killickAnyone else going to see the tall ships in Baltimore Harbor this weekend? I was a kid in '76 when they came to Boston for the Bicentennial. I thought they were super interesting. Now that I have read (and re-read) "Master and Commander" and all the rest of the sea-faring series, I expect I'll find it even more interesting.
Rast und RostTakelage einer Brigg
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Justin Waring 🐋I finished the original run of the Lubber's Hole podcast covering 21, and the best part is this year's revival is already queued up next!
Wittles is up!
On my re-read of "H.M.S. Surprise", and this time through I picked up something new on the scenes in Bombay. Jack has had the crew search for Stephen for days, and I missed on previous reads that Stephen had not just taken leave. He had written a letter to the ship, but Dil never completed the delivery.
It adds more to the "missed connections" going on in that whole chapter. 🥺
@Kirkman Joshua Corey, who blogs the Aubrey-Maturin Review, has a footnote in a separate post about "Bartleby the Scrivener" on Davies's devotion to Jack. Since Jack saved Davies from drowning, Jack providing for him is an "obscure justice", even if Davies could be a handful. https://joshuacorey.substack.com/p/bartleby-boys?utm_source=publication-search#footnote-anchor-1-148123935
Give me joy, shipmates! The packet came in!
My previous circumnavigations have all been on audiobooks.
@annathepiper Yes, definitely the world-building feels a part of lots of good Star Trek writing.
An older essay on Reactor covers this ground too: https://reactormag.com/not-a-moment-to-be-lost-patrick-obrians-aubrey-maturin-series/
"Not a moment to be lost": Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series - Reactor
On my way to MilPhil, the 2001 Worldcon in Philadelphia, I was re-reading The Fortune of War, Book 5 of Patrick O’Brian’s twenty volume Aubrey-Maturin series. On the bus in Newark taking me to the connecting plane, I saw a stranger reading Book 18, The Commodore. “Are you going to Worldcon?” I asked. She was. […]
Phil EdwardsMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World is heading to 4K. Details here https://www.liveforfilm.com/2025/07/17/master-and-commander-the-far-side-of-the-world-is-heading-to-4k-for-first-time/
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@electrafish Like the time O'Brian forgot Babbington's first name and had Fanny Harte call him Charles instead of William. Then he has Stephen call her out on it in a later book!
Patrick GillamI’m feeling the need for some really good buddy stories on the level of the Aubrey–Maturin series. Yes, of course, I’m going to return to the Aubrey Maturin series first. But after I finish it, what do you recommend?