The Dragon Waiting

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. I think anything set after WWII feels too contemporary to be "historical fiction".

2. It's more like "historical fantasy", but the tagged book fits the bill.

Tag @RaeLovesToRead @CBee @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @IuliaC @AmyG @eeclayton

RaeLovesToRead Thanks for the tag, Randy! I completely agree with your answer to Number 1 and I don't have any suggestions for Number 2... my fave historical fiction is the Shardlake series. Love a bit of Follett too! 😊 1y

The_Penniless_Author @RaeLovesToRead I almost said Ken Follett. I didn't realize until I tried to answer this just how little historical fiction I've read. 1y

AmyG Thanks for the tag! (edited) 1y

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eeclayton Thanks for the tag ☺️ 1y

TheSpineView Thanks for playing 1y

IuliaC Thanks for the tag! 1y

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KristiAhlers

The Dragon Waiting | John M. Ford

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Can we all say book hangover? This is fantasy, history, and just plain awesomeness between two covers. Legitimately inhaled this one in an afternoon…didn‘t get anything else done but I did read, so winning. A local bookseller suggested it when I was stuck for something to read (not that I don‘t have TBR bookcase or anything). ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ easily!

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The_Penniless_Author

The Dragon Waiting | John M. Ford

#fivefingerbookchallenge

Thanks @RaeLovesToRead for the tag!

1. 😍 A book I love: The Dragon Waiting
2. 👍 A book I love to recommend: A Prayer for Owen Meany
3. 👎 A book I didn't like: Incognito (snore)
4. 👰‍♀️ A character you'd like to marry: Princess Leia!
5. 🤞 A book you pinky promise to read soon: The Count of Monte Cristo (I'm lying; I've owned it for 10 years already and know I'll never get around to it 😄)

Tag @Milara @j9brown

RaeLovesToRead Awesome!!! I loved a prayer for Owen Meany too!! 3y

j9brown Thanks for the tag! Gonna have to think about this one 😆 3y

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The_Penniless_Author

The Dragon Waiting | John M. Ford

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Wow! What did I just read? Can a book feel spare while at the same time more rich and detailed than a similar book three times its length? An alternate history/fantasy mash-up set around the events leading up to the Battle of Bosworth Field, this was unlike any other fantasy novel I've ever read - maybe unlike anything else I've read, period, except perhaps Gene Wolfe, in that it's a multi-layered story that practically requires multiple readings.

JazzFeathers Hell! Stacked! 3y

RamsFan1963 I've heard lots of good things about this book. Definitely stacking 3y

aa_guer2021 I got to read this!! Thank you! 3y

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The_Penniless_Author @RamsFan1963 I guess it was a cult classic amongst other fantasy and science fiction writers for years. The fact it went out of print for so long only added to the mystique. Before this new edition came out, used copies of the original were going for a hundred bucks or more (I know, I looked everywhere for one!) 3y

The_Penniless_Author @ruskigurl16 You won't regret it (at least I hope you won't, for my sake :) By the way, I see you live in PA now. Where, if you don't mind me asking? I grew up there, so I was just curious. 3y

aa_guer2021 @The_Penniless_Author near Philadelphia. 👋🏻 3y

The_Penniless_Author @ruskigurl16 OK, opposite ends of the state, then. I was closer to you when I lived in NYC 👋 3y

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The_Penniless_Author

The Dragon Waiting | John M. Ford

#FirstLineFridays

"The road the Romans made traversed North Wales a little way inland, between the weather off the Irish Sea and the mountains of Gwynedd and Powys; past the copper and the lead that the travel-hungry Empire craved."

@ShyBookOwl

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