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Melanie Rawn

Author of Dragon Prince

42+ Works 15,678 Members 145 Reviews 50 Favorited

About the Author

Science fiction and fantasy novelist Melanie Rawn was born in 1954. She received a B.A. in history from Scripps College. Before becoming a full-time author, she worked as a teacher and an editor. She is the author of the Dragon Prince trilogy, the Dragon Star trilogy, the Exiles trilogy and other show more novels and short stories. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Includes the names: Melanie Rawn, Rawn Melanie

Also includes: Ellen Randolph (2)

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Works by Melanie Rawn

Dragon Prince (1988) 2,407 copies
The Star Scroll (1989) 1,806 copies
Sunrunner's Fire (1990) 1,748 copies
The Ruins of Ambrai (1994) 1,719 copies
Stronghold (1990) 1,583 copies
Skybowl (1993) 1,370 copies
The Dragon Token (1992) 1,366 copies
The Mageborn Traitor (1997) 1,301 copies
The Golden Key (1996) 912 copies
Spellbinder (2006) 365 copies
Touchstone (2012) 212 copies
Quantum Leap: Knights of the Morningstar (1994) — Author — 139 copies
The Diviner (2011) 129 copies
Fire Raiser (2009) 116 copies
Elsewhens (2012) 80 copies

Associated Works

DAW 30th Anniversary Fantasy Anthology (2002) — Collaborator — 304 copies
Return to Avalon (1996) — Contributor — 245 copies
Epic: Legends of Fantasy (2012) — Contributor — 186 copies
Treasures of Fantasy (1997) — Contributor — 143 copies
A Magic-Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic (1998) — Contributor — 132 copies
Highwaymen: Robbers and Rogues (1997) — Contributor — 112 copies
Warrior Enchantresses (1996) — Contributor — 107 copies
Ancient Enchantresses (1995) — Introduction, some editions; Contributor — 82 copies
Return of the Dinosaurs (1997) — Contributor — 41 copies

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A romance with fantasy trappings and a lot of politics. I liked it, though it's something of a guilty pleasure.
 
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yaj70 | 26 other reviews | Jan 22, 2024 |
Sorcerer-painters frolic in a pseudo-Renaissance Italian city-state. The three authors split the book into three sections, and I liked each section about as much as I like each author. The first section felt repetitious and redundant; the second section combined candy-colored central characters with the wonderfully Machiavellian maneuverings of the villainous protagonist; and the third section was good but marred by wrapping up all the threads introduced in the first two sections. All together, it was...eh.… (more)
 
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proustbot | 11 other reviews | Jun 19, 2023 |
A multi-pronged war is waged by a cast of indistinguishable thousands with various single-syllable motivations.

And there's dragons.
 
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proustbot | Jun 19, 2023 |
Just as inane as Dragon Prince, only less interesting -- the protagonist is the prepubescent Pol, who isn't old enough to get into hilarious hijinks (yet...there are later books in this series). Nothing really happens in the way of plot. Most of the book is just people sitting around and carefully explaining the meaning behind their elaborate posturing. The reader is assumed to have mush for brains and thus incapable of understanding court subterfuge. Also, there's dragons.
 
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Works
42
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9
Members
15,678
Popularity
#1,450
Rating
3.9
Reviews
145
ISBNs
152
Languages
4
Favorited
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