Naomi Novik’s official site is http://www.temeraire.org and her <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Novik"bio on wikipedia says “Naomi Novik (30 April 1973 New York City) is a female American novelist. She is a first-generation American; her father is of Lithuanian Jewish ancestry, and her mother is an ethnic Pole. She studied English Literature at Brown University, and holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science from Columbia University. She participated in the design and development of the computer game Neverwinter Nights: Shadows of Undrentide, until she discovered that she preferred writing to game design. Novik is married to entrepreneur and writer Charles Ardai.[1] They live in Manhattan.”
I really enjoyed the first few books in the Temeraire series, but the latest one wasn’t up to scratch. Hopefully the 7th will improve somewhat
6 March 2011
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: Australia, Europe - Napoleonic
5 Stars
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ISBN: 9780007256778 book 6 in the Temeraire series There were few streets in the main port of Sydney which deserved the name, besides the one main thoroughfare, and even that bare packed dirt, lined only with a handful of small … Continue reading
19 May 2010
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: Britain - Georgian
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Author: Naomi Novik
Temeraire series #5
I hesitated before starting this book, wondering if I should reread the others in the series, it has been a while after all. But I have so many books waiting to be read that I decided to jump straight in and hope that it would all come back to me. And it did, almost the second I started reading the first page the whole world of Temeraire came back to me and I remember just how enjoyable these books are.
For those of you who have never read any of these books the first thing you need to know is that they are set in Napoleonic Europe, England. And have dragons. It is like Sharp meets Pern. Only better.
2 June 2008
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: alternate Europe, Britain - Georgian
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“Send up another, damn you, send them all up, at once if you have to,” Laurence said savagely to poor Calloway, who did not deserve to be sworn at: the gunner was firing off the flares so quickly his hands were scorched black, skin cracking and peeling to bright red where some power had spilled onto his fingers; he was not stopping to wipe them clean before setting each flare to the match.
Dragons and the Napoleonic wars. What could possibly be better? Well, I suppose there really isn’t too much of the Napoleonic wars in this book. Laurence and Temeraire are back from their trip to China, but they had returned to a plague. The dragons of Britain are ill; some are dead and more are dying. So off they head to maybe track down a cure. And of course they get embroiled in plenty of adventures along the way.
17 December 2006
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: alternate Europe, Britain - Georgian, Europe - Napoleonic
8 Stars
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Book 3 in the Temeraire ISBN: 0345481305 ; Wikipedia entry ; aarti chapati I can’t say very much about the plot of this book without giving away plot details from Book 2. I enjoyed this more than the second, maybe … Continue reading
17 December 2006
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: alternate Europe, Britain - Georgian, Europe - Napoleonic
8 Stars
2 Comments
Book 2 in the Temeraire series ISBN: 0345481291 ; Naomi Novik’s LJ ; Sandstorm Reviews In the first book of this series Novik introduced the slightly alternate Napoleonic world she had created; one with dragons used as instruments of war. … Continue reading
20 August 2006
Call no: 800
Genre: historical fiction, sff
Setting: Britain - Georgian, Europe - Napoleonic
8 Stars
12 Comments
ISBN: 0007219113 Book #1 of the Temeraire series, aka His Majesty’s Dragon. See also: Naomi Novik’s site; Library Thing William Laurence is Captain of the Reliant, an English ship, fighting the French forces of Napoleon. A few weeks out of … Continue reading