From: "Lobot, Standardized Tester of..." <walter at nova.org>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 10:09:15 +0600
Subject: [WSFA] Re: What color Dragon are you?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

I was a Ralph Nader colored dragon, which suits me:  my Dad
occasionally still claims to be Ralph's twin brother Yuri.

I can't remember what color Joe's dragon was, that derived
his power from books (one hidden under each scale) and
suffered grievously when Owen the vegetroll began to eat
his library.  Oh, for the days of Huw and his voyage to Mars
in his talking space tub, the tetrahedron shaped Earth,
Tom, with his injured wing, desperate to get back to the
fairy-base before roll call after an SF con, and all the
other foolishness of the many-times-rewritten Trollogy.

And Poor Little Lucius's dragon as environment ("Manon of the
Dragons," anyone?  Naw-w-w).  Perhaps my favorite dragon,
though, is Swanwick's Dickensian industrial revolution dragon;
he kinda gets the feeling of power and mystery of dragons while
keeping the grittiness of the overall setting and moving
things along their satirical way.  A real achievement.  I bet
Michael is a green dragon, too.

I forgot Charles Sheffield's "Brother to Dragons," an
interesting if not perfect book, that demonstrates
his incredible integrity as a writer (no REAL dragon
in that book, unless it be the hero on his final quest).

Be seeing you,

Lobot, Standardized Tester of the Kwallikaks