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.com A smart, stark steampunk fantasy. It's gritty and magical and, in sensibility, is similar to Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere and MirrorMask. Original and dashing, The Dragons of Babel is a breath of fresh air. --Starlog If you haven't read Michael Swanwick yet, you've been missing some wonderful prose.... Con men and ward heelers, cluricauns and hobgoblins, and a stunningly beautiful elf-woman who rides a hippogriff all entice and enrapture Will, and the reader as well. --The San Diego Union-Tribune