Dragaera

Steven Brust's email still AWOL

Howard Brazee howard at brazee.net
Tue Apr 18 12:24:43 PDT 2006

Ken Koester wrote:

>Casey Rousseau wrote:
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>> _His Majesty's Dragon_ is the first of a series by Naomi Novik.  
>> Napoleonic era British Navy Captain becomes an aviator in the Dragon 
>> Corps.  Not quite as detailed in it's descriptions of the period as 
>> Patrick O'Brian, but better than say C. S. Forrester.
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>An odd comment, considering that Forrester is superior to O'Brian in 
>everything but dialog. . . .
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It appears that "better" in this context means "more detailed 
descriptions", which I take to mean technical descriptions.