Posted by Richard Anderson on June 24, 1998 at 11:35:38:
In Reply to: Re: Patrick O'Brian compared to Vance posted by Matt Hughes on June 24, 1998 at 10:31:07:
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: : With regard to C.S. Lewis's Horblower,
: Normally, I forbear to cast the first stone over innocent slips and typos, but this one opens up all kinds of images. C.S. Lewis might not have minded being mistaken for C.S. Forester -- he liked a good tale -- but I think he would have drawn the line at the implication offered by the slight mangling of Horatio's surname.
Ah, the slips one makes after three glasses of wine never fail to fascinate. But on to more important stuff:
Vance fans intrigued by this thread might want to get into O'Brian with two of his less-dense early works,
The Unknown Shore, and The Golden Ocean. Good yarns each, and each with a coming-of-age often
echoed by Vance.