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“But, I don’t see anything…”
“KEEP GOING, I SAID!”
“Look. Do you even know what a dragon is? Do you know what one looks like…?”
“FASTER!”
Published 1992
(Average: 4.55 out of 10)
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October 3rd, 2014 at 9:07 am
They seem to be missing the obvious here… Behind you?
October 3rd, 2014 at 10:00 am
“You might want to sit down. This will not be a stable ride.”
“We go that way.”
“Also, this carpet isn’t exactly flame-proof and neither are we…”
“We go that way.”
“Look, all I’m saying we could fly a bit lower to avoid detection…”
“That way!”
October 3rd, 2014 at 10:18 am
‘Sequel to “Dealing With Dragons”‘.
So they entered into some kind of trading agreement with dragons, who promptly vanished. Didn’t they get a receipt? Were these dragons hustling on street-corners trying to look inconspicuous? Did nobody in the Kingdom see which way they went?
October 3rd, 2014 at 12:19 pm
That wind is certainly coming from all directions! It’s blowing his hair around from the side, but hers straight back.
Also, where is his left hand?!?
October 3rd, 2014 at 1:55 pm
Point!!
October 3rd, 2014 at 3:03 pm
Ahh, the Enchanted Forest Chronicles, including Calling On Dragons and Talking to Dragons. What a great series, not too heavy, not too light. I wish there was more to it.
October 3rd, 2014 at 3:05 pm
Is the dragon small… or far away…. hmmm…
Also @Tom I think he is trying to untie her shoe laces!
October 3rd, 2014 at 4:09 pm
Cimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper, meets her match in the not-quite-kingly Mendanbar. With the aid of a broken-down magic carpet and a leaky magical sword, the two tackle a series of dragon-nappings.
Paperback cover.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71s6Y-d0gYL.jpg
October 3rd, 2014 at 5:39 pm
@fred: Splendid! They found dragons.
October 4th, 2014 at 9:47 am
@Dead Stuff. Which is surprising, since judging by this cover they’re *very bad* at searching for them.
October 4th, 2014 at 1:31 pm
Reminds me of a kids spot on TLC with Little Bo Peep looking for her sheep and they were right behind her.
October 4th, 2014 at 3:46 pm
And they could have had these Trina Schart Hyman gems instead.
http://doublemooncrab.tumblr.com/post/33825489393/trina-schart-hymans-covers-for-patricia-c
October 4th, 2014 at 3:47 pm
It may be the camp font, but looking at this makes me hear Terence and Philip saying ‘We’re looking for tre-jah!’
October 6th, 2014 at 6:37 pm
Everything. Is profound. When the. Blurb is. Cut into. Small bits.
October 6th, 2014 at 6:38 pm
“A king. A princess. A Ford Pinto on the verge of destruction.”
October 7th, 2014 at 7:45 am
Look at the land below. Did someone go and build a miniature kingdom on the side of a hill? Perspective issues all round.
October 11th, 2014 at 9:03 pm
“A flying carpet. A dirty cop. A civil forfeiture of said carpet.”
October 12th, 2014 at 2:19 pm
Not really to do with the cover but when I hover the mouse over the pic the word ‘searchingfordragons’ comes up; in a variation on the ‘Scunthorpe Problem’ I can’t help seeing it as ‘Sear Chingford Ragons’. Chingford doesn’t look quite like that.
October 18th, 2014 at 1:35 am
The best bit is that there’s a dragon IN THE BACKGROUND. Are they blind?
October 21st, 2014 at 2:21 pm
Hmmm. To be charitable, if the carpet is actually climbing at a moderately steep angle, the ground perspective (and possibly even the hair thing, if her braids are heavy enough) can be sort-of solved. But if that’s the case, she’s gonna fall off if she doesn’t sit down *right now*. Either that, or he needs to take his hand out of his pocket and hold onto her.
October 23rd, 2014 at 3:30 pm
A carpet. A stain. A quest for cleansing.
SEARCHING FOR AN OPEN DRY CLEANER