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[erastes]

Has anyone heard of this? http://www.gabriellefaust.com/ Well, apparently she's looking for illustrators if any of my flist might be interested in that, or know an illustrator who might be.

Finished Temeraire. It didn't get any better, in fact it had an incomprehensible battle for the White Cliffs of Dover. It's all a bit odd, as dragons returning from Gibraltar are going to take a week doing so, but then when he first flies with Temeraire he says just how fast he goes. Then later he clocks him as going 12 knots (13mph) which seems extraordinarily slow. You'd be quicker walking. Oh well, who am I to know one way or the other. Not even sure if I'm interested in reading the rest of the books, to be honest. Meh. The film might be worth watching though, if only for the spectacle. (with... very....slow....dragons.....) I bet they miss out the bits about whores though.

I also read Silverfin (The Young James Bond) by Charlie Higson. Although I cheated and read the graphic novel. Enjoyed it a lot, although with the GN it's impossible to tell whether the writing is any good. Liked James, definitely not a Gary Stu. He gets bullied and hurt and in true Bond fashion he even gets tied to a table at one point. So Master Bond....we expect you to die! Of course, he didn't, and that's not really a spoiler, is it?

No snow, so don't believe the ARCTIC ENGLAND hype. It's bloody sunny here right now. Grrrr.

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[jourdanlane.livejournal.com]

Gabrielle is an author (Eternal Vigilance is wonderful!) and also an illustrator and graphic designer. I haven't seen any calls from her looking for another illustrator, though I very well could have missed it.

Do you have a direct link?

[erastes.livejournal.com]

It came up in a Google Alert this morning:

http://gsfaust.livejournal.com/119935.html

[jourdanlane.livejournal.com]

Ha! That's what happens when I don't start with the earlier LJ posts.

Thanks for the link, I'll pass the word on to my friend. Just didn't want to pass it on without knowing what it was for :)

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

That made me laugh. I wasn't too happy about Jackson filming this next, but I'd watch it for slow-mo dragons. Maybe it'll be an animated feature ...

[fleurrochard]

...you walk 13 mph? o.o (The average speed while walking is about 4.5 km/h, that's about 2.8 mph.)
I have no idea what the average flying speed of big birds is... hm. *goes to google a bit*

[erastes.livejournal.com]

i've (VERY sadly) just checked the Temeraire Wiki and they say that about 60 mph is average. Don't know why a dragon would take a week then to get from Trafalgar. My reckoning says 11 hours.

it's this sort of inconsistency, espeically when she's already said that a dragon can fly "indefinitely" with few wing flaps, that annoys me.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I don't walk at all, well, ok - it would be quicker to run. Or take a boat.

Albatrosses can fly 500 miles in a day.

[marquesate.livejournal.com]

An African or a European swallow?

Uhm ...

*AAARRGGHHH* *thud*

[erastes.livejournal.com]

depends on the type of coconut.

[marquesate.livejournal.com]

Always the last word, she has.

[kittymay.livejournal.com]

We have the snow down here in the South!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

This is just not fair.

NOT FAIR!

[canarieschick.livejournal.com]

No snow?! We had some here - I woke up and it was snowing - been snowing on and off for most of the day!!!

[erastes.livejournal.com]

This is most unfair. nothing here. NOTHING!

[hybridartifacts.livejournal.com]

Ah-she is looking for graphic novel illustrators...a rather different role than what I am used to. Thanks for the heads up though.