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The Dragon Masters
Jack Vance as Džek Vans · 1962novella
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The Dragon Masters is a science fiction novella by American author Jack Vance. It was first published in Galaxy magazine, August 1962, and in 1963 in book form, as half of Ace Double F-185. It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Fiction in 1963. The story describes a human society living under pre-industrial conditions that has bred lizard-like intelligent aliens to function as warriors, and an encounter with a ship from the alien planet, containing both the same aliens, and humans bred by them for similar purposes.
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Placement
- The Hugo Winners
- contained in A Short, Sharp Shock / The Dragon Mastersanthology
- contained in Big Planet / The Blue World / The Dragon Masters and Other Storiesomnibus
- contained in Stories from the Hugo Winners, Volume 2anthology
- contained in The Dragon Masters / The Five Gold Bandsomnibus
- contained in The Dragon Masters / The Last Castlecollection
- contained in The Dying Earth Series & Moreomnibus
- contained in The Hugo Winners, Volumes One and Twoomnibus
- contained in The Hugo Winners, Volume Twoanthology
- contained in The Jack Vance Treasurycollection
- contained in The Languages of Pao and The Dragon Mastersomnibus
- contained in The Miracle Workers / The Dragon Masters / The Last Castlecollection