John Moore (1) (1959–)
Autor von Handbuch für Helden.
Andere Autoren mit dem Namen John Moore findest Du auf der Unterscheidungs-Seite.
Werke von John Moore
Freeze Frame {short story} 1 Exemplar
A Job for a Professional {short story} 1 Exemplar
Zugehörige Werke
Getagged
Wissenswertes
- Andere Namen
- Moore, John F.
- Geburtstag
- 1959-06-15
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Wohnorte
- Houston, Texas, USA
- Berufe
- engineer
Mitglieder
Rezensionen
Listen
Dir gefällt vielleicht auch
Nahestehende Autoren
Statistikseite
- Werke
- 8
- Auch von
- 1
- Mitglieder
- 1,403
- Beliebtheit
- #18,302
- Bewertung
- 3.7
- Rezensionen
- 26
- ISBNs
- 227
- Sprachen
- 10
- Favoriten
- 2
Sir Terry kills a dragon in order to win the hand of a princess, but unfortunately he hasn't paid attention to recent history. National boundaries have shifted, and he was a few miles in the wrong country. Only by pretending his squire did the killing does he escape being wed to the crazy princess who talks to animals and rocks and whatever. Meanwhile, the princess that he actually wants is betrothed (much to her disgust) to the scion of a rich baker family. She cooks up a scheme where she is fake-kidnapped so Sir Terry can rescue her and thereby win her hand. But she drops into the middle of a real kidnapping plot and is mistaken for another woman who was supposed to be captured to be used as dragon meat, and... and... and... well, you get the picture.
It's a fairy tale where all the people are hatching schemes right and left, sort of like the "big lie" plots where a lie grows and grows, and gets funnier as it goes. And on the side, there are riffs on lots of other things too. I didn't think it was possible, but he does parody on a parody (there's a hilarious scene in here parodying a famous scene in Princess Bride, you'll recognize it when you see it).
As usual with John Moore's stories, I find I like the characters, and one is always rooting for them, despite their foibles.… (mehr)