Re: Who is POB?

But I don't disagree (except for the bombast).  Forester provided the books
for my youth and POB reminded me of them again.  I re-read the 11 books of
the Hornblower canon as I waited for the annual Aubrey-Maturin novel.  You
can find more about Forester and Hornblower at www.sea-room.com, including a
C.S.Forester biography by his son, John Forester, who gives wonderful behind
the scenes details about how the books were written, why, the people behind
some of the names.  You may remember that Forester wrote his first
Hornblower novel around the vessel-type Bomb Ketch.  You can find more of
the technical details on these vessels at www.sea-room.com.

In point of fact, POB was commissioned by Lippincott of Philadelphia after
Forester's death  to write a sea-novel with the intent of becoming the new
Forester.

At the moment POB is opening doors to many new writers about the age of sail
and encourageing many to re-read the other greats of old.

When's the last time you read Conrad?  Since Marlon Brando croaked, "The
horror, the horror"?

-- 
John Berg
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  "John Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > POB= Patrick O'Brian.
> >
> > Please see www.sea-room.com.
> >
> > In a nutshell, between 1960 and 2000 Patrick O'Brian wrote 20 novels and
> > made himself king of the Naval Historic Novel genre.
>
>
> Bah.  Humbug.   C.S. Forester did it first, and did it better.  Jack
> Aubrey wouldn't amount to a pimple on Hornblower's fundament.
>
> Of course, I expect the POB fans to disagree.  They're still wrong.
>
> EC