like you have similar interests to my own, and I loved them. So take from that what you will. You can get the first three books in an omnibus volume.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 10 04:04:32 2013 No.3839631 I'm actually reading Eragon right now. I know it isn't good but I like it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 10 04:28:34 2013 No.3839656 >>3839187 Let me second that. The Temeraire series is awesome, for all the reasons described above. Plus, it's the Napoleonic Wars with dragons!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 10 04:43:34 2013 No.3839675 >>3838977 The Pern books, I guess?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 10 04:55:34 2013 No.3839696 the eragon books were fucking amazing what the fuck is wrong with you people? the movie sucked utter cock though

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 10 05:07:35 2013 No.3839712 >>3839631 Don't, it's really bad. Then again, it was written by a 14 year old who self-admittedly had no idea what he was doing and just incorporated shit from famous works he's read.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 10 05:10:34 2013 No.3839717 >>3839631 The last two are good. The first two are shit. Make of that what you will.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 10 08:04:33 2013 No.3839913 >g-guys it's really a bad book! >I mean really! >I'm just reading it because I wanted to see how bad it was! >I-i don't like or anything...

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 10 14:04:33 2013 No.3840653 >>3839717 >>3839712 I like it, should I feel bad?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 10 14:31:34 2013 No.3840713 File: 52 KB, 568x868, 1369946160409.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3839040 Funke?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 10 14:55:34 2013 No.3840738 >>3840653 Depends how old you are.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 10 14:56:34 2013 No.3840739 >>3839696 Does this count as proof of being underage? Can I report this post for rule violation?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 10 22:43:36 2013 No.3841626 >>3840738 3

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