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Originally Posted by oliver9184
I once asked astrophysicist and TV presenter ( The Sky at Night) Chris Lintott if he could still enjoy popular science fiction like the Terminator films, Star Wars and The X-Files despite his extensive knowledge of real-life space-related science. He replied:
The short version is yes - actually, it's easier to
enjoy Star Wars than something pseudo-scientific like
Armageddon.
Just remember all spaceships travel at the speed of
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I agree with Chris Lintott, particularly with the bolded portion ;-) Claiming lightweight gasses launched it into the realm of pseudo-science.
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Originally Posted by Halx
tk, I just wanna say that I love you.
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<3
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Originally Posted by Vizzini
I have nothing constructive to add besides saying that this post is awesome.
oh and I like how happy your cylinder dragon is (cylindraconus?)
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I tried to draw him looking sad, but he didn't look right. I think he looks like the caterpillar/butterfly from A Bug's Life.
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Originally Posted by Ellamir
Reading the book, i got the idea that the descriptions of dragons used the dimensions of ships to relate them in size and importance (after all, laurence is a seaman...) i do not know how boats' dimensions were measured though, so im not certain.
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Unless you remember portions I don't, their measurements are given in tons and feet...not exactly ship-specific, except to determine whether he means long or short tons (variation between the two is negligible for the purpose of these calculations.
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For those who ask, book setting is historical fantasy, that is, napoleonic wars, but in this "Earth" dragons exist, and they are used as airforce (with crews and all).
BTW, i wouldnt really base any assumptions of how the author imagines the creatures on what is portrayed in the cover...
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None of the assumptions in this were based on the cover, other than the observation that the cover confirmed the pictures that the text painted, that is, these were of the genus Genericus Dragonus Maximus...I merely found a generic dragon clip art and went from there.