The Dragon Masters

The Dragon Masters

first edition of The Dragon Masters
Author	Jack Vance
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Ace Books
Publication date	1963
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)

The Dragon Masters is a science fiction novella by American author Jack Vance. It was first published in Galaxy magazine, August 1962, and in 1963 in book form, as half of Ace Double F-185 (with The Five Gold Bands). It won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1963. The story describes a human society living under pre-industrial conditions that has bred lizard-like intelligent aliens to function as warriors, and an encounter with a ship from the alien planet, containing both the same aliens, and humans bred by them for similar purposes.