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littleironhorse wrote:
It’s really too bad that we don’t all live in the same city! Think of the potential book borrowing!
😯 It boggles the mind 😆
yeah…..we could still do it…but just imagine the shipping…..LOL
Whoa! I have not heard of these! Interesting… I’ll have to look into checking them out. Has Naomi Novik written anything else?
Never heard of the series. Does anybody mind giving me a two-sentence summary of what they’re about, besides dragons?
Greater Basilisk wrote:Never heard of the series. Does anybody mind giving me a two-sentence summary of what they’re about, besides dragons?
The time period is the Napoleonic wars, and dragons are used as the air force. What’s important to note is that dragons are just as intelligent as human beings, and the dialoge between the two main characters, one human, and one dragon, and their relationship is fantastic.
Ooooo… I loved the idea of the WWII fantasy thing that Harry Turtledove was doing, but I find his writing nearly impossible to really enjoy. So it’s good to know somebody else is doing fantasy alternative history. I’ll have to look into those.
WWII fantasy? What kind? The only fantasy I know from WWII was the fact that there were German units called werewolves… 🙂
It’s an alternate reality, where a war exactly like WWII is being fought, but instead of airplanes there’s dragons, instead of submarines there’s trained sea serpents, and The Bomb is a magical reaction, not a nuclear one.
I can’t remember the title, it was more than one book, I think a trilogy. Darkness something or other? Dunno. I read the first book years and years ago, but never bothered to read any of the others.
Turtledove loves WWII, he’s written at least two series that are alternate history versions of it, including one that’s just like our war up intil the point that aliens invade, and the Axis and Allies have to unite to defend against them.
Sounds funny, except that I’m sick and tired of people involving aliens. They’ve overstayed their welcome, I think. But the alternative WWII is a neat idea. You implied his writing style wasn’t so good, though?
I’ll have to get it later, right now I am working on James Patterson…I can’t re-read one more of Stephen King’s without reading Lisey’s story…I loved the Dark Tower series…actually all of them…I have everyone of his books in hardback…Ugh I have alot of books. Soon I will need a museum to house all the Windstones and books! 😯
Sounds kinda like Dragon Heart to me… 😉
Greater Basilisk wrote:Sounds funny, except that I’m sick and tired of people involving aliens. They’ve overstayed their welcome, I think. But the alternative WWII is a neat idea. You implied his writing style wasn’t so good, though?
I had a hard time with it. *shrugs* That doesn’t mean others might not like it though. I can’t stand Steven King, for example. I’ve only ever managed to get through one book of his, I get bogged down and just lose interest in reading on.
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