Dragaera

Flying Lizards and Napolean

Wed May 17 14:08:04 PDT 2006

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Gaertk at aol.com>
To: <dragaera at dragaera.info>
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 1:59 PM
Subject: Flying Lizards and Napolean


> Considering the interest here in Patrick O'Brien's books, I'd like to
> recommend Naomi Novik's _His Majesty's Dragon_ (_Temeraire_ in the
> UK) which is also about the Napoleanic Wars (plus dragons).  The
> first 45 pages take place at sea, during which the main character
> hatches and bonds with a flying lizard.  After that there isn't much
> naval action, but the dragons are treated just like small ships (with
> obvious parallels to Hobb's Liveship books).  And like Brust's books,
> the deadly flying lizards have better manners than the humans.
>
> -- 
> Konrad Gaertner - - - - - - - - - - - - - - email: gaertk at aol.com
> http://kgbooklog.livejournal.com/
> "I don't mind hidden depths but I insist that there be a surface."
>                           -- James Nicoll
>

I have read the first two books, the third is due out soon. They are a fun
read.

jeff