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i81icu812 posted:So what is the best way to get the full series of these books? I know the full hardcover print has some unfortunate typos: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Aubrey-Maturin-Novels-volumes/dp/039306011X The softcovers form a nice set of pictures on the shelf. I have all of them on my Kindle but I've been rebuying the softcovers as I read through them again (just up to HMS Surprise) specifically for that reason. You can see an example here: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/patrick-obrians-aubrey-maturin-series-patrick-obrian/1113863780?ean=9780393339659
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Speaking of TV series, I liked Master and Commander the movie and all, but I would kill for an HBO-style miniseries of these books.
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Jul 20, 2015 23:21
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These are my favorite books ever but they do have some slow parts. There are some sections where POB wants to go into particulars of Royal Navy custom or English country life in a bit too much detail. Also if you read them straight through, remember that they came out years apart so I imagine he had to fluff things a bit to keep people up to date with the setting. That said, they do work incredibly well read back-to-back, in a few cases picking up right where the last one left off.
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It's surprising because there is definitely a contingent out there that dislikes the movie greatly. I liked it and didn't mind it as a mashup of three books. It's probably the best we're going to get anytime soon, which is also how I felt about the LOTR movies.
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Octy posted:Having re-watched the film just now, I agree. It was a struggle to finish whereas I rather enjoyed it when it came out, although I hadn't read the books. The Marines are a detachment aboard ship with their own officers. Usually the head is a captain, who reports directly to the ship's captain. Probably a lieutenant on smaller ships (I want to say it was one on the Sophie). As stated above, they're there to enforce order on the ship (including guarding things, like the captain's cabin), and provide help in combat (shooting muskets from the rigging and manning cannons during battles, boarding ships, assaults on land).
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Aug 29, 2017 15:37
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uPen posted:Books then thread.
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Jan 20, 2018 20:23
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Sax Solo posted:Oh for me it's gotta be the Waakzaamheid. I'm on my third circumnavigation and just started Desolation Island - really looking forward to this part.
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Oct 7, 2018 18:25
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If they focused on Maturin and his intelligence activities more, they could do a lot of on-shore stuff. (which, if I remember, the movie didn't do anything with?) Plus with stuff like the Volume (the thing they used in the Mandalorian) they could do a lot of ship shots without building a whole ship. Or do a bunch of a below-decks stuff like Hornblower did.
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Jun 7, 2021 19:54
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builds character posted:Spoilers for folks who haven't read all the books. Don't babbington and mrs. wray end up happily married? Yes, they do and she's quite bubbly for him. e.g. "Charles"
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Aug 12, 2022 01:16
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A Proper Uppercut posted:Yea it's great. This is my first time through the series so only my second book. Did not expect the absurdity of the whole walking across France in a bear's skin. I'm also a big fan of Austen and a lot of the interactions with/about the women have that air. I've re-read the series 4 or 5 times at this point, but man I would give just about anything to read it again for the first time. I'm very envious.
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thekeeshman posted:Thanks for posting this, it's really well done and clarified a lot of things I didn't have clear in my mind from the books. Likewise, and I just finished (most of) what must be my 7th or 8th circumnavigation, and I even have some of the companion books that explains things. I said most of there because I decided to pick things up in The Ionian Mission rather than just start at the beginning. The 'middle' of the series is my favorite part, although I did go back and read the first few chapters of Master and Commander because it's always fun reading about when Jack and Stephen first met.
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Mar 17, 2023 01:58
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Keep on truckin'. (Or sailin'?) The series has some really good arcs especially later on. I can't imagine reading them when they were being published, waiting years in between books.
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A Real Horse posted:So my dad and I do a two person book club, and my most recent pick was Master and Commander. I am 40 pages and I’m going to have to read this entire series, aren’t I? It is already an absolute delight to read. Maybe one of my favorite parts of M&C. I sometimes go back and just read the first couple of chapters just for that part.
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