Dragons and Science (Dragon Tales & Stories Book 3)

10 Great Tales of Dragons and the People Who Love and Fear Them

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Dragons are starting to revolt against their Masters. The waters have risen, flooding fields and washing whole villages away. But worse still, the wicked witch Excellinor has returned. When we last left Hiccup things were getting very dark indeed. The Dragon Rebellion has begun. Snotlout is the new Chief of the Hooligan Tribe. Stoick has been banished and given the Slavemark.

But what can Hiccup do, now all alone and in exile, hunted by both humans and dragons? Can he find the Dragon Jewel, mankind's last and only hope? It is the Doomsday of Yule. At the end of this day, either the humans or the dragons will face extinction. Alvin the Treacherous is about to be crowned the King of the Wilderwest on the island of Tomorrow. His reign of terror will begin with the destruction of dragons everywhere.

Meg Murry, her little brother Charles Wallace, and their mother are having a midnight snack on a dark and stormy night when an unearthly stranger appears at their door. He claims to have been blown off course and goes on to tell them that there is such a thing as a "tesseract", which, if you didn't know, is a wrinkle in time. Meg's father had been experimenting with time travel when he suddenly disappeared. Will Meg, Charles Wallace, and their friend Calvin outwit the forces of evil as they search through space for their father?

The hilarious series which inspired the Dream Works Film. Can Hiccup be the Hero of the hour? David Tennant reads this hilarious children's classic which can be enjoyed by everybody. I really enjoy this series of books. When my son is a little older, we will read and listen to these books. David Tennant is a fantastic narrator, his voices are hilarious and wonderful. A very good story but some annoying and sad parts in the story but other than that very good. So awesome and cool and dragon battle war epic I just loved so much so cool and awesome love it.

I like kid books on occasion. Don't get into this one thinking its anything like the movie though. So long as you keep the two separate from each other its enjoyable even for adults.

Welcome to Rumplewing's planet. Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Grounded , please sign up. Lists with This Book. Jan 12, Stjepan Cobets rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: Fans of fantasy and sci-fi. The writer Gloria Piper took me into the world of dragons, but not in the way I expected.

Honestly, I thought it was this fantasy books, with dragons and heroes, but her world of dragons is something completely different. In the end, this is a great science fiction novel about a planet with dragons. The story begins with a young dragon Manycolors and its groombugs Tweekie. With unfortunate circumstances, dragon Manycolors while trying to teach flying a young dragon Brightwing, Manycolors fall to The writer Gloria Piper took me into the world of dragons, but not in the way I expected.

With unfortunate circumstances, dragon Manycolors while trying to teach flying a young dragon Brightwing, Manycolors fall to the ground and fracture his wings, and killed groombugs Tweekie. The tribe she gets a new name Rumplewing. Although it is not rejected from the tribe, she is aware that since can no longer fly, she knows that no longer belongs to the tribe. Since she cannot get his traveling companion groombugs, she decides to leave.

At the same time, the station of the Watcher to his mother arrived boy Hote. Watcher from their hidden station, preserve and study the entire planet eco-system. With particular attention to studying the population of dragons because it is unique in the universe.

Although Watcher wants to preserve the planet, dragons and the whole world will soon be found in mortal danger. Boy Hote and dragon Rumplewing are the only one who can save the planet from destruction. The writer elegant style draws us into the story and the world of dragons, the premise is full of surprises and events. The writer writing takes us into the world in which every detail is slowly unraveling transforming into an interstate story about dragons.

The book I would recommend to all fans of fantasy and science fiction. Oct 01, Clare O'Beara rated it it was amazing Shelves: I've had great fun reading Grounded.

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As an ecologist I love it when someone plays around with alternative ecologies and creates credible life-forms. At first we think it's a fantasy, about a young dragon whose fluffy groombug gets killed in an accident. With no bug to groom her scales, the dragon will sicken and die, and the normal order of life is for one pairing only.

Other bugs don't want to groom Rumplewing, who has a double I've had great fun reading Grounded. Other bugs don't want to groom Rumplewing, who has a double blow when her wings are broken and she can't fly. She tries to be useful by cutting trails on the forest floor, but other dragons don't need to use them. The observant will notice that these are redwood forests. We now meet a party of Watchers, humans who are studying the life forms on this terraformed planet, where the idyll includes no predators, just scavengers which ecologists call detritivores and the dragons eat a kind of sap.

Of course human nature means that some folks want to take dragons and other creatures for their own purposes. We can take the tale as allegory to a degree, and personally I liked the dragon parts better, because the humans include a slightly confused young man - explained by the end - who doesn't help us sympathise with the Watchers. I also love the descriptions of symbiont dragon and bug life, flying and communicating. As a whole it works well and like Lyra and Pan in Northern Lights, you'll want to ensure all dragons have their groombug. I availed of a free download offer. This is an unbiased review.

Jun 26, Wayne McKinstry rated it it was amazing. There is an adolescent dragon struggling with responsibilities and a teenage boy who has earned a reputation for being weird. Then the story gets a lot more complicated with a broken family, disability and slave trade. Not to mention alien possession. The characters develop nicely as the story unfolds. Without being a spoiler, the main characters at the end need to show compassio Review of Grounded: All in all, this is an engrossing read for any age.

May 28, Leland Lydecker rated it it was amazing. Better Than Dragonriders of Pern! With its themes of misfit youngsters, youthful rebellion, and the looming threat of greedy poachers, I quickly formed suspicions regarding how the story might turn out. Even after she is renamed Rumplewing in honor of her broken limbs and written off as a cripple by her clan, the young dragon refuses to give up. There is a box, like a kit. It has a doll that must be assembled. It belongs to Radiant. These are the thoughts that plague Hote, and they became stuck in my head as well.

What did the box symbolize? Did it actually exist, or was Hote as unbalanced as the other Watchers believed? What at first glance appears to be an idyllic fantasy turns out to be solid science fiction as the author gradually reveals how the world and its creatures work. The plight of Rumplewing and her planet, and the mystery of Hote and his box, come to a neat and satisfactory resolution as the story concludes. This is a poignant tale that will pull you in and keep you turning pages all the way to the end. Feb 12, L. Denison rated it it was amazing. I loved this story. It's a multi faceted yarn told from many different angles.

The dragon scenes are told in the first person and the rest of the story, in third person, which makes it quite unique.

I'll be honest, in the beginning I thought it was for a younger audience, but after the first chapter it seemed to change direction. Story line wise, it was a bit of a mixed bag Very imaginative, and I highly recommend it. Jan 04, Jonathan Lewis rated it it was amazing. This is a great book, and a lasting work of art. To me, great art must satisfy three criteria: It must be inherently interesting, educational, or entertaining.

It must be skillfully wrought. It must deal deftly with real issues.

This book satisfies all three criteria. Above all, it is interesting. It is an interesting world. It tells interesting stories filled with interesting characters. There are interesting relationships and interesting plot points. At no point did I feel that I was jus This is a great book, and a lasting work of art.

At no point did I feel that I was just wasting time reading about boring things. Piper shows a biologist's interest in the ecology and physiology of the fauna on her planet, which made it of particular interest to me, since I'm more of a nonfiction guy than a fiction guy. This is not to say it's a "hard science fiction" book. It's just to say that it put's more care into plausibly explaining biology than I think many fantasy books and even many sci-fi books do. It is skillfully wrought. I don't think the prose is perfect here. Cliches pop up from time to time, as does awkward phrasing, but for the most part, the writing is good.

The storytelling and world building is also good. I hope I don't do a disservice to the book by calling it "great art" or giving away the fact that it deals with "real issues. I merely mean to say that one of the reasons the book is interesting is that the struggles and stories of the main characters are highly relatable and meaningful. For example, a central part of the story is how Rumplewing the dragon's dreams are smashed and she becomes an outcast and is nearly killed. She literally goes from the archetype of majesty and power--a dragon, soaring gleefully high above the earth--to being broken and nearly dead, scraping across the earth to find food and shelter.

It's one of the most powerful metaphors I could imagine. It's only after Piper brings it up that I realize that a fallen dragon can serve as such a powerful metaphor. So this book is simultaneously interesting, beautiful, well-written, and meaningful. I definitely recommend it. Dec 11, Glen Weissenberger rated it it was amazing Shelves: What a wondrous read! At first blush, Grounded: A Dragon's Tale is "science fiction," but to relegate it simply as such is to diminish it. By turns, Grounded is a bioscientist's creative writing, a consideration of technologies possibly to come, and a social commentary on challenges of current days.

With a commanding hand, Piper draws a world populated by creatures ranging from those putatively mystical to those putatively fully human. Delightfully, she imbues her many precisely drawn char What a wondrous read! Delightfully, she imbues her many precisely drawn characters with what we humans egocentrically associate as emotional, intellectual, and philosophical dimensions of our sole province.

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In so doing, the reader's mind is opened to the vast possibilities of what could come about if every known-to-us living being from the tiniest little bug up —as well as those only considered the stuff of fantasy a wee dragon came to life—coexisting, simultaneously, without rancorous, warring division based strictly upon categorical "type. Indeed, in Grounded, some of the human beings pose the greatest threat to Piper's magical "ecosystem" - on intrapersonal levels, and from rival population-camp levels, not at all unlike our "real world. I was struck with the care Piper took with Grounded.

I will not elaborate on my musings, but notice how she names the various characters. One day I look forward to hearing her interviewed on this point alone! The detail is exceptional without ever slowing the narrative drive. Piper weaves contemporary story elements well-known to us with those we've never conceived or I had not. I thoroughly enjoyed Grounded, highly recommend it, and feel much better about being best friends with my parrot. Dec 03, K. Ferguson rated it it was amazing. This is a thoughtful look at a terraformed world populated with non-predatory life forms.

There's plenty of description to immerse the reader in this fascinating setting, but not so much that it drags the pace of the story down. Rumplewing is a young dragon who shows courage and determination in the face of what should be a death sentence.

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As the story progresses, she learns that there is more to life than following the old ways. Balofur, an older groombug who possess the knowledge and secrets of This is a thoughtful look at a terraformed world populated with non-predatory life forms. Balofur, an older groombug who possess the knowledge and secrets of the ancients, acts as Rumplewing's mentor and partner.

He faces a challenge getting the youthful Rumplewing to listen to his advice. I enjoyed the tension between these two characters while they worked their way toward an uncertain future. The humans in the story are divided into two camps: The author has been careful to paint both of these groups in shades of grays. Amber and her son Hote want to study the dragons. Amber's ex-husband, 2Ray, wants to pillage the environment for the entertainment industry.

Hote's missing twin sister, Radiant, brings an edge of mystery to the tale and throws Hote's sanity into question. The writing is strong and the editing good. The author knows her way around a story. If you enjoy genuine science fiction, you'll want to give this work a try.

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Mar 28, Gina rated it really liked it. A Dragon's Tale is a great fantasy book for, in my opinion, all ages. I enjoyed it until the last page. It was refreshing to read something that was easy, well thought out, and -dare I say it- simple in the best way. I really enjoyed reading all of the different names for dragons and such that the author came up with. The story was easy to follow, which in my opinion is hard to do when creating a fantasy world. The emotion, the story line, the fact that I related to a mythical creature Grounded: The emotion, the story line, the fact that I related to a mythical creature, is all proof that Gloria put her heart into writing this book.

The only thing that I didn't like was the formatting. The chapters didn't have a clean break, and the numbering in between made it a little difficult to get a feeling of where I was in the book. Otherwise, great job to the author! I recommend this book to anyone who's looking for a good dose of dragons! Jun 21, R. James rated it really liked it. The rest of his department shuns him, with the exception of his loyal partner, Aisha-who can't believe the possibility that they may be up against sinister forces of evil.

Both Craig and his daughter, Meredith, are plagued by strange dreams, dreams of flying and being pursued by something dark and cold. This story is a high-speed adventure, perfect for the avid mystery and the fantasy aficionado. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and highly recom-mend it! Hardcover , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book.

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