1. Characters

2. Plot synopsis

3. Reception

4. Notes

5. References

6. Other sources

7. External links

Zelazny wrote Here There Be Dragons and Way Up High for his children in 1968-69. He admired the work of underground comics artist Vaughn Bodē and commissioned him to illustrate the two books. The drawings were exhibited at the 1969 World Science Fiction Convention in St. Louis, but before the books could be published Bodē informed Zelazny that although Zelazny owned the pictures he did not have the reproduction rights. Christopher S. Kovacs in his literary biography of Zelazny explains the issue: “Zelazny saw the book as two of his tales illustrated by Bodē, but Bodē viewed it as a showcase of his art illuminated by Zelazny’s text.” The publication of the books foundered when Zelazny and Bodē insisted on equal royalties. Bodē died in 1975 and his estate agreed to the publication of the books with Bodē's illustrations in 1992.^[5]

Characters

• William – The fourth adviser to the king goes on a quest to find a medium-sized dragon with colored lights in lieu of fireworks for the king's daughter's tenth birthday party.
• the king – A foolish sovereign of a small, isolated kingdom surrounded by high, rugged mountains commands his four advisers to provide fireworks for his daughter's birthday party.
• Mr. Gibberling – The royal cartographer writes “HERE THERE BE DRAGONS” in unknown territories at the edges of his maps.
• Bell/Belkis – Bell is a lizard captured by William who promises to provide a medium-sized dragon for the party. However, at the party he transforms himself into Belkis, a large, ferocious, flame-breathing dragon.

Plot synopsis

In an isolated kingdom, people do not travel abroad because the kingdom is surrounded by high mountains and because they think there are ferocious dragons beyond the mountains. They think there are dragons because the royal cartographer, Mr. Gibberling, does not know what is beyond the mountains so in the blank areas on the edges of his maps he writes "HERE THERE BE DRAGONS".

The king wants fireworks for his daughter's birthday party, but the fireworks maker dies without passing on his skills to another. The king consults with his four advisers. The first adviser comes up with the idea of importing a medium-sized dragon with colored lights for the party. The king thinks this is a splendid idea and after some discussion the first three advisers assign the dragon hunting job to the fourth adviser, a young man named William.

William goes on a quest to find such a dragon, but all he captures is a lizard named Bell. The lizard promises William that he will produce a medium-sized dragon with colored lights for the party. At the party, however, Bell transforms himself into a huge, menacing, fire-breathing dragon named Belkis. The dragon, it turns out, is interested in only one thing—Mr. Gibberling's practice of writing "HERE THERE BE DRAGONS" on his maps. He says that there are very few dragons, they wish to be left alone, and disguise themselves as innocuous animals such as lizards to avoid humans.

He insists that Mr. Gibberling fly on his back and make accurate maps of the lands around the kingdom and eliminate all references to dragons. Mr. Gibberling then makes excellent maps of the whole region. But on one side of his maps is an enormous ocean with unknown lands beyond it. Since he does not know what is there he writes: "HERE THERE BE SEA SERPENTS".

Reception

Carolyn Cushman in Locus calls Here There Be Dragons “a Thurberesque idea and [Zelazny] handles it quite well.” She goes on to write: “It’s a cute story, without intrusively obvious educational elements, and with just enough truth, wonder and silliness to catch the imagination of all ages.” She likes it “for its satiric wit and appeal across ages.”^[6] Darrell Schweitzer in Aboriginal Science Fiction writes that Here There Be Dragons and its companion piece, Way Up High, “are charming, and worthy of widespread circulation.”^[7]

Notes

References

• {{cite journal |author=Cushman, Carolyn |year=1992 |title=Reviews by Carolyn Cushman |journal=Locus|volume=29 |issue=6 |pages= |publisher= |doi= |pmid= |pmc= |url= |accessdate= }}
• {{cite encyclopedia |last=Kovacs |first=Christopher S. |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor=David G. Grubbs |editor2=Christopher S. Kovacs |editor3=Ann Crimmins |encyclopedia=The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Vol. 3: This Mortal Mountain |title=. . .And Call Me Roger: The Literary Life of Roger Zelazny |trans-title=|url= |accessdate= |language= |edition= |date= |year=2009 |month= |publisher=NESFA |volume= |location=Framingham, MA |id= |isbn=978-1-886778-78-8 |oclc= |doi= |pages= |quote= |ref= }}
• Kovacs, Christopher S. The Ides of Octember: A Pictorial Bibliography of Roger Zelazny. Boston: NESFA Press, 2010. {{ISBN|978-1-886778-92-4}}
• {{cite book | last=Lindskold, Jane M. | title=Roger Zelazny | location=New York | publisher=Twayne Publishers | year=1993 | isbn=0-8057-3953-X}}
• {{cite journal |author=Schweitzer, Darrell |year=1993 |title=Books |journal=Aboriginal Science Fiction|volume= |issue=43 and 44 |pages=57 |publisher= |doi= |pmid= |pmc= |url= |accessdate= }}
• {{cite book |title= Here There Be Dragons |last=Zelazny, Roger |year=1992 |publisher=D.M. Grant |location=Hampton Falls, N.H |isbn=1-880418-00-2 |url= }}

Other sources

• {{cite encyclopedia |last=D'Ammassa |first=Don |author= |authorlink= |coauthors= |editor= |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction |title=Roger Zelazny |trans-title=|url= |accessdate= |language= |edition= |date= |year=2005 |month= |publisher=Facts On File, Inc |volume= |location=New York |id= |isbn=0-8160-5924-1 |oclc= |doi= |pages=432–434 |quote= |ref= }}
• {{cite encyclopedia |year=1997 |title =Roger Zelazny |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Fantasy |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |trans-title=|journal= |volume= |series= |issue= |page= |pages= |at= |chapter= |editor1-first=John |editor1-last=Grant |editor1-link= |language= |format= |id= |isbn=0-312-19869-8 |issn= |oclc= |pmid= |pmc= |bibcode= |doi= |accessdate= |url= |laysource= |laysummary= |laydate= |quote= |ref= |separator= |postscript= }}
• {{cite book | last=Krulik | first=Theodore | title=Roger Zelazny | location=New York | publisher=Ungar Publishing | pages= | year=1986 | isbn=0-8044-2490-X}}
• {{cite book | last=Levack | first=Daniel J. H. | title=Amber Dreams: A Roger Zelazny Bibliography | location=San Francisco | publisher=Underwood/Miller | pages=34–35 | year=1983 | isbn=0-934438-39-0}}
• {{cite book |title=Roger Zelazny: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography |last=Sanders |first=Joseph |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1980 |publisher=G. K. Hall and Co |location=Boston |isbn=9780816180813 |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}
• {{cite book |title=A Checklist of Roger Zelazny |last=Stephens |first=Christopher P. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1991 |publisher=Ultramarine Press |location=New York |isbn=9780893661663 |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}
• {{cite book |title=Roger Zelazny: Starmont Reader’s Guide 2 |last=Yoke |first=Carl |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1979 |publisher=Starmont House |location=West Linn, Oregon |isbn=9780916732042 |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}
• {{cite book |title=Roger Zelazny and Andre Norton: Proponents of Individualism |last=Yoke |first=Carl |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1979 |publisher=State University of Ohio |location=Columbus, Ohio |isbn= |page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}

External links

• {{cite web |url=http://www.iblist.com/author59.htm |title=Author Information: Roger Zelazny |author= |year=2008 |work= |publisher=Internet Book List |accessdate=20 February 2013}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?994868|title=Bibliography: Here There Be Dragons |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Data Base |accessdate=26 February 2013}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.empmuseum.org/exhibitions/index.asp?articleID=1483 |title=Exhibitions/Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Roger Zelazny |author= |date= |work= |publisher=EMP Museum |accessdate=28 April 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722083907/http://www.empmuseum.org/exhibitions/index.asp?articleID=1483 |archivedate=July 22, 2012 }}
• {{cite web |url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL15346031W/Here_There_Be_Dragons|title=Here There Be Dragons |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Open Library |accessdate=20 February 2013}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/here-there-be-dragons/oclc/40589555&referer=brief_results|title=Here There Be Dragons |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Worldcat |accessdate=26 February 2013}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit157.html#5813|title=Roger Zelazny|author=|date=|work=|publisher=Locus Index to SF Awards|accessdate=26 February 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121016201634/http://locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/NomLit157.html#5813|archivedate=16 October 2012|df=}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?69 |title=Roger Zelazny – Summary Bibliography |author= |date= |work= |publisher=Internet Speculative Fiction Data Base |accessdate=August 7, 2011}}

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