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taosaur · 01-25-2016, 06:45 AM

Unintentionally, I find myself reading the second volume of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, and listening to the third book of Naomi Novik's Temeraire series. For the uninitiated, the former is a telling of the early onset of the scientific revolution, particularly in Britain but also abroad, and the latter is a telling of the Napoleonic Wars in an alternate history including dragons. I confess the confluence engenders some confusion. Obviously neither is parsimoniously accurate as to historical detail. Are there any inaccuracies or biases I should look out for in one series or the other?

01-25-2016, 06:45 AM	#1
taosaur intelligent posterior Posts: 1,562 Karma: 21295618 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Ohiopolis Device: Kindle Paperwhite 2, Samsung S8, Lenovo Tab 3 Pro	An Odd Couple: Neal Stephenson and Naomi Novik Unintentionally, I find myself reading the second volume of Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, and listening to the third book of Naomi Novik's Temeraire series. For the uninitiated, the former is a telling of the early onset of the scientific revolution, particularly in Britain but also abroad, and the latter is a telling of the Napoleonic Wars in an alternate history including dragons. I confess the confluence engenders some confusion. Obviously neither is parsimoniously accurate as to historical detail. Are there any inaccuracies or biases I should look out for in one series or the other?