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I'm glad this topic was brought back up because I wanted to thank whomever prompted me to read Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander series. Thanks, Rocky, and all you fellow book readers that enjoyed the books.

Expensive books to buy online but thankfully I know a lady that owns a used bookstore and she found the first 8 books in pristine condition for 12 bucks. I'm now halfway through book 4 - The Mauritius Command.

I've never read an author quite like O'Brian, he's very descriptive, colorful, witty and devious in his storytelling. Dropping droll bombshells out of the middle of nowhere. Got to pay attention.

Russell Crowe made a good Jack Aubrey. There is no actor alive that can portray the complex Dr. Maturin.

I’m looking forward to the sequel .

A few hours invested in the visuals might inspire me to re-read the books.

Starting with CS.Lewis Horatio Hornblower of course.

O’Brian’s work was impressive.

Impressive attention to historical detail, you feel like you’re learning the nuts and bolts of how sailing ships operated. Same attention to the firearms and ordinance, how many other movies woulda shown the specifics of cannons ignited by flintlock mechanisms?



I was surprised they made the first movie, didn’t think there was a big enough audience for them to make it say as compared to some sci fI Marvel comics flick, I’m even more surprised they’re contemplating a second. Glad to see it though.

Exactly!

Reading is for suckers.

Russell Crowe will have to lose a lot of weight.

"Are you not entertained?"

I've read Horatio Hornblower several times and enjoyed it enough to get the box set of movies on DVD. I also watched Master and Commander and thought it decent, but hearing such glowing reviews about the books has me considering reading them as well.

Yes, the movie comes up a little short, but even being a diehard O'Brian fan, the movie does have superb cinematography, historically correct, no female dominant bs, no woke bs, the computer generated action scenes are indetectable, much better fare than that usually vomited from the entertainment industry. In one of the O'Brian series, the Brit Navy is assigned to interdict slavers in the Bight of Benin...can you imagine how Hollywood could butcher that bit of history for the screen? We would probably end up with Al Sharpton's cousin becoming a Lord of the Admiralty after saving all hands on the Surprise.

You will not regret reading the books, bruinruin. As I opined above, they are the finest prose in the English language. (And you will greatly broaden your vocabulary, too!)

For genuine aficionados of the O'Brian series, I can recommend these books as "follow-along" volumes to help visualize the voyages...

Harbors and High Seas Third Edition, by Dean King (An atlas and geographical guide to the complete series of novels.)

A Sea of Words Third Edition, again by Dean King (A lexicon and companion of O'Brian's words and terms)

Lobscouse and Spotted Dog, by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman (A gastronomic companion with recipes for all the seafaring meals.)

Patrick O'Brian's Navy, by Richard O'Neill (A fully illustrated companion describing ships, sea life, and times of Aubrey-Maturin)

The World of Jack Aubrey, by David Miller (Twelve-pounders, frigates, cutlasses, and insignia of the His Majesty's Royal Navy)

Naturally, I have all of these. I keep Harbors and High Seas open and ready as I read the novels. All the rest are simply wonderful reads on their own, but best appreciated after enjoying the A-M series.

Thanks Rocky.

I don’t know whether to feel sorry for Russell Crowe or respect the hell out of him.

Could you explain that?

Since the sequel will really be a prequel Crowe might get a part sitting as an old man by a fireplace reminiscing with the Dr about the olds days before they cut to a flashback.

I read the entire series as well. Good stories.

For about a year, I thought I had somehow lost my DVD copy of the first movie, but found it a few weeks ago. Is Crowe going to lose weight for the role? He's like 300 pounds now.