A Bit of Aubrey and Maturin

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Welcome abaord shipmates! (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works to c/aubreyandmaturin@sh.itjust.works

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just picked up several of the books, gonna start reading my first one today. I hope to enjoy the voyage!

[–] snakesnakewhale@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago

No doubt you will! I hope you won't mind if I give you a slight heads up that it takes the first two books for the series to find its equilibrium. Master and Commander is downright lean; O'Brian might not have anticipated demand for a sequel. Post Captain feels like a wee retcon, and it reconfigures some key ingredients to make the whole thing a little more sustainable as a series.

*H.M.S. Suprise" is able to blast out of the gate with all that groundwork, and the series never really stops.