Ken Koester wrote: >Casey Rousseau wrote: > >> >> _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. > > >An odd comment, considering that Forrester is superior to O'Brian in >everything but dialog. . . . > > > It appears that "better" in this context means "more detailed descriptions", which I take to mean technical descriptions.