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1 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in the Sea of Time, 100% POB -- rank: 1000

As others have said already, the last books all contain excellent stuff, that is still well worth reading. Ted At about: Lat: 37° 49'S Lon: 145° 1'E. "The Navy must not let the Army Down. It takes three years to build a ship; it takes three centuries to build a tradition." Admrial Cunningham RN as the RN had to rescue the Army yet again in WWII) Fly Navy, support the Fleet Air Arm, save Britain as a Great Power. "We don't give a f..k for old Von Kluck and All the German Army& ...

Poster's Name:	T. Browne
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2 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in the Sea of Time, 100% POB -- rank: 1000

Thankyou Patricia, I wasn't really worried, other than perhaps the best was behind me - but it appears the best is yet to and before too long I can start all over again Give you joy unabated Dr Graham On 19 December 2011 20:48, Patricia Barker <patlbarker_at_live.ca> wrote: > Dear Dr Graham > Awww, never you mind, sir. It ain't the end of the series, natural nor > otherwise, now,is it. Cos why? cos there are three more books after that > one, ain't they, is why. > ...

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3 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in the Sea of Time, 100% POB -- rank: 1000

Dear Dr Graham Awww, never you mind, sir. It ain't the end of the series, natural nor otherwise, now,is it. Cos why? cos there are three more books after that one, ain't they, is why.   There are certainly early series references in its suggestively circular way, and M&C has the same lovely kind of framework, penultimate chapter circling back to first, too. But the remaining--the Yellow Admiral!--and others are grand. Blue at the Mizzen holds joys upon joys. Elegiac to be sure, mela ...

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Message Date:	2011-12-19 20:48:27 UTC

4 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in the Sea of Time, 100% POB -- rank: 1000

Still working my way through the canon for the first time I register disappointment that The Commadore (currently lost in the post) is the natural end to the series. I am about to open Clarissa Oakes On 19 December 2011 15:31, Don Seltzer <timoneer_at_gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 11:39 PM, EB <magoonscin_at_gmail.com> wrote: > > I thought Letter of Marque felt like the end of the series, but I'm > > glad he didn't stop there. > > >> ...

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5 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in the Sea of Time, 100% POB -- rank: 1000

On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 11:39 PM, EB <magoonscin_at_gmail.com> wrote: > I thought Letter of Marque felt like the end of the series, but I'm > glad he didn't stop there. >> On Dec 18, 2011, at 5:26 PM, John Gosden wrote: >>> Alston...opened the first page of Master and Commander, ready for another >>> run-through of the whole set.  Luckily she had most of her O'Brian >>> collection on board Eagle during the Event, and she'd be able to replace the ...

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6 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in the Sea of Time, 100% POB -- rank: 1000

I think that the novels were amazingly well done particularly when you consider the success. I think as a reader one begins to assume that they will go on forever but we know that can't be as we know Jack Aubrey could never settle into becoming the lord of the manor! The Canon ended in the only way I believe it could, with the death of POB mid book! On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 9:39 PM, EB <magoonscin_at_gmail.com> wrote: > I thought Letter of Marque felt like the end of the series, ...

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Message Date:	2011-12-19 14:26:53 UTC

7 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in the Sea of Time, 100% POB -- rank: 1000

I thought Letter of Marque felt like the end of the series, but I'm glad he didn't stop there. Edmund On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Eric Ladner <ealadner_at_comcast.net> wrote: > On Dec 18, 2011, at 5:26 PM, John Gosden wrote: > >> I was surprised that this evoked no response first time around, so am >> submitting with a clearer subject. >> >> >> This is one of those alternate history stories, pretty good - an "Event" >> ca ...

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8 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in the Sea of Time, 100% POB -- rank: 1000

On Dec 18, 2011, at 5:26 PM, John Gosden wrote: > I was surprised that this evoked no response first time around, so am > submitting with a clearer subject. > > > This is one of those alternate history stories, pretty good - an "Event" > causes Nantucket to be flipped back 3500 years to the bronze age, and > includes a Coastguard square rigger training ship, with complement of cadets > and crew. > The relevance is in this passage (the book is set i ...

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9 Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in the Sea of Time, 100% POB -- rank: 1000

I was surprised that this evoked no response first time around, so am submitting with a clearer subject. This is one of those alternate history stories, pretty good - an "Event" causes Nantucket to be flipped back 3500 years to the bronze age, and includes a Coastguard square rigger training ship, with complement of cadets and crew. The relevance is in this passage (the book is set in 1998, and published in that year); the commander of the ship is Marion Alston: Alston...opened ...

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Message Date:	2011-12-19 01:26:46 UTC

10 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in ... -- rank: 864

On Dec 20, 2011, at 5:31 PM, John Gosden wrote: > My understanding was that this is the first in the series, as it describes > the Event that triggered al that followed. I did not even know there was a > sequel, let alone two, but as the primary villains were alive at the end of > the first, and heading for Egypt, albeit injured, that obviously left the > option of succeeding volumes open. What are the titles - I will try to find > them on ABE. The three titles are Isl ...

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11 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in ... -- rank: 864

On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:50:12 -0500, Bruce Trinque <Batrinque_at_AOL.COM> wrote: > >When I first read The Commodore I was struck by the thought that the >author had perhaps written it with his increasing age and mortality in mind, so >that it served two purposes: (1) yet another novel in a continuing, >open-ended series, and (2) a concluding to that series should circumstances >dictate. > > > > > >Which volume of the Nantucket ser ...

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12 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in ... -- rank: 864

At a I think I would pretty much agree with Bruce on this. Ted At about: Lat: 37° 49'S Lon: 145° 1'E. "The Navy must not let the Army Down. It takes three years to build a ship; it takes three centuries to build a tradition." Admrial Cunningham RN as the RN had to rescue the Army yet again in WWII) Fly Navy, support the Fleet Air Arm, save Britain as a Great Power. "We don't give a f..k for old Von Kluck and All the German Army" BEF song, 1914(Probably the Best soldiers ...

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Message Date:	2011-12-19 14:14:05 UTC

13 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in ... -- rank: 864

In a message dated 12/18/2011 11:16:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ealadner_at_COMCAST.NET writes: I'll have tog give some thought to the Commodore question, a;though I've always thought that the last books of the canon were less completed novels, than rushed outlines by an author hurrying to finish the story while he could. While I would hesitate to tout the last several novels of the series as fully being the equal of the first books, I think each of them contains scenes   ...

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14 Re: Was The Commodore a natural end to the canon? Re: SM Stirling: Island in ... -- rank: 864

In a message dated 12/18/2011 8:26:51 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, johngosd_at_GMAIL.COM writes: I was surprised that this evoked no response first time around, so am submitting with a clearer subject.     When I first read The Commodore I was struck by the thought that the author had perhaps written it with his increasing age and mortality in mind, so that it served two purposes: (1) yet another novel in a continuing, open-ended series, and (2) a concluding to that series shou ...

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15 Re: Twilight of the canon; The Commodore, TYA, and beyond... (SPOILERS!) -- rank: 864

12 SPOILER: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . In a message dated 10/1/06 2:04:50 PM Pacific Daylight Time, entwold_at_ATT.NET writes: > I have wondered if he wouldn't reappear later in 21 -- an > admiral needs a captain for his flagship. Sigh. That would > have been nice. > Yes, I have wondered whether POB denied Jack a flag captain at first for his flagship because (1) he desired for narrative purposes to keep Jack involved in day-to-day ...

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