Re: Who is POB?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 "John Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> But I don't disagree (except for the bombast). 

Oh, don't mind the bombast.  It just creeps out every now & then.

> 
> When's the last time you read Conrad?  Since Marlon Brando croaked, "The
> horror, the horror"?
> 
Actually, it was back in the late 80's when someone pointed out to me 
that the ship names in the Aliens movies (Nostromo, Sulaco) came from 
Conrad's book 'Nostromo', and the shuttle Ripley escaped in was called 
the Narcissus, presumably after Conrad's book 'Nigger of the Narcissus'.
Anyway, I was intrigued, and I dug right in.  I liked 'Secret Agent' and 
'Lord Jim', found 'Heart of Darkness' a bit murky, and 'Nostromo' a 
crashing bore.

And just to lay some more cards on the table, I'd rank Dudley Pope's 
Ramage series & Alexander Kent's Bolitho series above POB's Aubrey 
books.  I just find POB too... well, something about his writing rubs me 
the wrong way.  Nothing I can really put a finger on, but I quit buying 
his books after #3.

EC



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> John Berg
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> "El Capitan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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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
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