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The Dragons of Babel by Michael Swanwick is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Dragons of Babel about?

<p>&nbsp;A fantasy masterpiece from a five-time Hugo Award winner!</p><p>A war-dragon of Babel crashes in the idyllic fields of a post-industrialized Faerie and, dragging himself into the nearest village, declares himself king and makes young Will his lieutenant. Nightly, he crawls inside the young fey's brain to get a measure of what his subjects think.&nbsp;Forced out of his village, Will travels with female centaur soldiers, witnesses the violent clash of giants, and acquires a surrogate daughter, Esme, who has no knowledge of the past and may be immortal.&nbsp;</p><p>Evacuated to the Tower of Babel-infinitely high, infinitely vulgar, very much like New York City-Will meets the confidence trickster Nat Whilk.&nbsp;Inside the Dread Tower, Will becomes a hero to the homeless living in the tunnels under the city, rises as an underling to a haint politician, meets his one true loveâa high-elven woman he dare not aspire to.</p><p>You've heard of hard SF: This is hard fantasy from a master of the form.</p>

Who reads The Dragons of Babel?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
Michael Swanwick
Publisher
Tor Books
Published
2011
Language
EN
ISBN
9780765331144
Category
science
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction
Rating
3.71 / 5 (907 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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