La Cicala di Italia: War of the Space Dragons

The Society On Da Run #2

by L'Poni Baldwin

This chapbook is the first book of stories and poetry in The Society On Da Run series of chapbooks. This book's central theme is the Space Dragon empire - Draconizica, and the origins of their war with humanity and the war's resolution.

170 pages, ebook

First published April 15, 2009

About the author

I am a young poetess and the author of anime-style chapbooks (short print books under 80 pages) like Dragonworld ETC and I am also the author of a super long collection of flash fiction and poetry called Dragons & Cicadas.

The stories take place in a fantastical world full of interesting aliens. I write only short stories and poetry, most range from 1k to 15k words but vary in different genres.

I enjoy taking risks in the world of writing I want Chapbooks to become the "norm" of the publishing world. And to those thinking of sending a request: please, don't send a friend request unless you really want to. I currently cannot respond to messages on this account either. I need to keep my circle small, and right now it is medium.

Reviews

[Penumbra]

I was given this book to read through the Young Adult Reads R2R for an honest review, thank you.



This book is about a war between dragons and humans played out like a video game. The style of writing is sort of interesting; it reminds me of stories about mythology. The individual stories jumped around in the timeline, but I didn’t have trouble following them. I just don’t know if it was the best way to present the book.

The reason way I wasn’t taken with this book is because it’s pretty much all carnage. There’s lots of killing, devastation and taking prisoners of the humans. I don’t like reading books that make me depressed, and this book made me depressed. There really wasn’t any hope in it. So I don’t see the point in my reading this kind of book no matter how unique the style.

I can only give this book two stars. I want to emotionally enjoy a book, and this book only left me unhappy.

[Des Astor]

This was an interesting introduction to the series! It was a bit too disjointed for me to connect with characters or follow the lore, however, but I love the concept of a 'dragon apocalypse' and them restoring the earth, along with not just butchering everyone in their path. There's a ton of awesome worldbuilding concepts as well, that I think I will get a handle on more in a linear story.

I tried reading it as a series of stories, but in some ways got confused. There were some errors, but I do enjoy the writing voice and the creativity involved in this story. I would definitely read more by this author, and imagine the stories have rounded out a bit anyway after all these years! It's a very unique flavor I very much hope to see expanded.

[Megan]

I got to review this book for free from goodreads. It is fairly short, and I know it is supposed to be a lead in to a larger series which explains other characters' plot lines. I felt that it was far too confusing as the first book in a series. There was hardly a plot that I could make out apart from people running from dragons. All of the characters are only shown once and then he quickly moves on to other characters. It is not fluid in a way that allowed me to know what was going on. And the ending felt like an index full of terms. The translation into English had several errors and typos. I enjoyed the first chapter or so, but then struggled through the rest of it.

[Alicia]

(This book was received free in return for an honest review)

This book was told in spits and spats, going forward and back in the lives of several dragons, while mostly focusing on the Ashuton Karrucci, destined to be the king of dragons. I got so fed up with it that I decided to leave it and start The Dragonboys, which is also up for review. I had hoped that it would be better and that reading this prequel wasn't necessary. This book did give background that was sorely lacking in Dragonboys, but had no bearing other than making me miserable having to read both books. The only redeeming parts of the book were the poems.

[Sule]

Omg i cant weit to read this book. The excerpt was really good. :)