Peter Jackson Aquires the rights to Temeraire

Sand Rat

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Sweet!!

Not sure how many of you guys read Naomi Novik, but

http://www.omnivoracious.com/2008/05/preview-naomi-n.html

PJ gonna give em his touch me hopes!!
 
Well I wouldn\'t get to excited to see this anytime soon.. with the Hobbit now on his plate..its gonna be 4 years minimum before you see him on a new project.
 

Wren

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Cool news, and it\'ll be worth waiting for a good adaptation.

Don\'t click that link if you haven\'t yet read the books or aren\'t all the way through, though. I\'m only on book three and learned some stuff I oughtn\'t yet.

The basic premise of the books is what if dragons were real, and had been used as an aerial corps during the Napoleonic Wars.
 

DaRat

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Originally posted by Dragonsreach
Can\'t say I heard of her, or her books.
The books are about a British naval captain during the Napoleonic wars. The wrinkle is that the world is similar to ours except that there are dragons that in the service of various combatants and in the wild. The naval captain accidentally becomes a dragon\'s human.
 

Gilvan Blight

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I\'ve read about this series recently in Knights of the Dinner Table and have been tempted to check it out. The book reviews in that magazine are usually of rather amazing stuff, and even though the premise seemed odd I have a feeling they are great. I haven\'t had the chance to actually pick anything up yet though, but more endorsements will up the ods next time I go shopping for books. (my too read pile is starting to get as big as my to paint pile).
 

Dragonsreach

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Staff member
Originally posted by MPJ
Humm, Napoleon with Dragons. I dunno there.
Yeah I have that \"unsurity\" as well.


I\'m currently reading \"The Yiddish Policemans Union\" and it has an alternate history, which is a bit \"out of sync\". Not too bad but the typeface in the book is uncomfortable for me to read at length.
 

Neil H

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Pretty easy reading, especially for holidays. I have read them since they werer first published in hardback.

Neil
 

Sand Rat

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Actually they\'re not bad - not High Lit to be sure, but a good read -

And my standard for Napoleonics is Hornblower and Aubry/Martin.
 
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