Konrad Gaertner

Konrad Gaertner wrote on July 29, 2008 at 11:32 PM:

Don't feel bad about forgetting Woolvey; he only appears in one or two chapters. Which is why I thought you were talking about him re: "out of proportion to the amount of page time". Laurence seemed more upset about that than the bit you're talking about (well, he actually talked a lot about being upset compared to his total silence on the other matter). And though it was completely in character and even set up in the earlier books, you still have a character introduced just to be killed.

Maybe Laurence will finally demand some answers from Tharkay in the next book; he can hardly deny that he's following Laurence and Temeraire around.

Is this really the first time the name "Wellington" has appeared? I thought I saw it in an earlier book, but that may be confused memory of Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.

I couldn't care less about Napolean and his wars, but I am worried about how the dragons will be treated now that their primary spokesperson is gone. Will his being sent away be viewed as a veiled threat? Was it intended as such? Will Perscitia try to take his place? And it's probably best for everyone that Iskierka insisted on coming too.

Kate

Kate wrote on July 30, 2008 at 2:56 PM:

Konrad: mmm, Woolvey isn't much of a mystery to me, either in himself or in Laurence's reaction to him.

Re: "Wellington"--if that name appears in prior books, so it would be a continuity error, since it's explicitly stated that he'd taken the new name as of the last chapter. I'm pretty sure not, though.

And it's probably best for everyone that Iskierka insisted on coming too.

Oh yes.

Kate

Kate wrote on July 30, 2008 at 10:03 PM:

(Actually, he is referred to as Wellington in chapter 9 of this book, but that's an obvious mistake.)

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Konrad Gaertner

Kate

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