The Dragon Knight Series (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Gordon R. Dickson
- First Published: 1957
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—heroic fantasy
- Time of Work: The fourteenth century
- Setting: An alternate Earth
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Good and evil, Heroes or heroism, Dragons, Knights or knighthood, Fourteenth century
- Locales: Earth, alternate versions of
The Plot
The Dragon and the George features Jim Eckert, a doctoral student in medieval history who is frustrated with the twentieth century. His girlfriend, Angie, is a research assistant to a scientist experimenting with astral projection and accidentally gets sent to some unknown world. Jim tries to follow, but only his mind is projected. He wakes up in the body of a dragon named Gorbash. Angie, a “george”—as all humans are called by dragons—is captured by the dragon Bryagh. Gorbash’s uncle, Smrgol, convinces the dragons to hold her for ransom and sends Jim...
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