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''The Iron Dragon's Daughter'' is a 1993 novel by writer Michael Swanwick that combines fantasy and science fiction. The dark and nihilistic tale follows Jane, a changeling girl who slaves at a dragon factory, building part-magical, part-cybernetic monsters that are used as jet fighters; until she crosses paths with an old, rusted dragon named Melanchthon and escapes. ''The Iron Dragon's Daughter'' was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award, Locus Award, and World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1994.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1989 Award Winners & Nominees )〕 The novel changes fantasy tropes and archetypes, such as elves and dragons, for which critic John Clute labeled the book an "anti-fantasy." Swanwick admits having written it both as a homage to J.R.R. Tolkien and in reaction to a handful of writers he claims exploit Tolkien's milieu and the readers' imaginations with derivative, commercial fantasy: The dragon Melanchthon is named after German theologian Philipp Melanchthon, an associate of Martin Luther. Further references to Lutheranism can be found in Swanwick's novel ''Jack Faust''. Swanwick has written another book in the same setting, entitled ''The Dragons of Babel''. Excerpts from it have periodically been published as short stories. They include ''King Dragon'', ''The Word that Sings the Scythe'', ''An Episode of Stardust'', ''A Small Room in Koboldtown'' and ''Lord Weary's Empire''. Most of these were originally published in ''Asimov's Science Fiction''. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Iron Dragon's Daughter」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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