Praise for The Iron Dragon's Mother

"Michael Swanwick's twisty tale of a half-human changeling warrior is the third work to be set in his 'Industrialized Faërie' world, the most thoroughly imagined fictional realm since that of J.R.R. Tolkien."--The Wall Street Journal

". . . Swanwick's final Faerie novel [is] a thoroughly fascinating meditation on the Nietzschean adventures of his earlier novels."--Los Angeles Review of Books

"Twisted in the right way, with tart and tricksy language you can swirl around in your mouth like good wine, it is a perfect, perfect book."--Jane Yolen

"Discworld meets Faust. They do not like each other. Philip Pullman picks up the pieces."--Kirkus (starred review)

"The irresistible appeal of Swanwick's version of Faerie, along with his usual skill at drawing vividly complex and conflicted characters . . . lend the novel a density and texture that seems a bit surprising, considering all the fun we're having along the way."--Locus

"This epic is full of carefully crafted lands, characters, and creatures, and readers will savor each page."--Publishers Weekly

"Filled with treats and surprises, like a box full of bonbons and firecrackers. Prepare to be delighted and horrified, tickled and amazed."--Eileen Gunn

"Michael Swanwick's stories are woven with an artisan's skill, his adventures with a pilot's sense for the heights, a marksman's aim, and a poet's ear. I've loved his work for decades and am always excited to see something new from him."--Fran Wilde

"Enter this new novel set in his modern, deeply disrupted Faerie. . . . You will eventually emerge from these pages, but you'll wish you didn't have to. You'll wish you could keep reading forever."--Nisi Shawl, author of Everfair

Praise for Michael Swanwick
"[Swanwick's] towering creativity seems so effortless . . . so effortless, and so immense."--Gene Wolfe

"A writer who fearlessly branches out beyond the safe confines of a genre's roots, while permitting those very roots to anchor him in the tradition."--Starlog

"Swanwick's wildly imaginative and beautifully written short stories have been, for several years, one of the primary joys of the field."--Karen Joy Fowler, Washington Post Book World

"One of contemporary sf's greatest short-story writers."--Interzone

"A reputation for radically deconstructing the hoariest of old cliches in science fiction and turning them into something bright, shiny, and new."--Jonathan Strahan, Locus