Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons

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Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons
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Dragonology first edition cover.
Author Dugald Steer
Illustrator Helen Ward, Wayne Anderson, Nghiem Ta, Chris Forsey, A. J. Wood, and Douglas Carrel
Country United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Series Ologies series
Subject Dragons
Genre Fantasy
Publisher Templar Publishing (UK)
Candlewick Press (US)
Publication date
1 October 2003
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages32 pp (first edition)
ISBN 978-1-84011-503-1
OCLC 56804900
Followed by Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris  

Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons is a 2003 fiction book written by Dugald Steer, and published by Templar Publishing in the United Kingdom, and by Candlewick Press in the United States. [1]

Contents

Overview

The fictional premise of this book is that it is a facsimile of a lost work originally printed in 1895 and supposedly written by a dragonologist named Dr. Ernest Drake [2] with the current publisher being unable to determine the truth of the matter. It presents the research and findings of Dr. Ernest Drake on the dragons of the world, their biology, behavior, and history of their interactions with humans. The book is vastly illustrated and contains a number of smaller, additional texts and tactile ‘specimens’ such as dragon scales, wing membrane, and dragon dust. [3]

Format

This book, like the other books in the Ologies series, is assigned a fictional "author" who then acts as the narrator of the book. Dr. Ernest Drake is the fictional author and owner of the original Complete Book of Dragons, with Dugald Steer being the creator of Drake, and the writer of this and several other books in the series. It is written in an encyclopedic manner rather than following any particular narrative, while also giving the reader puzzles in the book and small notes as if the fictional writer had sent them that book. [4]

Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons was followed up by a number of sequels both in the Oology series and in its own right. The Oology series continues with Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris. However while these are authored by Dugald Steer, other than Monsterology: The Complete Book of Fabulous Beasts, [5] they do not have anything to do with Dragonology or Dr. Ernest Drake. But there is the Dragonology collection of books which includes Dragonology: Tracking and Taming Dragons: A Guide for Beginners Vol 1. [6] and Vol. 2, [7] Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology Handbook: A Practical Course in Dragons, [8] and Drake's Comprehensive Compendium of Dragonology [9] among others.

Dugald Steer also wrote a series of children's books called the Dragonology Chronicles based around the lore created in the Dragonology books. There are four books in this series. The Dragon's Eye [10] published in 2006, The Dragon Diary [11] published in 2008, The Dragon's Apprentice [12] published in 2011, and The Dragon Prophecy [13] published in 2012.

Film adaptation

In June 2008, Universal Studios acquired the film rights to the Dragonology series, with Leonard Hartman set to write and executive produce the adaptation. [14] In August 2012, it was reported that Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will produce the Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons movie for Universal with a new screenwriter. [15] In January 2018, Paramount Pictures acquired Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons and the rest of the Ology series and hired Akiva Goldsman to oversee a writer's room to write scripts for interconnected family movies based on the books and supplemental material with Goldsman and his Weed Road partner Greg Lessans producing the films. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ WorldCat book entry
  2. ↑ "Candlewick Press - Authors & Illustrators". 2018-06-16. Archived from the original on 2018-06-16. Retrieved 2021-04-08.
  3. ↑ Steer, Dugald A. (2003). Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN   978-0763623296.
  4. ↑ Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Editorial review from the School Library Journal at Amazon.com. Retrieved October 12, 2006.
  5. ↑ Steer, Dugald (2008). Monsterology: The Complete Book of Fabulous Beasts. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN   978-0763639402.
  6. ↑ Drake, Ernest; Steer, Dugald (2006). Dragonology: tracking and taming dragons : a guide for beginners. Cambridge, Mass.: Candlewick Press. ISBN   978-0-7636-3233-5. OCLC   66906475.
  7. ↑ Drake, Ernest; Steer, Dugald; Carrell, Douglas (2008). Dragonology, tracking and taming dragons. [Volume 2], [Volume 2]. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN   978-0-7636-3426-1. OCLC   1059197186.
  8. ↑ Drake, Ernest; Steer, Dugald (2005). Dr. Ernest Drake's Dragonology handbook: a practical course in dragons. Doctor Ernest Drake's Dragonology handbook. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press. ISBN   9780763628147. OCLC   894796832.
  9. ↑ Steer, Dugald (2010). Drake's comprehensive compendium of dragonology. Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press. ISBN   978-0-7636-4623-3. OCLC   461894452.
  10. ↑ The dragon's eye, Grand Haven, MI: Brilliance Audio, 2011, ISBN   978-1-61106-641-8, OCLC   732091572 , retrieved 2021-04-08
  11. ↑ Steer, Dugald A; Clamp, James; Overdrive Inc (2011). The Dragon Diary. Place of publication not identified: Brilliance Audio. ISBN   978-1-61106-615-9. OCLC   1002094613.[ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ Steer, Dugald; Harris, Nick (2013). The dragon's apprentice. Templar. ISBN   978-1-84877-699-9. OCLC   913848558.
  13. ↑ Steer, Dugald (2012). The dragon prophecy, 4. Candlewick Press. ISBN   978-0-7636-3428-5. OCLC   884836575.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  14. ↑ Kit, Borys (June 13, 2008). "Universal acquires 'Dragonology' rights". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on June 13, 2008. Retrieved August 6, 2016.
  15. ↑ Kit, Borys (August 27, 2012). "'Star Trek 2's' Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci to Produce 'Dragonology' for Universal". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  16. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (January 31, 2018). "Paramount Assembles Killer Scribe Roster To Kickstart 'Ology' Franchise". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved March 16, 2021.
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