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I think it depends on how one contextualizes magic and dragons, and how they're manipulated representationally. Magic as a metaphor for technology, for example, deserves more merit.
I agree. It's better than having a neo-medieval world with one race that has combustion engines and robots (Even if crude).
So Bakker introduces an ethical dimension into his texts by exploring the issues of pleasure, pain, and how pain is translated as pleasure, and vice versa. His books are full of episodes that play out such dilemmas.
#50shadesofdragongrey.