Comments on: Hell Hath no Fury

By: Mark V Thomas

Mark V Thomas — Thu, 27 May 2010 21:21:22 +0000

Re:Reader’s comment
Given WWI equivalent era technology, you would expect some form of “Anti-dragon” countermeasures, though for example, lightning conductors, connected to earth at regular intervals, along the parapet, to dissipate electrical breath weapons, is clearly beyond the designer’s comprehension…
Needless to say, multiple belt fed machine guns, on high angle mounts are right out…

By: Bookworm Bas

Bookworm Bas — Mon, 24 May 2010 11:25:37 +0000

Lol : ) Good call Ralf.

By: Ralf

Ralf — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:16:46 +0000

This cover art is completely ridiculous.

Black dragons are supposed to breathe a line of acid. BLUE dragons breath lightning. Jeez!

By: Maureen

Maureen — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 02:18:48 +0000

Electric blast dragons are old, old, old — very big in the seventies and eighties. I suppose they’re always new to someone….

By: SI

SI — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:51:40 +0000

Haha. Yea I do get the impression that some of the Baen writers do get to work quite closely with the artists. Pity it doesn’t seem to happy with too many out there.

I quite liked the idea of the rider being a ninja. And dragons in fantasy books have shot everything from their mouths at one stage. But dragons shooting electricity, hmmm, interesting and possibly renewable source of energy!

By: Reader

Reader — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:27:07 +0000

As someone who has read this book, I have to complain, as the scene on the cover… actually happens in the book. And yes, the dragon is shooting lightning, and no, the person on it’s back is not a ninja, but it’s rider/gunner (the dragons in the book cannot use their breath weapons without a human aiding it). The castle, however, is a castle/stone-built fortress. But, as the people who built it are at a WWI level of technology, and turreted walled forts were used up until WWI, we assume that it is built with ferroconcrete.

By: SI

SI — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:27:16 +0000

Remembering the old days when wars were fought with remotely controlled androids instead of the current clone soldiers.

By: James Lovegrove

James Lovegrove — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:14:42 +0000

Then not recognising their own children when they come to visit. On jetpacks. From Venus.

By: CSA

CSA — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:42:55 +0000

Making massively racist comments while the young nurse tells them the war’s been over for decades.

By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:32:52 +0000

Smelling faintly of cyberwee.