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5.  Miscellaneous Information
    5a.  Ftp Sites
    5b.  Web Sites
    5c.  IRC Sites
    5d.1 Books, Refference
    5d.2 Books, Dragon Novels and book series
    5d.3 Books, Anthologies
    5d.4 Books, Children's stories
    5e.  Movies
    5f.  Commercial Art

5.  Miscellaneous Information

5a.  Ftp sites

Here are a list of sites where you can find some dragon pictures:

 ftp.dragonfire.org          /pub/dragons  (alt.fan.dragons ftpsite)

 ftp.math.uni-hamburg.de     /pub/misc/tolkien/pics/glorund.jpg
                             /pub/misc/tolkien/pics
                             /pub/pic/jpg/fantasy
                             /pub/pic/gif/fantasy

 ftp.sunet.se                /pub/pictures/fantasy

 You can also watch for pictures posted to alt.binaries.pictures.misc

5b. Web sites

World Wide Web pages & ftp sites regarding dragons:

 Alt.fan.dragons Web site:
   http://www.dragonfire.org/
    - Has links to most of the known dragon web sites, plus current
      informational files, a.f.d Usenet news link and IRC #afd chat
      channel, plus dragon web rings.

5c. IRC Sites

 IRC - Internet Relay Chat - is a means of talking with friends over
 the internet in real time rather than thru e-mail or newsgroup postings.

     In the channel #afd you can chat live with dragon fans, dragons and
 their friends. While there are several IRC Networks that have AFD
 extensions the primary one is on DALnet. Dalnet was founded Dalvenjah:
 Sven Nielsen in Feb. 1995. To reach #afd you will need to a IRC client
 program some suggested program are:

 Dos & Windows - mIRC        http://www.mirc.co.uk
 Macintosh     - IRCle
http://www.ex.ac.uk/%7Ejastaple/irc/irchelp.html
 Other systems -             http://www.kei.com/irc.html

 If for some reason these web addresses are out of date or you can't find
 a irc program for your computer system try searching
 http://www.shareware.com

 Quick Irc commands:
  /msg helpServ ?      -get help from the Irc help server.
  /join #channel       -join a channel.
  /quit                -quit irc.

 To connect to DALnet:
  /serv irc.dal.net 7000            (using a irc client)
  telnet telnet.dal.net             (using telnet)

 Here are IRC channels where you can chat and discuss dragons:

  /join #afd           (active discussion of a.f.d)
  /join #IRCHelp       (operator help channel)
  /join #kelekona      (AFD poetry readings Sun 8pm PST)
  /join #Hawaiian_Weyr (AFD poetry workshop Sat 5pm PST)
  /join #afdbook       (AFD publishing meetings Sat 12pm PST)

 To join the #afd listserver emailing list, send email to majordomo@ict.org
  and in the body of your email message put "subscribe afd" Topic of this
  list are generally technical issues regarding the running of #afd.

 Contact dalvenjah@dal.net for more information on DALnet.
  Or visit the Dalnet Web Site at http://www.dal.net
  and The Tentative #afd infopage at http://kauhajoki.fi/~jusantal/afd.html

5d.  Books

5d.1 Books, Reference:

 The Beasts of Never,  By Georgess McHargue; Illustrated by Frank Bozzo
   For the young reader. An introduction to many myths. Two chapters devoted
   to the dragon.

 The Book of The Dragon,  By Montserrat Sant & Ciruelo Cabral
   A general study of the subject of dragons emphasizing western legends
   and contemporary treatment of dragons in literature. Very good art work.

 The Dragon Lovers Guide to Pern
   A reference book to the world of pern, tells about dragons, people &
   the planet of pern. (see 5b.2 The Dragon Riders of Pern series)

 Dragons,  By Peter Hogarth with Val Clery
   A general study of the subject of dragons with emphasis on the eastern
   legends.

 Dragons: Guide to the Modern Infestation, by Pamela Warton Blanpied
   A very convincing and well written book on modern dragon sightings,
   behavior, and lore. (Back in print!) It can be order from:
   http://www.Boydell.co.uk/2664.HTM
   19 b/w illus. 168pp, Sterling c.9.95  Stock: UK 668 US 189

 Dragons, Their History & Symbolism,  By Janet Hoult
   This is a small illustrated book which investigates historical
   (and some legendary) dragon references. 58 pages.

 The Enchanted World: Dragons,  By the Editors of Time-Life Books.
   A survey across many cultures of dragons and examination of the
   development of the legend. Excellent reference section.

 The Flight of Dragons,  By Peter Dickinson, Illustrated by Wayne Anderson
   An investigation by Mr. Dickinson of his theory on how dragons could
   achieve flight. A living dirigible theory! (Note: movie w/ same name)

 Man, Myth & Magic an illustrated encyclopedia of the supernatural
  By the Editors of Time-Life Books.  Volume 5 Pps. 689-695.
   A casual investigation of the subject of dragons.  Good for examination
   of some specific legends.

 A Natural History Dragons and Unicorns,  By Paul and Karin Johnsguard

   Describes the classification, life cycle, types and history of both
   dragons and unicorns as if actually existing in the world today.

5d.2 Books, Dragons Novels and Book Series:

 A Book Dragon,  By Donn Kushner.
   A unique young dragon finds purpose in his life when he finds a valuable
   treasure to guard, worth more to him than gold. Very nicely illustrated.

 The Dragon Riders of Pern series,  By Anne McCaffrey.
   Colonists with genetically engineered dragons face challenges on the
planet
   pern.
     Dragonflight       Dragondrums                  Dragonsdawn
     Dragonquest        Nerilka's Story              The Renegades of Pern
     The White Dragon   Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern   All the Weyrs of Pern
     Dragonsong         The Girl Who Heard Dragons   The Chronicles of Pern
     Dragonsinger       Dolphins of Pern              (Firstfall)

 Dragonsbane,  By Barbara Hambly.
  The story of Jenny Waynest as she tries to banish or kill a very
  powerful and intelligent black dragon.

 Dragons in the Stars,  By Jeffrey A. Carver.
  Dragons from the another of space come to the aid of a young pilot who
  must take control of her life before she falls too far into the power
  of an abusive master.

 Dragonworld,  By Byron Priess and J. Michael Reaves.
   The last dragon is the only hope of averting the worst of wars prompted
   by tragedy.

 The Forging of the Dragon,  By Robert Don Hughes.
   An evil two-headed dragon must be created to unite the
   fragmented societies of the old One Land.

 Guardians of the Flame series,  By Joel Rosenberg.
  Six books: ("finger joelr@winternet.com" for latest info.)
    The Sleeping Dragon           The Heir Apparent
    The Sword and the Chain       The Warrior Lives
    The Silver Crown              The Road to Ehvenor

 The James Eckert series,  By Gordon R. Dickson:
   James Eckert get transported to a parallel dimension with magic where he
   becomes known as the Dragon Knight, man and part-time dragon who fights
   the forces of encroaching evil. Original short story "St. Dragon and the
   George" first published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction
   (c) 1957, and can now be found in Isaac Asimov's Dragon Tales anthology
   (see below).
     The Dragon and the George   The Dragons at War
     The Dragon on the Border    The Dragon Knight

 Her Majesty's Wizard,  By Christopher Stasheff
   A wizard get transferred to another dimension to help a princess gain
back
   the crown. He is aided on his mission by a dragon and a knight.

 The Krystonia Chronicles,  By Mildonian Ltd
   Many varied types of dragons form their own regiment of society.
   (see 5d. Krystonia Collectors Club)
     The Chronicles of Krystonia       Krystonian Adventures
     Krystonia III

 Pit Dragon series,  By Jane Yolen.
   A series based on a backworld planet with dragons that are trained
   for pit fights. Jakkin as he grows learns to truly commune with the
   dragons.
     Dragon's Blood        Heart's Blood        A Sending of Dragons

 Rangard series,  By R.A.V. Salsitz.
   The fate of all beings on Rangard depends on what the new awakening of
   the dragons from the grave will bring upon them.  Series currently
    consists of three books:
     Where Dragons Lie        Night of Dragons
     Where Dragons Rule

 The Shadow of His Wings,  By Bruce Fergusson.
   The aid of the ancient Erseiyr Rizzix must be sought to save the hero's
   people from a war that goes badly, however Rizzix is reluctant to help.

 Tea with the Black Dragon,  By R. A. MacAvoy.
   A black dragon comes to America to fulfill his destiny, and helps a lady
   search for her missing daughter.

 Vlad Taltos / World of Dragaera series,  By Steven K.Z. Brust.
   A sarcastic and humorous jhereg (very small dragon) accompanies Vlad as
   his familiar in and out of many chilling adventures. Currently seven
books:
   (there are supposed to be 17 eventually)
      Jhereg         Teckla     Orca
      Taltos         Phoenix
      Yendi          Athyra

5d.3 Books, Anthologies

 Dragon Fantastic,  edited by Rosalind & Martin Greenberg (c)1992.
   Many more tales, most by less-known authors.

 A Dragon Lovers Treasury of the Fantastic,  edited by Margret Welis
   Includes stories by Orson Scott Card, Ann McCaffery, Roger Zelazny
   and others.

 Dragons of Darkness,  edited by Orson Scott Card (c)1981, released 1988.
   Many excellent tales including authors Edward Bryant, Jeffrey Carver,
   Ben Bova. Note: this book is hard to find.

 Dragons of Light,  edited by Orson Scott Card (c)1980, released 1988.
   Authors include Roger Zelazny, George R. Martin, Greg Bear, Jane Yolen.

 Dragon Tales,  edited by Issac Asimov (c)1982.
   Includes short stories by many well known writers: Gerda, Dragons' Teeth,
   Two Yards of Dragon, A Hiss of Dragon, The Bully and the Beast,
   The kings Head and the Purple Dragon, Soft Come the Dragons,
   St.Dragon and the George, John Robert and the Dragon's Egg,
   Demon and Demoiselle, Weyr Search.

 Here There Be Dragons,  By Jane Yolen
   Compluation of Jane Yolen's short stories and poems about dragons with
   comments by the author.

5d.4 Books, Children's Literature:

 The Dragons Are Singing Tonight,  By Jack Prelutsky; pictures by Peter Sis
   A collection of poems about dragons for the young, good for kids of
   all ages.

 How Droofus the Dragon lost his head,  By Bill Peet

 The Paper Bag Princess,  By Robert Munsch

5e.  Movies

 DragonHeart, Universal Pictures. (103 min)
   Bowen at knight believes that his prince's soul has been poisoned by
   a dragon that saved the prince's life. Bowen vows to destroy all dragons.
   When he encounters the last dragon he learns what true vows are.
     ISBN 0-7832-1915-6

 Dragonslayer,  Paramount Picture Corp. (110 min)
   A young apprenticed mage sets off to rid a kingdom of a dragon, the
   king does not want his help. Movie. (see address below "Critics' Choice")
    Cost: $14.95  Item#: EAPAR001367

 DragonWorld,  Moonbeam
   A young boy grows up with a dragon as a friend in a Scottish castle. Due
   to tax problems he decides to lend his dragon to an evil tycoon who
   wants him for his amusement park.

 FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION 1991  (animation)
  Denny Goes Air-Surfing, Lance Kramer. (2 min)
    What does a dragon do for fun?  It goes  air-surfing.  How does a
    dragon go airsurfing? That would be telling. This piece looks like
    an immature work of someone with potential. And it is not a bad gag.

 The Flight of Dragons,  Rankin/Bass Production Inc. (98 min) (Cartoon)
   Based off of Gorden Dickson's 'The Dragon and the George'
   A young man from the future is magically transported to the past to save
   the land from an evil mage and is accidentally placed in the body of a
dragon.
   Incorporates Peter Dickenson's 'Flight of Dragons.'
   copy can gotten from Critics' Choice Video  (ask for a catalogue)
    Cost $19.95          PO Box 749
    Item#: EAWHV000956   Itasca, IL 60143-0749 U.S.A
                         Phone: 1-800-544-9852 (8am-6pm CT)

 Merlin and the Dragons,  Lightyear Entertainment 1991 (27 min) (Cartoon)
   Written by Jane Yolen. Narrated by Keven Kline. Merlin tells a young king
   Authur a story about fighting dragons, clashing armies, and a young boys
   dreams.            Lightyear Entertainment
                      350 5th Ave. suite 5101
                      NewYork, Ny 10118 U.S.A.
                      Phone: 1-800-229-78679 ( Mon-Fri 9am-5pm ET)

 Record of Lodoss Wars (355 min) (Cartoon)
   Japinese animation. 13 episode series. 13 episodes have been
   subtitled over into english. Dubbed versions will be out later this year.
   Based off of a Japinese novel by the same name. The story takes place
   in a AD&D setting. A party of adventurers tries to find the reason
   behind the growing war on Lodoss. Lots of dragons! (6 VHS Tapes)
     Cost $116.96        The Right Stuff International Inc.
     Item# USM1273       Box 71309
          (or)           Des Moines, Ia 50325 U.S.A.
     Cost $26.96         http://www.dwx.com/~centsys/Welcome.html
   Items# USM1267 - 72   Email: atomu@centsys.com  Phone: 1-515-279-7434

 Dragon Era (Cartoon)
 Scorpio (Cartoon)
 Dragon Half (Cartoon)

5f.  Commercial Art

     There are a variety of places in which you can find some excellent
 artwork at affordable prices. Here are a few places I suggest you look:

 Dancing Dragon
  5670 West End Road, #4
  PO Box 1106
  Arcata, Ca 95521 U.S.A.
  1-800-322-6040
  Email: dragon@northcoast.com
  Web site: http://www.northcoast.com:/unlimited/product_directory
             /dancing_dragon/dancing_dragon.html

 Glass Onion Graphics
  PO Box 88
  Brookfield, Ct 06804 U.S.A.
  (203) 798-6063

 Landmark Calenders
  Po Box 6105, Dept 1
  Novato, Ca 94948-6105 U.S.A.
  1-800-775-1994
   In the following calenders:
     Dragon Lords
     Fantasy
     Julie Bell Fantasy Calenders

 Krystonia Collectors Club
  110 E. Ellsworth Road
  Ann Arbor, MI 48108 U.S.A.
  (313) 677-3510

 Design Toscano
  15 E. Campbell Street
  Arlington Heights, IL 60005

 Laughing Coyote Press
  P.O. Box  475335
  Garland, TX  75041
  mel@netcom.com

 Marty Magic
  P.O. Box 318
  Santa Cruz, California 95061
  (408) 429-9805
  fax: (408) 429-1012
  Email: artb@cruzio.com
    Marty Magic is a source for dragon jewelry. Over the last
    fifteen years, she has sculpted dozens of dragon designs.

You can order many books from by telneting to: books.com
to find dragon related meteral its suggested you do a title search
under "dragon"  or keyword search under "dragon"
They ship all over the world for only $3.50

 Please note that for people located outside the U.S.A. most of these
 dealers will still ship merchandise to you, but it will cost a few
 bucks more, though probably not much. Call or write and find out about
 shipping costs and product information.

Viriatha:

5a: I need someone else to check these out for me and see what is still current.
5b: In light of dragonfire.org being unavailable, this needs to be changed. I am inclined to put in a comment about the unavailability of dragonfire.org
and add a link to altfandragons.org
5d1: Dragons: Guide to the Modern Infestation, by Pamela Warton Blanpied The website address given to order this book is no longer current. Does any one
have a current address?
5f: books.com takes you right to Barnes and Nobles.

Pyros:

5a - The /pub/dragons directory in ftp.dragonfire.org appears to be empty. The Hamburg site does not seem to contain dragon pics.
The third site works.

5d.1 - Regarding your comment, I'm not sure a URL is necessary at all--after all, the other books don't have them.  However, Amazon has two 
similar books by the same author...

5d.2 - The FAQ would never be completed if we tried to list /all/ dragon fiction available, but perhaps just a few newer additions would be 
beneficial.  Hespa's got a page up at 
http://www.weyr.org/~hespa/books.html for cross-reference.  Probably Graham Edwards' novels deserve inclusion, along with an update of some of 
the entries (there are about 5 more of Dickson's Dragon Knight novels; I'm not an expert on Pern but that series should probably be updated as 
well).

5e - Hrmph.  I'm not sure if the D&D movie and Reign of Fire should be included here or not...

5f - I say just take out the books.com reference.  It's basically just an ad.  People can find their own books.

Arcaton:

5d1: Dragons: Guide to the Modern Infestation, by Pamela Warton

Still available thru amazon.co.uk at least
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0851156800/
ref=sr_aps_books_1_1/202
-5961025-6145407
published 1996

Pyros:

5dl: I noticed that book on amazon.com as well; note however that it is titled "Dragons:  A Modern Infestation" rather than "Dragons: Guide to the 
Modern Infestation"--which makes me unsure if it's the same book, since that author also has "Dragons:  An Introduction to the Modern Infestation"...

Wyrm:

5f: There's a long list of books that contain dragons at the following URL:
http://www.nukapai.net/recommended.html
but don't link to it as it'll apparently be reorganised/moved in a month or so.