The Dragon Waiting
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| The Dragon Waiting | |
| Author | John M. Ford |
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| Country | |
| Genre(s) | fantasy alternate history |
| Publisher | Timescape Books |
| Publication date | 1983 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover, paperback) |
| Pages | 365 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-671-47552-5 |
The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History is a fantasy novel by John M. Ford, published in 1983. It won the 1984 World Fantasy Award.
The novel is a fantasy alternate history combining vampires, the Medicis, and the convoluted English politics surrounding Edward IV and Richard III.
In 1995 Ford reported its sales as "40,000 copies in print (six thousand in hardcover) in English, about 10K more in the foreign editions". [1]
[edit] Editions
- 1983, Timescape Books, ISBN 0-671-47552-5
- 1985, Avon Books, ISBN 0-380-69887-0
- 2002, Gollancz (#29 in Fantasy Masterworks line), ISBN 0-575-07378-0
[edit] External links
- Draco Concordans: A Concordance for John M. Ford's The Dragon Waiting by Andrew Plotkin
- Featured review at SF Site
- Review at Richard III Society website
- Publication history with cover scans at Fantastic Fiction
- The Dragon Waiting publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

