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Dennagon
04-19-2005, 10:09 AM
Has anyone heard about this? I have not read the novel, but this seems quite amazing.

DNA Press Publishes "Dragons: Lexicon Triumvirate" by Kenneth C. Eng on March 20th, which Coincides with the Show Dragons on the Discovery Channel - Animal Planet

Nartea Publishing, a division of DNA Press (www.dnapress.com (http://www.dnapress.com/)), announced that the book “Dragons: Lexicon Triumvirate” (ISBN 0-9748765-0-X) has been shipped to bookstores. The publication of this book coincides with the much-anticipated show Dragons on the Discovery Channel – Animal Planet (http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/dragons.html (http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/dragons.html)) to be seen on March 20th. The book features technologically advanced dragons battling one another in the Middle Ages, and contains fantastic fight sequences that span across time and space with an array of amazing weaponry. Philosophy is intrinsic to this writing.

(PRWEB) March 18, 2005 -- Today, Nartea Publishing, a division of DNA Press (www.dnapress.com (http://www.dnapress.com/)), announced that the book “Dragons: Lexicon Triumvirate” (ISBN 0-9748765-0-X) has been shipped to bookstores. The publication of this book coincides with the much-anticipated show Dragons on the Discovery Channel – Animal Planet (http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/dragons.html (http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/dragons.html)) to be seen on March 20th. Set in a mediaeval realm where futuristic technologies and prehistoric beings alike can be summoned through the tapping of time’s power, this book depicts the story of Dennagon, a lone dragon sentry who battles to find omniscience. What sets Kenneth Eng’s first book, Dragons: Lexicon Triumvirate, apart from most science fiction/fantasy is the fact that it revolves not around humans, but dragons. Dragons, often portrayed in literature as vile creatures meant to be slain by men, are instead shown as intelligent beings bent upon the search for truth. It is the only novel that is based entirely upon technologically advanced dragons battling one another in the Middle Ages, and contains fantastic fight sequences that span across time and space with an array of amazing weaponry.

In addition, this fiction work is not only entertaining, but philosophical as well. Various challenges that the characters face lead to discussions on the nature of the universe (and multiverse), and demonstrate how perception can literally change any reality, including our own quotidian World. What makes this book unique from other metaphysical stories, however, is that fact that it answers through pure logic alone many of the most fundamental riddles known to man – the nature of infinity, the certainties of the universe, and the conceptual Theory of Everything, just to name a few. The author even claims that the very meaning of life is buried somewhere in the text.

Readers at various ages will enjoy this work, which is destined to be one of the bestseller books of 2005. It is not very often to find a book, which treats philosophy through the prism of Dragons’ lives and knowledge in such a powerful way.

After being outcast from his draconic civilization, the dragon sentry Dennagon joins a band of errant dragons that tell him about an entity called the Lexicon, the one item in the world of fantasy that contains the source of all wisdom. However, along with the challenge of finding the Lexicon, he must also face the evil dragon king Drekkenoth, a frightful serpentine tyrant who has corrupted the minds of his species with the venom of knowledge. Armies of mechanized humans have amassed under his command, as well as quantum mechanical Technodragons of the 25th century enhanced. Their mission is to take total control over all reality, and the only being who can stop them is the one dragon that defied their decree. But can Dennagon overcome the strange enigmas of time that await him? Can he defeat legions of Technoknights, wurms, and wyverns that seek to annihilate him? More so, can he ever comprehend that there is more to life than the lore he has so valiantly sought?

The author, Kenneth Che-Tew Eng, is a January 2005 graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. At 21 years of age, he is one of the youngest published science fiction novelist in America. He has also written the novel The 0th Dimension. An ardent furry fanatic, he specializes in creating anthropomorphic literature and art.

The book is available at www.dnapress.com (http://www.dnapress.com/), amazon.com, and bookstores near you (available through Ingram, Baker&Taylor, IPB Book). Price: $21.95

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Medievalist
04-19-2005, 10:11 AM
DNA Press does lots of magazines. I've never heard of this author--but I think Chip Delany, Harlan Ellison, and Jane Gaskell might beat him in terms of age.

zeprosnepsid
04-19-2005, 10:13 AM
I totally thought he was going to be 15 like that eragon kid.

are dragons really sci-fi? aren't they fantasy? in which case, that eragon kid has him beat.

nonetheless, his book sounds kind of interesting, no?

Dennagon
04-19-2005, 10:16 AM
Dragons are fantasy but cyborgs are sci fi. Ergon is definitely not sci fi.

soloset
04-19-2005, 10:27 AM
It's fantasy with sci-fi elements or sci-fi with fantasy elements. Not a sub-genre I'm particularly fond of -- I think it works best when one or the other is focused on quickly.

That said, I don't generally use the age of the author as a basis for purchasing a novel, and it's a red flag for me when the age of the author is a major selling point.

Plus... the show on discovery wasn't that great, honestly, if it's the one I'm thinking of (mid-March?). I watched it twice, and half the footage in the hour long show was re-cut from the other half, or the same thing from another angle. The dragon mating flight was gorgeous, for example, but you get to see it three or four times in one one hour show.

Medievalist
04-19-2005, 10:28 AM
Sometimes dragons are SF; as in MacCaffrey's Pern books, where the dragons are products of genetic manipulation. Sometimes they're fantasy, as in The Hobbit

soloset
04-19-2005, 10:31 AM
Sometimes dragons are SF; as in MacCaffrey's Pern books, where they dragons are products of genetic manipulation. Sometimes they're fantasy, as in ThHe Hobbit

Oh, I see what you mean! The dragons themselves.

I was thinking more of the entire story. Like, oh, the storyline where a band of soldiers are dropped into a fantasy world with a tank, or where a technological apocalypse creates a pseudo-fantasy realm time-travellers have to cope with.

James D. Macdonald
04-19-2005, 05:42 PM
DNA Press does lots of magazines. I've never heard of this author--but I think Chip Delany, Harlan Ellison, and Jane Gaskell might beat him in terms of age.

DNA Press (http://www.dnapress.com/) and DNA Publications (http://www.dnapublications.com/) are apparently unrelated.

See also: http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10634

Dennagon
04-20-2005, 09:46 AM
I liked that show on discovery. You can only put in so much animation because it's pretty hard to make.

THenry
04-20-2005, 08:35 PM
Dragons are fantasy but cyborgs are sci fi.

Where did the press release say the dragons were cyborgs?

Dennagon
04-21-2005, 03:58 AM
www.dnapress.com (http://www.dnapress.com)

They have a different press release where it says they are cyborgs.

THenry
04-21-2005, 05:44 AM
Huh. I found this (http://www.dnapress.com/index/news-app/story.11), which mentions mechanized humans among other less familiar creatures.

VMcNeill
04-21-2005, 11:39 AM
What makes this book unique from other metaphysical stories, however, is that fact that it answers through pure logic alone many of the most fundamental riddles known to man – the nature of infinity, the certainties of the universe, and the conceptual Theory of Everything, just to name a few. The author even claims that the very meaning of life is buried somewhere in the text.




This part alone will make me stay away from this book. I can't stand it when authors try to put their philosophies into their books. I just want an entertaining story and nothing else.

Galoot
04-21-2005, 01:24 PM
The author even claims that the very meaning of life is buried somewhere in the text.This part alone will make me stay away from this book.But any writer who's written a book longer than 42 pages can say the same thing.