A Pandemonium of Parrots and a Parliament of Thoughts
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I’m on my second two and a half inch thick fantasy novel about dragons in as many weeks. I just finished Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros, the sequel to the New York Times bestseller and TikTok phenomenon Fourth Wing. And I just started reading Murtagh by Christopher Paolini, a new book in the Eragon universe that I first read almost twenty years ago. It’s remarkable, the similarities in our dragon stories. When dragons aren’t the villains, they are our soulmates, a built in protector and confidant and companion. The dragon choses you for some innate, complementary worthiness, and then together you raise a revolution, kill a king, save a realm, and find yourself. So much of our fantasy creates certainty out of magic, lets us disappear into a world where we can be absolutely sure that we are loved and that we can make a difference.
A Pandemonium of Parrots and a Parliament of Thoughts
A Pandemonium of Parrots and a Parliament of…
A Pandemonium of Parrots and a Parliament of Thoughts
I’m on my second two and a half inch thick fantasy novel about dragons in as many weeks. I just finished Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros, the sequel to the New York Times bestseller and TikTok phenomenon Fourth Wing. And I just started reading Murtagh by Christopher Paolini, a new book in the Eragon universe that I first read almost twenty years ago. It’s remarkable, the similarities in our dragon stories. When dragons aren’t the villains, they are our soulmates, a built in protector and confidant and companion. The dragon choses you for some innate, complementary worthiness, and then together you raise a revolution, kill a king, save a realm, and find yourself. So much of our fantasy creates certainty out of magic, lets us disappear into a world where we can be absolutely sure that we are loved and that we can make a difference.