Praise for The Dragons of Babel:

“The Dragons of Babel is an unqualified masterpiece representing the pinnacle of modern fantasy.  Simply put, it is great fantasy as great literature.”

--SF Site

“A smart, stark steampunk fantasy.  Its gritty and magical and, in sensibility, is similar to Neil Gaimans Neverwhere and MirrorMask….Original and dashing, The Dragons of Babel is a breath of fresh air.”

--Starlog  

"This is modern fantasy at its finest and should hold great appeal for fans of Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys. . . ."

--Publishers Weekly, (starred review)

“Dark, subversive, inventive, challenging, outrageous, and very funny… has to be a contender for one of the best fantasy novels of the year.”

--Interzone

“Swanwick's expert craftsmanship gives his fiction a brilliant, highly polished surface.”

--The Philadelphia Inquirer

“The Dragons of Babel will immediately capture readers interest…. Earthy, bawdy, and often brutal, its a story that will keep science fiction/fantasy fans involved till the end.”

--School Library Journal (starred review)

“Swanwicks major accomplishment hereaside from his standard authorial equipment of finely honed prose, inventive plotting, engaging characters and clever symbolical patterningis to instantiate a world where BMWs and motorcycles can be parked side by side with hippogriffs and manticores without rendering either “vehicle” ridiculous…The ride you get from [Swanwicks] dragons will be like no other.”

--Sci Fi Weekly (grade A)

“Witty, inventive, written with enormous flair, this is one of Swanwicks most complex and rewarding novels.”

--Asimovs

“If you havent read Michael Swanwick yet, youve been missing some wonderful prose…Con men and ward heelers, cluricauns and hobgoblins, and a stunningly beautiful elf-woman who rides a hippogriff all entire and enrapture Will, and the reader as well.”

--The San Diego Union-Tribune

“I no longer read much fantasy, but would return to it in a Babel minute if I could find more like this: elegant, erudite, slyly funny, hard-nosed, compassionate, propulsive, and capable of punching through overused conventions and sentimentalities and delivering the jolt that restores the form to its primal power.”

--Locus

Five-time Hugo Award winner Swanwick delivers a fantasy masterpiece in his sequel to "The Iron Dragon's Daughter." A smart, stark steampunk fantasy. Original and dashing, "The Dragons of Babel" is a breath of fresh air.--"Starlog."