Yeah, I was thinking Dragon yesterday, too, when we saw it. Why is it that everything I see is flavored with questions of their house? ;) Stephen mentions that "he fights like you". On another occasion, he makes the comment that although they were laying in wait, "Jack, *you're* the predator". I was carried away by life on a smaller (though prestigious) warship. It wasn't all action all the time, worked much better than way. You got a chance to see all the other little things that happen onboard a small, floating world. We quite enjoyed it. johne (phy) cook wisconsin, usa personal blog: http://breezeway.blogspot.com aerie blog: http://aeriepress.blogspot.com/ stormfort list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stormfort/ "There are only three rules to writing a novel; unfortunately, no one knows what they are." --Somerset Maugham >From: "Steven Brust" <skzb at dreamcafe.com> >To: "David Silberstein" <davids at kithrup.com>, "Dragaera List" ><dragaera at dragaera.info> >Subject: Re: Concerning Matters Nautical >Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 23:25:12 -0800 > > > > I just thought I'd mention that if you like this sort of thing, you > > might very well enjoy "Master and Commander". Speaking as a 21st-C. > > landlubber, I think this film went to great lengths to provide an > > excellent & reasonably realistic reproduction of a 19th-C. naval > > campaign. > > > > I also found myself trying assign Dragaeran Houses to the characters. > > Captain Aubry's tenacity, ferocity & suprising cleverness do seem to > > be definitely Orca-ish. Dr. Maturin is very much like a Hawk. > > > >Good to hear they did a good job. I'm going to be seeing the movie in the >next week sometime, I hope. I'd always figured Jack as a Dragon, actually, >though certainly you're right--Stephen is a textbook Hawk. > _________________________________________________________________ Frustrated with dial-up? Get high-speed for as low as $26.95. https://broadband.msn.com (Prices may vary by service area.)