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Originally Posted by MaggieScratch
Obviously just putting dragons in the Napoleonic Wars makes this series alternate history, but she's really going out there this time--Napoleon's invading England. Well, not too far into it yet, so I can't speak too much to plot, but it's a humdinger and page-turner (er, button-pusher? LOL) so far. Wellington's just showed up! Wheeee! (Not Wellington yet, of course, just "General Wellesley.") And I believe Nelson's still around...he survived Trafalgar if memory serves. I would like to see them have scenes together though I dare say both their egos wouldn't fit in one room.
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Alas, Nelson
didn't survive Trafalgar.
I'm amused by David Weber's "Honor Harrington" series. He has essentially moved the Napoleonic Wars into space, and the character of Honor Harrington is modeled on and parallels the careers of both C.S. Forestor's Horatio Hornblower
and Admiral Lord Nelson.
Incidentally, Peter Jackson has
optioned the film rights.
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I do want to have a bit of a rant about the (Mobipocket) ebook's aesthetics, though. I don't mind paying almost-hardback prices, because I want to read the book now and that's what it costs. But for that price I expect the REAL cover art, not some crappy-looking placeholder, and I would really like to be able to justify the frakking text. I feel like I'm reading the free-verse version of the Napoleonic wars. Somebody at Ballantine will be receiving a strongly-worded e-mail.
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Mobipocket Reader on my PDA has a "Full justification" setting to control that. The version on the Cybook doesn't?
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Dennis