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Re-reading Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series

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Published on October 4, 2010

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Join Jo Walton as she begins a weekly read-along of the Aubrey-Maturin series by Patrick O’Brian.

Although set in the seafaring Napoleonic era and featuring no supernatural elements, Jo Walton ascribes the same attraction to Pat O’Brian’s Aubrey-Marutin series that she receives from science fiction. “The truly great thing about these books is that they suck you into their world and while you are reading you are entirely caught up within it, and it is as alien and fascinating a world as anything you might find around another star.”

Introduction

10/04/10 – “Not a moment to be lost”: Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin Series

Master and Commander (1969)

10/04/10 – “It could not have fallen more happily”: Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander

Post Captain (1972)

10/11/10 – Out of his element: Patrick O’Brian’s Post Captain

H.M.S. Surprise (1973)

10/18/10 – Jack, you have debauched my sloth! Patrick O’Brian’s H.M.S. Surprise

The Mauritius Command (1977)

10/25/10 – Showing away: Patrick O’Brian’s The Mauritius Command

Desolation Island (1978)

11/1/10 – The voyage of the world: Patrick O’Brian’s Desolation Island

The Fortune of War (1979)

11/8/10The American navy was the staple diet of conversation: Patrick O’Brian’s The Fortune of War

The Surgeon’s Mate (1980)

11/15/10 – I know you mean it kindly, Stephen: Patrick O’Brian’s The Surgeon’s Mate

The Ionian Mission (1981)

11/22/10 – Parenthesis: Patrick O’Brian’s The Ionian Mission

Treason’s Harbour (1983)

11/29/10 – Ain’t I elegant? Patrick O’Brian’s Treason’s Harbour

The Far Side of the World (1984)

12/06/10 – Around the Horn: Patrick O’Brian’s The Far Side of the World

The Reverse of the Medal (1986)

12/13/10 – Rode his luck to death: Patrick O’Brian’s The Reverse of the Medal

 

The Letter of Marque (1988)

12/20/10 – He was a stranger: Patrick O’Brian’s The Letter of Marque

The Thirteen Gun Salute (1989)

01/03/11 – Shaken down so well: Patrick O’Brian’s The Thirteen Gun Salute

The Nutmeg of Consolation (1991)

01/10/11 – From the mizentop: Patrick O’Brian’s The Nutmeg of Consolation

Clarissa Oakes (aka The Truelove) – (1992)

01/17/11 – She is under your protection: Patrick O’Brian’s Clarissa Oakes (AKA: The Truelove)

The Wine Dark Sea – (1993)

01/24/11 – I still have hopes: Patrick O’Brian’s The Wine Dark Sea

The Commodore – (1995)

01/31/11 – The chief argosy of your command: Patrick O’Brian’s The Commodore

The Yellow Admiral – (1996)

02/07/11 – How happy I am to see you: Patrick O’Brian’s The Yellow Admiral

The Hundred Days – (1998)

02/14/11 – A chill fell upon Stephen’s heart: Patrick O’Brian’s The Hundred Days

Blue at the Mizzen – (1999)

02/21/11 – A fine clear deck: Patrick O’Brian’s Blue at the Mizzen

The final Unfinished Voyage of Jack Aubrey – 2004

02/28/11 – Forever Bailing: Patrick O’Brian’s last unfinished novel and the end of the Aubrey-Matrurin series

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PCBushi
8 years ago

Not that there’s anything wrong with adventuring heroines, but…it’s not groundbreaking anymore, is it? We’ve had heroic Disney damsel films.

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8 years ago

I’m getting two of my guilty pleasure movies this winter, and you only listed one: Resident Evil.  You forgot my other guilty pleasure, Underworld.  And both coming in January (here in the States; the rest of the world gets it in December).

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Billy
8 years ago

Natalie has obviously never seen Michael Fassbender in Frank. Hint, he wears a giant head the entire film and it is brilliant!

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Greg Gauvreau
8 years ago

I hadn’t even heard of half of these movies til just now, and because I generally abhor movie ads and trailers (so often, they show all the good parts in the trailer, ends up ruining the movie), I didn’t watch any of the trailers. Was already jonsing to see Rogue One–despite also realizing it was a cash grab, but it’s SW, for my sake!–but now I have several other movies to look forward to this winter. Thanks for that, made my day brighter reading this!

Jason_UmmaMacabre
8 years ago

I’m basically looking at all future Star Wars movies as cash grabs. I’ll still go see them, but lets be honest, Disney bought Lucasfilm to pump out Star Wars movies. 

I’m pumped for Assassin’s Creed. Hopefully, it will not follow the formula of video game movies and, you know, suck.

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Danno
8 years ago

I’m fine too with Disney milking Star Wars for all its worth, but if Rogue One is how they’re going about it then count me out. Such a po-faced movie. Geez, lighten up a little.

trike
8 years ago

Passengers is about a sleeper ship, not a generation ship. A generation ship is essentially a city in space, where generations of people live and die between departure and arrival.

I’ll eventually see most of these when they debut on cable or Netflix, but unlike Arrival none have me chomping at the bit to see them in theatres. Star Wars has merely looked dull since its debut. Wake me once they stop ringing the nostalgia gong and rehashing the same 25 year period over and over again. (Same goes double for the Li’l Han Solo movie. I can not care less. I am in the Saarlac pit of beyond caring.) Give me the equivalent of Star Trek: The Next Generation and I’ll come back. Force Awakens doesn’t count, because it was Star Wars redux.

Moana looks somewhat entertaining, but I won’t see a movie in a theatre full of kids. Too annoying.

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8 years ago

Hidden Figures, Jan 13th

The one that’s been mentioned several times here, about the black women of NASA in the 1960s.

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Charles Vess
8 years ago

I would like to know when Chris Pratt is going to look different or, even more importantly, act differently in a movie?

The Monster Calls by Patrick Ness was a brilliant book so forgive me if I have high hopes for the film and its looking really good so far.

sardinicus
8 years ago

– I’ve tried about three times to get through the first Lego Movie and just can’t do it.  I recognize the cleverness, but it just hurts too much to watch. 

– It will be interesting to see if the live-action BatB addresses any of the Stockholm Syndrome / if-I-love-that-brute-he-will-change issues that mar the original.  

– It would be nice to get at least one decent King Arthur movie every generation (Excalibur is getting pretty long in the tooth).  I doubt this will be it.   

– Not fair using a real photo to illustrate the Abrams thing.  If I understand correctly, the Cloverfield movies are intentionally low-budget affairs so I wouldn’t expect fantastic CGI. . .