(August 6, 2014 at 1:06 pm)Cato Wrote: Recently, I quoted from the Master and Commander movie. Someone, sorry I can't remember who, referenced the Aubrey-Maturin series. I quickly discovered Patrick O'Brian and the four volume complete set at the Queens library. I'm now hooked. Finished Master and Commander and am one chapter shy of completing Post Captain; then I sail aboard HMS Surprise. 17 more to go after that.
If the person that mentioned the series reads this.....Big Thanks! I'm enjoying them immensely.
I found the initial description of the captain to be very interesting (wasn't it at a violin concert or something?) and some of the descriptions were very evocative, but I couldn't get in to Master and Commander; not in the right mood, I suppose. My mom loves them though.
Have you read the Sharpe books? Those are another series that my mom tried to get me into.
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.