Feb 03
Click for full imageFrank Comments: Spotted in the Russian-language section at our Friends of the Library sale. The only English-language word was “fantasy” on the spine. I’m illiterate in Russian.
Published 1997 (maybe)
(Average: 7.24 out of 10)
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(9.26 out of 10)
February 3rd, 2012 at 9:22 am
Hic… you’re my… hic… best mate.
This is not the version of St George & the Dragon I remember.
On first viewing, I thought George’s lower leg had been replaced by a giant chicken’s foot.
February 3rd, 2012 at 10:04 am
Was this picture taken from the dragon’s Facebook page?
February 3rd, 2012 at 11:43 am
The photo’s a bit blurry, but I believe it goes something like this:
Behold my painting, “Shit, I’m wasted”‘
Mikhail Uspenskii
BURP OHIO
‘I’m tired of reviewing all of these books that are all booze and fart jokes.Come on, you damned idiots! Can you ONCE have the bloke NOT wake up in bed with a bat dragon?’–Trofim Lysenko
February 3rd, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Does the bloke have any legs at all, below the knee? It looks like he’s just hanging from the dragon’s neck. Poor sod, the surgeon in charge of his amputation fancied himself a hairdresser too, apparently.
February 3rd, 2012 at 2:02 pm
Man: “Hey Dragon old buddy, your chest feels mighty fine.”
Dragon: “!”
February 3rd, 2012 at 4:04 pm
I grew up speaking Russian, but I’m not particularly great at it anymore, so here’s my best shot at it (with help from Google Translate on a few idioms):
The continuation of the novel ‘There Where We Are Not.’
Mikhail Uspenskyi
Time of Ono
(I am 95% sure “Ono” is a proper noun as otherwise it reads “Time It…”)
“Mikhail Uspenskyi – holder of all national awards in the Fantasy genre. And, as one of the most talented writers of his generation, he is worthy of these honors.” – Boris Strugatskyi
February 3rd, 2012 at 4:46 pm
I give this dragon high marks for Unnecessary Pointy Bits. The little spikes under the wing are what really push him over the top.
February 3rd, 2012 at 4:53 pm
Well, points for originality. For a painting of a guy in generic fantasy clothes and a dragon, it’s, um, full of surprises.
I should say, the artist is technically competent. Good use of illumination, light and color. The clothing is remarkably plausible. The anatomy is a little weird. The guy is very short.
The guy’s boots are awkwardly placed, exacerbated by the blurb placement so it looks like he has chicken feet.
The dragon is the spikiest I’ve ever seen. Those wings would be great if it ever got an itch.
And the man’s hair … Um.
February 3rd, 2012 at 6:07 pm
What Col. Sanders dreamed after too many Mint Juleps.
February 3rd, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Yeah, it’s the mild suggestion of beer-goggled miscegenation and all those pointy bits that made me think “ow”.
February 3rd, 2012 at 8:45 pm
I picture the pair singing drunkenly: “Vodka in the morning… vodka in the evening…”
February 4th, 2012 at 8:41 am
My goblet is bigger than your goblet. And blue.
Oh yeah well my giblet is bigger ’cause I’m a chicken.
February 4th, 2012 at 8:42 am
My goblet is bigger than your goblet. And blue.
Oh yeah well my giblet is bigger ’cause I’m a chicken.
February 6th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
Just good friends
February 7th, 2012 at 3:16 pm
..”Hey Mom…I found him on the street…can we keep him?”
June 30th, 2015 at 7:47 am
“In Russia, you don’t kill dragon, dragon kills you!”
August 23rd, 2015 at 6:19 am
The Inebriation of Smaug.
*drops mic*
December 15th, 2015 at 2:23 pm
…me and my shaaaaaaaaa-a-a-dow!!
June 1st, 2022 at 6:33 pm
Not that it really matters but the title translates as “Times of Yore” or “in the olden times”. Russian fairy tale idiom, like that of English, is peculiar. The blurb on the side says “Mikhail Uspenskii is the recipient of every national prize in the realm of fantasy, and as one of the most talented writers of his generation he deserves those awards.” – Boris Strugatskin.
The cover makes the book look like a lot of silly fun, although at first glance it looked like our human hero had a left leg like a chicken.