Calif Bill wrote:
"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 13:59:45 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 18:29:00 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 08:07:22 -0500, JohnH wrote:

On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 02:04:20 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:

having one arm, ive been spending time catching up on my fiction
library. for those of you who are into scifi/fantasy, i highly
recommend the jim butcher "dresden files" series and the kim harrison
"rachel morgan" series.

both are mucho grande excellent.
Gotta finish the Patrick O'Brian, 'Master and Commander' series first.
Never was much of a sci/fi guy. Would those be good for beginners? Do
they
have any aircraft carriers or submarines in 'em?
nope - witches and wizards.

ou might want to look for a book named - the two space war - sound
like it would be right up your alley.
Like in 'Lord of the Rings'?
aubrey in outer space - or in this case, two space.

I think that is why I do not read as much Sci fi anymore. Became witches
and warlocks and fantasy more than Sci Fi. Just finished a book about DC
detective a friend gave me. Have to get more of the series. Roses are Red
by James Patterson.



James Patterson does a great job of spinning a good yarn and presenting
very believable characters, both male and female. I have found many men
are great with male characters, and then fail miserable with a
believable female. Too often an author is good with character
development or developing a plot. Patterson is one of those who do a
great job with both.

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Calif Bill wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:07:42 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:40:33 -0500, JohnH wrote:


That might not be bad. I never thought I'd like Aubrey, et al, until a
brother-in-law talked me into trying one.


Have you read any of the Hornblower series?


Sounds like Aubrey taking on France and Spain in his sloop, with the
studdingsails which I can't figure out what they are.

Fancy added-on sails & complicated rigging to make an
old-time ship sail faster in light winds.


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

gives lots of descriptions. Small sails set outside the large square sails.


Dang, did you know that without looking it up? I'm impressed.

Basically the stun'sls are extensions of the ships large
square sails, set from smaller temporary spars rigged out
from the yardarms.

The best link I found (on short notice) explaining the
handling of square sail ships is here

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...-set-sails.htm

if you scroll about half way down, you get to the pictures.

One of the reasons I prefer C.S. Forester's and Alexander
Kent's sea sagas is that they talk about sailing the ships
in ways that 1- you can understand what is happening and 2-
the action is realistic, ie what they talk about doing is
something that a smart captain would have actually done.
O'Brien is more into obfuscation & clever word games IMHO.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 08:22:44 -0500, DSK wrote:

Calif Bill wrote:

"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 23:07:42 GMT, Shortwave Sportfishing
wrote:


On Thu, 26 Jan 2006 17:40:33 -0500, JohnH wrote:


That might not be bad. I never thought I'd like Aubrey, et al, until a
brother-in-law talked me into trying one.


Have you read any of the Hornblower series?


No, but they're on the list. My b-in-l is a fan of that series also and
gave me one to try out.


Sounds like Aubrey taking on France and Spain in his sloop, with the
studdingsails which I can't figure out what they are.

Fancy added-on sails & complicated rigging to make an
old-time ship sail faster in light winds.


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

gives lots of descriptions. Small sails set outside the large square sails.


Dang, did you know that without looking it up? I'm impressed.

Basically the stun'sls are extensions of the ships large
square sails, set from smaller temporary spars rigged out
from the yardarms.

The best link I found (on short notice) explaining the
handling of square sail ships is here

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...-set-sails.htm

if you scroll about half way down, you get to the pictures.

One of the reasons I prefer C.S. Forester's and Alexander
Kent's sea sagas is that they talk about sailing the ships
in ways that 1- you can understand what is happening and 2-
the action is realistic, ie what they talk about doing is
something that a smart captain would have actually done.
O'Brien is more into obfuscation & clever word games IMHO.

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Thanks for the globalsecurity site. That's got a lot of info on it!

I wish O'Brain would spend more time at sea and less time with the love
affairs on land.
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'Til next time,

John H

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Have you read any of the Hornblower series?


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
many times. kent also. not that impressed with the aubrey series -
ponderous man, ponderous.

have you read monserrats - master mariner - ?

Yes, long time ago. Thanks for reminding me, thats worth
rereading.

Another gem is Captain Frederick Marryat (author). I gave my
father two of his series; for a while he was calling me up
to quote parts over the phone. For some reason I never
warmed up to O'Brien's writings, in a few years I'll give
him another try. Or maybe I'll just start writing naval
historical fiction: you know darn well that if you want
something done right, you gotta do it yourself....

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:40:26 -0500, DSK wrote:

Have you read any of the Hornblower series?


Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
many times. kent also. not that impressed with the aubrey series -
ponderous man, ponderous.

have you read monserrats - master mariner - ?

Yes, long time ago. Thanks for reminding me, thats worth
rereading.

Another gem is Captain Frederick Marryat (author). I gave my
father two of his series; for a while he was calling me up
to quote parts over the phone. For some reason I never
warmed up to O'Brien's writings, in a few years I'll give
him another try. Or maybe I'll just start writing naval
historical fiction: you know darn well that if you want
something done right, you gotta do it yourself....

Fresh Breezes- Doug King

Some good naval current fiction would be welcomed!
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'Til next time,

John H

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