Re: Who is POB?

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.
> His series were written in chronological order starting in 1800 and the 20th
> is still within Napoleon's lifespan but rumors had hinted that POB's 21st
> book would have Admiral Jack Aubrey and Naval Surgeon Stephen Maturin
> meeting the tyrant.
> 
> Earning the title of cult through their fervency, the POB fans await with
> anxiety their confluence with the Russell Crowe fans.  If the new movie,
> Master and Commander: the Far Side of the World, prove successful it will
> give Crowe fans an Oscar and POB's cult a franchise movie with many
> successors and imitators.

They bought a frigate for the movie, hopefully they will get more use
out of it in the future.