The Dragon and the Unicorn

The writing was impressively rich. I was shocked that someone can write in the present tense, mostly, and still sound good (if you have ever written and have tried the idea of writing in the present tense, you'll know what I mean. It's not an easy feat.) The vocabulary is very rich. The stories of different beings (demons, gods, the dragon, the unicorn, the humans...) are all woven together slowly and carefully. I was worried I would feel overwhelmed with so many characters, but somehow the author managed to keep it all together. Some parts, like most fantasy, are too emotional, but I suppose that comes with the genre. The inclusion of electromagnetics in the idea behind the different kinds of energies (gods versus humans, for example) show more is interesting. What is perhaps most interesting is the center role religion plays in the whole story, which is accurate of the times and politics in general. The emergence of a new religion and the reshaping of the pagan soils is what's a foot, and the story never loses sight of this reality. Overall, an impressive piece of work. show less

This is a very different kind of King Arthur story. Brilliant! I love the fact that Attanasio uses science to explain fantasy.

I skimmed this book a lot and hard a hard time getting into it. Some of the religious aspects were interesting but the book just failed to grab me.

Did not finish.

An appallingly badly written book complete with purple prose with very odd styling.

It seem to be a retelling of the Matter of Britain but I couldn't stomach it.

Avoid.

Couldn't really get into it, so "read" is inaccurate.

Book Description: Harper 2001. Volume Condition - Reading Copy, Cover Condition: N/A. Mass Market (i.e. 4" by 7" soft cover) Binding, New, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Later Edition, . Novel.

Con un lenguaje desbordante de lírica y un abrumador poder imaginativo, Attanasio afronta en esta extraordinaria novela la reconstrucción de la leyenda artúrica.
Merlín y Uther Pendragón, Ygrane y la bruja Raglaw, los salvajes fiana celtas y los últimos vástagos romanos, los druidas y Bleys, el alquimista inmortal de la lejana Cathay, todo un universo de personajes fascinantes se unen aquí entre los polos simbólicos del Dragón y el Unicornio para dar forma a un concierto narrativo rebosante de magia y misterio. Lírica, suspense, humor, amor... Estos son algunos de los muchos registros con los que el autor teje esta novela sorprendente, en la que un lenguaje futurista surge del mundo arcaico de la épica.