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by mrorangesoda » Tue May 01, 2012 12:21 pm
I'm headed to Nantucket for a friend's wedding next weekend. I need a book for the drive up/back and some beach time while I'm there. This is my first trip to the cape and I think a book with some nautical theme-age would be a good pick. Moby Dick seems like the obvious choice, but I just re-read last winter. Does anyone have a favorite book o' the sea?
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by Schlemmer » Tue May 01, 2012 12:24 pm
The Patrick O-Brian Jack Aubrey books are pretty good (Master & Commander) if you like historical fiction
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by nietoperz » Tue May 01, 2012 12:36 pm
The Old Man and the Sea, perhaps? Or CS Forrester's Hornblower novels.
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by achilles » Tue May 01, 2012 12:40 pm
Two Years Before The Mast, by Richard Henry Dana. It's a classic adventure narrative of his actual voyage. I live near one of the key locations of the novel, Dana Point...
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by sdsichero » Tue May 01, 2012 12:47 pm
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by Juan Cena » Tue May 01, 2012 2:03 pm
The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Yeah, it's a SF book set in space. But it involves a ship in an imperial space navy. Back in the day, I always imagined it in the style of Star Blazers.
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Lord Simian
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by Lord Simian » Tue May 01, 2012 3:00 pm
Schlemmer wrote:The Patrick O-Brian Jack Aubrey books are pretty good (Master & Commander) if you like historical fiction
Seconded heartily!
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by habitual » Tue May 01, 2012 3:01 pm
20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
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by GHERU » Tue May 01, 2012 3:25 pm
Horatio Hornblower
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by Benderbrau » Tue May 01, 2012 3:33 pm
GHERU wrote:Horatio Hornblower
Loved that TV mini they made in the 90s
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by Schlemmer » Tue May 01, 2012 3:33 pm
The Nacireman wrote:The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. Yeah, it's a SF book set in space. But it involves a ship in an imperial space navy. Back in the day, I always imagined it in the style of Star Blazers.
I'm going to have to check that out...
If we're talking about sea-space, what about Starship Titanic? It's the Douglas Adams book he was working on before he died, but finished by Terry Jones. Very Hitchhiker's Guide-ish
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by achilles » Tue May 01, 2012 5:09 pm
habitual wrote:20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
Hab
Heh, just read it again on Kindle. It's available for free.
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by Eli Katz » Tue May 01, 2012 7:58 pm
The Death Ship by B. Traven.
It was apparently Einstein's favorite novel. If so, Einstein had excellent taste in fiction.
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Lord Simian
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by Lord Simian » Tue May 01, 2012 8:12 pm
Benderbrau wrote:Loved that TV mini they made in the 90s
Was that the one starring Reed Richards?
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