The Beautiful and Dangerous Ecology in A Song of Ice and Fire
Click here to return to the series The global novel exists, not as a genre separated from and opposed to other kinds of fiction, but … Read more
Category Archives: Classic
The Middle Earth Universe, J.R.R. Tolkien
This is the 600th book post made in the years I’ve run Dragonfly, and I wanted to make it special on this fifth anniversary. Perhaps … Read more
On a River’s Bank, A Madhavan
Unfortunately I cannot find this book at Goodreads yet, but the Hindu Business Line has an interesting article with the title: Unquiet Flows a River: … Read more
The Books of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the timeless and beloved A Wizard of Earthsea —“…reads like the retelling of a tale first told centuries ago,” (David … Read more
The Baron in the Trees, Italo Calvino
Now here’s a classic that truly belongs in the collection at this site (originally published in 1957). Cosimo, a young eighteenth-century Italian nobleman, rebels by … Read more
Circe, Madeline Miller
Threatened, Zeus banishes her [Circe] to a deserted island, where she hones her occult craft, tames wild beasts and crosses paths with many of the … Read more
The Merry Spinster, Mallory Ortberg
Unfalteringly faithful to its beloved source material, The Merry Spinster also illuminates the unsuspected, and frequently, alarming emotional complexities at play in the stories we … Read more
Ice, Anna Kavan
Anna Kavan’s novel “Ice,” a fantasia about predatory male sexual behavior that takes place during an apocalyptic climate catastrophe, was first published fifty years ago. … Read more
Paradise Lost, John Milton
It’s been a while since I have had time to write a new Discover book feature. Partly it is just that this eco-fiction project is … Read more
The Wolf’s Boy, Susan Williams Beckhorn
Beckhorn spent countless hours researching the history of canine-human companionship through the ages and learning about the behaviors of wolves and dogs. She also observed … Read more
Lost Horizon, James Hilton
I was happy to find this old book at the Value Village in Burquitlam. I have this book on Kindle, but can’t pass up such … Read more
The Fox and the Hound, Daniel P. Mannix
Thanks to Stephen Miller for helping us fill out our database with this classic children’s literature title, The Fox and the Hound, by Daniel P. … Read more
The World of Edena, Mœbius
Working closely with Moebius Productions in France, Dark Horse is putting the work of a master storyteller back in print–with some material in English for … Read more
Porter’s Collected Works (Limberlost), Gene Stratton
Gene Stratton-Porter was an American author, amateur naturalist, wildlife photographer, and one of the earliest women to form a movie studio and production company. She … Read more
The Man Who Planted Trees, Jean Giono
Simply written, but powerful and unforgettable, The Man Who Planted Trees is a parable for modern times. In the foothills of the French Alps the … Read more