Chat with Naomi Novik Right Here
Naomi Novik, the author of Temeraire: In the Service of the King, will be answering questions and chatting with readers in this very blog from June 7th through the 21st.
So start thinking of questions, and post any ideas as comments on this post. All the posts for the chat will be categorized as "Author Chat" for your convenience. (But you probably already figured that out, since you're all smart SFF readers.) And please do come back from the 7th through the 21st to help make her welcome in the SFBC, and ask more questions.
Comments
Naomi, how did you come up with idea for the Temeraire series?
Posted by: Bobby | June 7, 2006 11:17 AM
As I understand this series is SF, not a fantasy. SFnal explanation for dragons flying is not good enough. "Floating sack" of the dragon has small lifting power, the density of the gas inside notwithstanding, even if it's a pure vacuum. To lift the dragon the sack should have the size of the zeppelin, and the dragon still have inertial mass. Antigravity would be a better explanation, and the same effect could account for the dragon maneurability.
Posted by: svd | June 8, 2006 01:51 PM