tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post3296781492841681068..comments2024-01-30T20:01:01.316+00:00Comments on Science Fiction & Fantasy: Temeraire by Naomi NovikAnthony G Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-49938758503635777732011-11-23T08:19:05.059+00:002011-11-23T08:19:05.059+00:00I'm afraid that everything to do with huge, pe...I'm afraid that everything to do with huge, people-carrying dragons requires a major suspension of disbelief unless on a world with a VERY thick atmosphere!Anthony G Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00798830903236765181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6331135384154117296.post-63642158945228678252011-11-23T06:38:55.966+00:002011-11-23T06:38:55.966+00:00My friend pitched the series to me as "a non-...My friend pitched the series to me as "a non-sexual love story about a man and his dragon, set during an AU Napoleonic War", so the developing romance didn't throw me at all. I guess it depends on what you're expecting. :) I was much more thrown by the blatant defiance of physics required to turn dragons into sort of living airships of war; at least the Pern series was set on a different planet, and, even then, the dragons only had to lift a single rider.Boydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189441540254265882noreply@blogger.com