October novel-reading

[garran]

Since I don't think I'm going to have any personal reading time to speak of for the remaining few days of the month (I'm right in the middle of a three- or four-week period of unusually intense schoolwork, which is also in large part why I haven't been writing here), I may as well post my October reading now. In keeping with the new tradition, I'll once again happily elaborate on my experience of any of these if asked.

Patrick O'Brian, Master and Commander
John M. Ford, The Dragon Waiting
C.J. Cherryh, Brothers of Earth
Peter S. Beagle, Tamsin
Steven Brust, Agyar

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Oh, one more thing.

[vegetius.livejournal.com]

Of the three Napoleonic naval war series I've read, the one I consider the best is the Richard Bolitho series by Alexander Kent. Alexander Kent is a pen name for Douglas Reeman. Under his real name, he writes WWII naval fiction (as a WWII & Korean War veteran of the Royal Navy he is well qualified to do so). Strangely enough, Mr. Reeman writes better under his pseudonym than under his real name. My speculation is that since far fewer people are familiar with the Napoleonic period and "ragwagon" naval warfare, he has to write in greater detail to set the scene for his audience. With WWII, more people have familiarity, and so one can let some of the background detail slide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kent