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Re: (Non-LEGO) Recommendation
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lugnet.pirates
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Thu, 30 Nov 2000 18:42:19 GMT
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Bruce Schlickbernd wrote:
> In lugnet.pirates, Ronan Webb writes:
> > Certainly the early books weren't overly technical or O'Brian would not have
> > sold many more.
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> Just the first book. The *constant* refrain from people who see me lugging
> around an Aubrey/Maturin novel is, "Does it get better after the first one?"
Really? I loved the first one, thought the beginning of the second was rather
slow,
but now that he's on his bizarre double-bowed ship, things are picking up again.
The technical terminology didn't bothe rme at all...but it did cause me to pick
up a
copy of the _Oxford Companion to Ships & the Sea_.
Even without that, though, Maturin is a complete 'lubber and often has to have
nautical things explained to him during the course of the book, so it's possible
to follow the important stuff.
J
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| (...) I think he learned after the first not to go quite so overboard on pages and pages of nautical jargon explanation. But then again, once you go through it, you are better prepared for the succeeding novels. And yes, I have gotten that comment (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Re: (Non-LEGO) Recommendation
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| (...) Just the first book. The *constant* refrain from people who see me lugging around an Aubrey/Maturin novel is, "Does it get better after the first one?" I'd rather warn people that the first can be a little difficult, but calmer waters are (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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