Publication: Dragons of Darkness

Publication: Dragons of DarknessPublication Record # 11257
Editor: Orson Scott Card
Date: 1981-10-00
ISBN: 0-441-16662-8 [978-0-441-16662-6]
Publisher: Ace Books
Price:
$6.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: xii+351
Format:
tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Cover: Dragons of Darkness by Don Maitz
Notes:
- "First Ace printing: October 1981" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "2 4 6 8 0 9 7 5 3 1".
- "Interior design by Michael Goodwin" stated on the title page.
- "Spot illustrations copyright © 1981 by Tina Bear" (over) "Frontispiece copyright © 1981 by T. Windling" stated on the copyright page.
- "Spot Illustrations by Tina Bear" (over) "Frontispiece by T. Windling" (over) "Cover by Don Maitz" stated at the bottom of the table of contents (page x).
- Most stories have two full-page B&W illustrations (one has three, and several have only one.)
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 8001150
- Reginald-3: 19342

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Anthology Title: Dragons of Darkness • [Dragons of Light/Dark • 2] • anthology by Orson Scott Card

Contents (view Concise Listing)

viii • Dragons of Darkness (frontispiece) • interior artwork by Terri Windling [as by T. Windling]
xi • Introduction (Dragons of Darkness) • essay by Orson Scott Card
1 • Filed Teeth • [Dread Empire] • novelette by Glen Cook
1 • Filed Teeth • interior artwork by Michael Whelan (variant of cover art for Dragons of Light 1980)
7 • Filed Teeth [2] • interior artwork by Michael Whelan
47 • Filed Teeth [3] • interior artwork by Michael Whelan (variant of cover art for Dragons of Light 1980)
59 • Vince's Dragon • short story by Ben Bova
63 • Vince's Dragon • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
69 • Vince's Dragon [2] • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
76 • The Thermals of August • (1981) • novelette by Edward Bryant
91 • The Thermals of August • interior artwork by Roger Stine
102 • The Thermals of August [2] • interior artwork by Roger Stine
108 • The Dragons' Clubs • short story by Stephen Kimmel
108 • The Dragons' Club • interior artwork by Tom Miller (artist)
119 • The Dragons' Club [2] • interior artwork by Tom Miller (artist)
122 • The Dragons' Club [3] • interior artwork by Tom Miller (artist)
123 • Negwenya • novelette by Janet Berliner [as by Janet Gluckman]
131 • Negwenya • interior artwork by Richard Hull
149 • Negwenya [2] • interior artwork by Richard Hull
153 • Middle Woman • short story by Orson Scott Card [as by Byron Walley]
154 • Middle Woman • interior artwork by Lynne Anne Goodwin
159 • The Storm King • (1980) • novelette by Joan D. Vinge
181 • The Storm King • interior artwork by Freff
195 • The Storm King [2] • interior artwork by Freff
199 • My Bones Waxed Old • poem by Robert Frazier
199 • My Bones Waxed Old • interior artwork by Reuben Fox
202 • Soldatenmangel • short story by
Victor Milán^?Victor Milan
211 • Soldatenmangel • interior artwork by Michael C. Goodwin [as by Michael Goodwin]
223 • Alas, My Love, You Do Me Wrong • novelette by James Tucker
225 • Alas, My Love, You Do Me Wrong • interior artwork by John Lakey and Val Lakey Lindahn [as by John Lakey and Val Lakey]
243 • Alas, My Love, You Do Me Wrong [2] • interior artwork by John Lakey and Val Lakey Lindahn [as by John Lakey and Val Lakey]
247 • Fear of Fly • short story by Lynn Mims
254 • Fear of Fly • interior artwork by Ron Miller
256 • Dragons of Darkness • interior artwork by Tina Bear
257 • Though All the Mountains Lie Between • novelette by Jeffrey A. Carver [as by Jeffrey Carver]
261 • Though All the Mountains Lie Between • interior artwork by Janny Wurts
277 • Though All the Mountains Lie Between [2] • interior artwork by Janny Wurts
289 • Dragons of Darkness [2] • interior artwork by Tina Bear
290 • The Lady of the Purple Forest • novelette by Allan Bruton
290 • The Lady of the Purple Forest • interior artwork by George Barr
299 • The Lady of the Purple Forest [2] • interior artwork by George Barr
310 • The Lady of the Purple Forest [3] • interior artwork by George Barr
313 • Dragons of Darkness [3] • interior artwork by Tina Bear
314 • A Dragon in the Man • (1980) • short story by Kevin Christensen
314 • A Dragon in the Man • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
324 • A Plague of Butterflies • short story by Orson Scott Card
335 • A Plague of Butterflies • interior artwork by Don Maitz
348 • A Plague of Butterflies [2] • interior artwork by Don Maitz (variant of cover art for Dragons of Darkness)

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Publication: Dragons of Darkness

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