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Just got to the bit in H.M.S Surprise with Jack and the sloth. I couldn't stop laughing, even though I was in public. O'Brian writes so well about whatever he puts his hand to. He completely captures the movements and mannerisms that make a sloth endearing and translates those to paper. I've read over thirty novels this year, three of which have been O'Brian books, and everything I've read from O'Brian easily tops anything else I've read in any genre save for maybe Use of Weapons by Ian M . Banks. And I have no interest in sailing or nautical adventures whatsoever.
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:I love Jack addressing it with a, "Now see here sir." when it's chewing on his hat. I ran into this part yesterday. You're right, its great. But not as great as the sloth 
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Jul 16, 2012 16:08
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PlushCow posted:I have a question about something in the first novel, with the Cacafuego did the crew throw all that stuff into the water when the Sophie was getting right next to it to create a buffer? "...watching the hen coops, boxes and lumber tossing overboard from the frigate..." I just dont see how chicken coops and boxes wouldnt just be crushed as the ships came together. Unless I remember wrong, it was just a desperate and too late attempt to lighten the ship in order to gain distance from the Sophie.
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Mar 21, 2013 03:30
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Nektu posted:Each time the ships are cleared for action, everything that is not nailed down is put down into the hold to allow the people to actually move around unhindered. Only that the cacafuego was surprised and her decks were still littered with assorted stuff. Its kinda hard to do your job under fire if you keep tripping over chicken coops. This makes a lot of sense as well.
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Mar 21, 2013 17:20
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PlushCow posted:Yea this is familiar. All the animal gags are amazing, but my favorite will always be the sloth.
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Mar 26, 2013 06:18
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When she was left alone in the ship's cabin after being rescued from America, I really thought/hoped that she was going to blow her brains out with the flintlock Maturin gave her. I got the feeling she was going to, but wimped out.
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