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Re: What Book are you reading now?

by "Mike Schilling" <mscottschilling@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Feb 3, 2008 at 05:19 PM

_The Privateer_, by (Walter) Jon Williams.  It's a novel about the age 
of fighting sail, but the setting is the American Revolution, not the 
more common Napoleonic Wars.  The sailing scenes use precise detail 
and what seems to be authentic terminology; to a non-sailer like 
myself they're largely impenetrable, except at a very high level ("He 
puled on some ropes to make the ****p turn.")  It moves well, and the 
characters are interestingly described.  Still, recommended only to 
sailing enthusiasts and WJW completists.
 




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Re: What Book are you reading now?
"Mike Schilling"  2008-02-03 17:19:11 
Re: What Book are you reading now?
Wim Lewis <wiml@[EMAIL  2008-02-03 22:24:47 
Re: What Book are you reading now?
Brenda Clough <clough@  2008-02-03 23:05:05 
Re: What Book are you reading now?
"Evelyn C. Leeper&qu  2008-02-03 19:41:44 
Re: What Book are you reading now?
djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]  2008-02-04 01:07:09 
Re: What Book are you reading now?
Brenda Clough <clough@  2008-02-04 01:21:42 
Re: What Book are you reading now?
Kurt Busiek <kurt@[EMA  2008-02-03 20:33:52 
Re: What Book are you reading now?
"Mike Schilling"  2008-02-03 23:18:02 

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