 Editor in Chief Bill   | 20 Mar 2017 2:55 a.m. PST |
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 x42brown  | 20 Mar 2017 4:00 a.m. PST |
Joy from Wen Spencer's 'Wood Sprites' x42 |
| 15th Hussar | 20 Mar 2017 4:09 a.m. PST |
Jim Eckert/Gorbash from "The Dragon and the George". |
| GurKhan | 20 Mar 2017 4:12 a.m. PST |
Either Gorbash, or Mayland Long from R A MacAvoy's "Tea with the Black Dragon". He's human most of the time, so may not count, but he does have the best cover illustration – link |
| warwell | 20 Mar 2017 4:20 a.m. PST |
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| Ney Ney | 20 Mar 2017 4:21 a.m. PST |
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 Flashman14 | 20 Mar 2017 4:59 a.m. PST |
Richard Boon's link Smaug from the 1977 The Hobbit |
| Dynaman8789 | 20 Mar 2017 5:04 a.m. PST |
Smaug – only other Dragon with any personality I have read is in the Tremiere novels and since I can't remember any of the dragons in that one other then Tremiere and that one's personality is annoying at best. I have not read the Dragonrider novels yet. Drogon may work his way up the ladder. |
| Cerdic | 20 Mar 2017 5:04 a.m. PST |
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| Frederick | 20 Mar 2017 5:15 a.m. PST |
Smaug is a piece of work but you gotta say, he's got personality |
| Flashman14 | 20 Mar 2017 5:31 a.m. PST |
Neither of these are from novels but when has fidelity to poll questions ever stopped us? Technically, H.R. Pufnstuf is a dragon. Further, he's the only dragon elected to public office that I'm aware of, which makes him exceptional and, dare I suggest, "novel"? Pete's Dragon is named Elliott – from an unpublished short story – not a novel – by Seton I. Miller. |
| Karellian Knight | 20 Mar 2017 5:43 a.m. PST |
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| Dschebe | 20 Mar 2017 5:45 a.m. PST |
I don't have a favorite dragon; but maybe if we talk about their 'mothers'… (smile). |
| Gone Fishing | 20 Mar 2017 6:18 a.m. PST |
It's not a novel, but the dragon in Beowulf is very deftly portrayed, and likely served as a model for Smaug. This makes perfect sense, of course, as Tolkien was always perfectly open with the fact that he had learned a number of his tricks from the Beowulf poet. (The professor often referred to him as "Cynewulf" – so much nicer to give him a name!) Second pick would be Smaug! |
| SJDonovan | 20 Mar 2017 6:29 a.m. PST |
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| Qurchi Bashi | 20 Mar 2017 6:29 a.m. PST |
Gleep, in the Myth series books by Robert Asprin. |
| wminsing | 20 Mar 2017 6:32 a.m. PST |
Tied between Smaug and Temeraire -Will |
 Herkybird | 20 Mar 2017 6:55 a.m. PST |
Mnementh from Anne McCaffrey's 'Dragonriders of Pern' series, a must read, if you haven't already! |
| Wackmole9 | 20 Mar 2017 7:19 a.m. PST |
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| Patrick Sexton | 20 Mar 2017 8:30 a.m. PST |
Ruth from The White Dragon and Smaug (of course). |
| USAFpilot | 20 Mar 2017 9:09 a.m. PST |
When I think dragons, the first name to come to mind is Smaug. |
 Parzival | 20 Mar 2017 9:41 a.m. PST |
The Reluctant Dragon (actual name "the dragon," no capital letters), from the story of the same title by Kenneth Grahame. If you have not read it, or had it read to you, you were clearly a Philistine as a child. Go ye from hence and read it, forthwith! But, of course, Smaug is still number one. Also ran: Glaurung. |
| The Beast Rampant | 20 Mar 2017 11:54 a.m. PST |
Richard Boon's Smaug from the 1977 The Hobbit Ya beat me to it! |
 piper909 | 20 Mar 2017 12:16 p.m. PST |
Smaug and Glaurung -- Tolkien had the gift! Then maybe Puff the Magic Dragon, and Cecil the Dragon from Beany and Cecil. |
| piper909 | 20 Mar 2017 12:17 p.m. PST |
The dragon that lives under the volcano Paricutin, he's a baddie! |
| Landorl | 20 Mar 2017 1:06 p.m. PST |
Not a book, but I also liked Draco from Dragonheart. Of course it's hard to be any better than Smaug! |
| evilgong | 20 Mar 2017 1:45 p.m. PST |
Glaurung seemed to enjoy being a dragon. |
 etotheipi  | 20 Mar 2017 2:59 p.m. PST |
It's from a short story (linked to a series of novels) … Yevaud. |
| Legbiter | 20 Mar 2017 3:02 p.m. PST |
Smaug, then the one in the Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishigura, and after that, Fafnir as envisaged by Stevie Smith – in a poem, not a novel. "In the Quiet Waters
Of the forest pool
Fafnir the Dragon
His tongue will cool His tongue will cool
And his muzzle dip
Until the quiet waters lave
His muzzle-tip Happy simple creature
In his coat of mail
With a mild bright eye
And a waving tail Happy the dragon
In the days expended
Before the time had come
For Dragons to be Hounded Delivered in their Simplicity
To the Knights of the Advancing Band
Who, seeing the simple Dragon
Must Slay him our of Hand." |
| Kropotkin303 | 20 Mar 2017 4:36 p.m. PST |
Glaurung. What a complete bastard. Not my favourite, but memorable. Manipulative ain't the word. Tolkien had it. He knew his dragons. |
| Cmde Perry | 20 Mar 2017 4:38 p.m. PST |
A second for Eustace Scrubb, and of course for Smaug. But may I also suggest you acquaint yourself with Management in Larry Correia's Monster Hunter Legion? (For that matter, read the whole series!) |
| Tiberius | 20 Mar 2017 4:42 p.m. PST |
RUTH FROM THE WHITE DRAGON And MAYLAND LONG FROM TEA WITH A BLACK DRAGON |
| Irish Marine | 20 Mar 2017 4:59 p.m. PST |
The dragon Ellegon from the Guardians of the Flame series, he was pretty cool.
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| thorr666 | 20 Mar 2017 6:00 p.m. PST |
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| Double W | 20 Mar 2017 6:59 p.m. PST |
Melanchthon, the nihilistic, manipulating steampunk dragon from The Iron Dragon's Daughter. |
| John Treadaway | 21 Mar 2017 1:47 a.m. PST |
Glaurung every time (though Ancalagon the Black purely for the wing span…). Scatha's pretty good too, in a poetic sense. Sure, Smaug's a pretty colour so he gets all of the publicity!  John T |
| langobard | 21 Mar 2017 3:25 a.m. PST |
Smaug, but a third vote for Eustace Scrubb :) |
| Parzival | 21 Mar 2017 6:20 a.m. PST |
I forgot Chrysophylax from Farmer Giles of Ham! |
| Weddier | 21 Mar 2017 6:00 p.m. PST |
Kazul, female King of the Dragons in P. C. Wrede's Enchanted Forest series. I like Cecil also, but he's a sea-sick sea serpent, not exactly a dragon. |
| piper909 | 21 Mar 2017 10:42 p.m. PST |
Yes! I was just myself thinking I'd neglected to give mention to Chrysophylax! |
| Khusrau | 22 Mar 2017 9:02 a.m. PST |
Glaurung, but Pern as well. There is also the 'Dragon' Kalessin from Earthsea. So my nominees in order: Glaurung – Tolkien
Kalessin – Ursula Le Guin
Smaug – Tolkien
Wyrm – Beowulf
Toothless – How to train your dragon… |
| Capt Flash | 08 Apr 2017 9:56 p.m. PST |
Godzilla. Not technically a dragon, but a fire breathing reptile, nonetheless…
And Smaug … |
| Gunfreak | 09 Apr 2017 3:58 a.m. PST |
Don't have a favorite Dragon, but my favorite dragoon is Mrs Christian Davies |
