Product Description

In "The Dragon Masters", the first of ibooks' definitive reissues of Jack Vance's work, Vance develops several races of people and follows the life of a boy born into and growing up in a static, stratified society, in which he comes into conflict and is eventually driven into rebellion. A Rebel Without a Cause for an Alien world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #615744 in Books
• Published on: 2006-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

More of the same
Yet another great book from Jack Vance, The Dragon Masters won him the Hugo, which says it all really. I could describe the plot, but it actually doesn't sound as good as the book turns out to be. The idea is based on genetic engineering and breeding, and revolves around a first local and then interplanetary war, see that sounds cliched but this book is much more complex and thats just the simplest way to describe it. If you like Jack Vance you will like this book. My only complaint is that I finished it in about a day, it was quite short! There is a version of this book which also includes The Last Caste, another great book which increases the reading time, try and get that if you can.

Fantastic Fantasy
This is a classic of its time. Jack Vance's descriptions are as evocative and vivid as ever. If you enjoy the challenge of following the language and obtaining a sense of the people and places the author describes, this is for you. If you want your thinking done for you, this isn't your author - go and watch TV, or read almost any of the recent published 'fantasy'. This is an author who, when you read his books, does not give you the feeling he's writing for the money.

Solid early Vance
This won the Hugo for best *short story* in 1962. It is pretty long for a short story, but it can't be judged as a novel. Vance manages to pack in quite a lot into the story, but the story lacks space to develop themes in the way a full-length novel could have done. It's a very good SF yarn, but not really typical of the main body of his work.