Book Review: Dragon and Thief (Dragonback #1) by Timothy Zahn
(Four Stars)
“Jack muttered a word that had once cost him a week of desserts.”
Entertaining science fiction for young readers that harks back to the early days of SF, before we got all cynical and crude. Not that our fourteen-year-old protagonist isn’t a cynic, but that’s part of the fun. Thinking smarter you know everything at that age is such a burden, and a delight to those around you.
“It is interesting, is it not, that people so often turn out to be different than we expect.” “Don’t fool yourself, kiddo.”
Lots of typos which appeared to be OCR scanning errors. Someone at Open Road flunked proofreading. Still, we appreciate their making these books available.
(Ship named Essenay? Pig Latin (Es-See-Nay) for Nessie, perhaps, as in Loch Ness’ Nessie?)
As a Matter of Fancy 