4.1 A Natural History of Dragons

from The Worldbuilder’s Tavern · host Emma Maione, Allison Alexander, and Christiana Jones

Join us for a chat about the writing and worldbuilding in the fantasy novel, A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan. We discuss dragons as the topic of academic study, worldbuilding inspired by Victorian England, and memoir-style novels. Visit the Tavern: Website | Discord | TikTok | Bookshop Support us and get bonus episodes by joining our Patreon Next month’s novel: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle (Disclosure: we are a Bookshop.org affiliate, so if you purchase through these links, we will earn a small commission AND you will support an indie bookstore!) Intro and outro music: "The Tavern" by Michael Ghelfi

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Discussing dragons as the topic of academic study, worldbuilding inspired by Victorian England, and memoir-style novels in Marie Brennan’s A NATURAL HISTORY OF DRAGONS.

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