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StoryDragon
wants to read Helden auf Freiersfüssen by Doris Edel
(Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeling Letterkunde -- nieuwe reeks, d. 107)
Helden auf Freiersfüssen by Doris Edel
(Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Afdeling Letterkunde -- nieuwe reeks, d. 107)
Luxorian is a dragon without a rider, and that's a problem.
Since ancient times, …
Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew
5 stars
Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew is first and foremost a novella about space dragons, or at least one particular space dragon.
However, it is also about recovering from abusive relationships, building a family, doing and being more than others believe you can, and thriving in a universe where everything is built for beings of different sizes, shapes, and abilities.
If any of this resonates with you, or even if you're just in the mood for a wonderfully-written, bite-sized space opera, go and read Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew! Space Dragons!
Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew is first and foremost a novella about space dragons, or at least one particular space dragon.
However, it is also about recovering from abusive relationships, building a family, doing and being more than others believe you can, and thriving in a universe where everything is built for beings of different sizes, shapes, and abilities.
If any of this resonates with you, or even if you're just in the mood for a wonderfully-written, bite-sized space opera, go and read Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew! Space Dragons!
Luxorian is a dragon without a rider, and that's a problem.
Since ancient times, …
The best novella I have ever read
5 stars
I enjoyed this book more than I expected. Usually, I do not like novellas as much as novels. They are so short and all, and it often feels not completely complete to me. This novella by Veo Corva, however, is just as good as their novels! The first few chapters seemed to confirm my feelings about novellas, but once I really got into the story, once Luxorian and their crew got into space, that feeling changed. When I was finished, I felt like I had read a complete story. It was complete. It was satisfactory. Once again, Veo Corva has written a great story. Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew is a story about the search for independence, the struggle against a society that is not made for you. What I loved about the tale is how fatphobic challenges that people who are "too fat" face in our Western society, are represented …
I enjoyed this book more than I expected. Usually, I do not like novellas as much as novels. They are so short and all, and it often feels not completely complete to me.
This novella by Veo Corva, however, is just as good as their novels!
The first few chapters seemed to confirm my feelings about novellas, but once I really got into the story, once Luxorian and their crew got into space, that feeling changed. When I was finished, I felt like I had read a complete story. It was complete. It was satisfactory. Once again, Veo Corva has written a great story.
Space Dragons: Luxorian's Crew is a story about the search for independence, the struggle against a society that is not made for you.
What I loved about the tale is how fatphobic challenges that people who are "too fat" face in our Western society, are represented in the story. The infrastructure and society in the novella is based on humans, most things are human sized and that what is built for dragons is still very tight/cramped. It is even so that the question comes up whether it is better to resize or reshape a dragon, or to change society...
As with the other stories by Veo Corva, this novella is also about friendships, and there have been times I cried in a positive way. In a joyous way. With a gigantic smile on my face. There is so much warmth in the story. There are main characters with autism, with chronical fatigue, there is queerness. It is perfect.
