Search the Gunroom Archive

181 Re: The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

Good insight, Susan. Thinking about the life they led in those days just wears me out, and I know that life spans were much shorter then. I read somewhere a long time ago that many achievers do their most brilliant work by the time they are 30. Well, that leaves me out! (Of course, it didn't pertain to POB.) Hor hor, or perhaps, hoar hoar.... Linnea   Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:38:30 -0800 From: Susan Wenger <susanwenger@YAHOO.COM> Subject: The Yellow Admiral Gerry Strey wrote: ...

Poster's Name:	Linnea
Poster's Email:	ronlin@BRINET.COM
Message Date:	2001-12-18 02:04:09 UTC

182 Re: SPOILER! [POB] The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

> From: The Patrick O'Brian List of the World! > [mailto:GUNROOM@HMSSURPRISE.ORG] On Behalf Of Marian Van Til > Sent: Tuesday, 18 December 2001 10:52 > To: GUNROOM@HMSSURPRISE.ORG > Subject: Re: SPOILER! [POB] The Yellow Admiral > > > > > > Uh-oh! > > > > John, there is indeed a book in between. The Hundred Days, > and it is > > one of the most significant in the series. I wouldn't dream of > > beginning BATM without having ...

Poster's Name:	Peter Mackay
Poster's Email:	peter.mackay@BIGPOND.COM
Message Date:	2001-12-18 00:52:13 UTC

183 Re: SPOILER! [POB] The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

> > Uh-oh! > > John, there is indeed a book in between. The Hundred Days, and it is one > of the most significant in the series. I wouldn't dream of beginning > BATM without having completed THD. But strap yourself into your reading > chair first, you'll need it. It had me gasping right from the very first > page. Really? Wow. I find it hard to imagine that reaction to that book. I thought it had almost as many faults as Blue at the Mizzen later had. Marian - ...

Poster's Name:	Marian Van Til
Poster's Email:	rxbach@EARTHLINK.NET
Message Date:	2001-12-18 00:48:24 UTC

184 Re: SPOILER! [POB] The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

In a message dated 12/17/2001 4:25:48 PM Eastern Standard Time, peter.mackay@BIGPOND.COM writes: > John, there is indeed a book in between. The Hundred Days, and it is one > of the most significant in the series. I wouldn't dream of beginning > BATM without having completed THD.  I am really going to have my head examined- what happened here, was that early in my quest, I read THD out of order, when I couldn't find the next- then my 'To Read' list put TYA and BATM as sequential ...

Poster's Name:	Jebvbva@AOL.COM
Poster's Email:	Jebvbva@AOL.COM
Message Date:	2001-12-17 22:54:18 UTC

185 Re: SPOILER! [POB] The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

> From: The Patrick O'Brian List of the World! > [mailto:GUNROOM@HMSSURPRISE.ORG] On Behalf Of Jebvbva@AOL.COM > Sent: Tuesday, 18 December 2001 08:15 > To: GUNROOM@HMSSURPRISE.ORG > Subject: Re: SPOILER! [POB] The Yellow Admiral > > > In a message dated 12/17/2001 11:24:29 AM Eastern Standard > Time, gregg_germain@YAHOO.COM writes: > > > > Aye, tis true. It seems likethe books got thinner, > > more repetitive, more formulaic. There was a ...

Poster's Name:	Peter Mackay
Poster's Email:	peter.mackay@BIGPOND.COM
Message Date:	2001-12-17 22:21:37 UTC

186 Re: The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

In a message dated 12/17/2001 11:39:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, susanwenger@YAHOO.COM writes: > Well, I think O'Brian was very faithful to reality You didn't feel a falling off of O'Brian's inventiveness? Or the sudden change in his prurient interest in sophie's sexual problems? This sexual insight seems to verge on his interest in Bronwen in Testimonies.(Although it may be that I have just read both at same time) Blatherin' John B

Poster's Name:	Jebvbva@AOL.COM
Poster's Email:	Jebvbva@AOL.COM
Message Date:	2001-12-17 22:18:45 UTC

187 Re: SPOILER! [POB] The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

In a message dated 12/17/2001 11:24:29 AM Eastern Standard Time, gregg_germain@YAHOO.COM writes: > Aye, tis true. It seems likethe books got thinner, > more repetitive, more formulaic. There was a brief > sparkle when we see Brigid emerge from her cocoon -0 > that was handled masterfully. > Blue at the Mizzen was barely readable, and no main > character seemed like themselves. > > Whew- what a relief that some agree with me- I thought that maybe I was just read ...

Poster's Name:	Jebvbva@AOL.COM
Poster's Email:	Jebvbva@AOL.COM
Message Date:	2001-12-17 22:12:00 UTC

188 Re: The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

In a message dated 12/17/2001 10:39:15 AM Central Standard Time, susanwenger@YAHOO.COM writes: > Time > went by hard, Especially the Year 1812. leering like a mole with the palsy [MC 309] Mary S  35° 58' 11" N  86° 48' 57" W

Poster's Name:	Mary S
Poster's Email:	Stolzi@AOL.COM
Message Date:	2001-12-17 21:34:43 UTC

189 The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

Gerry Strey wrote: >Sadly, I have to agree with John's points. Starting as ealy as TWDS, I began to notice a flagging of energy and invention, of wit and zest in POBs writing. I've asked my self if THD or TYA had been the first POB book I encountered I would have been interested enough to have gone on to the rest of the series. Here comes Susan to the defense! Well, I think O'Brian was very faithful to reality. The characters were older in the later books, and they didn't have the ...

Poster's Name:	Susan Wenger
Poster's Email:	susanwenger@YAHOO.COM
Message Date:	2001-12-17 17:35:03 UTC

190 Re: SPOILER! [POB] The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

--- Gerry Strey <gestrey@WHS.WISC.EDU> wrote: > Sadly, I have to agree with John's points. Starting > as ealy as TWDS, I > began to notice a flagging of energy and invention, > of wit and zest in > POBs writing.  Aye, tis true. It seems likethe books got thinner, more repetitive, more formulaic. There was a brief sparkle when we see Brigid emerge from her cocoon -0 that was handled masterfully.  Blue at the Mizzen was barely readable, and no main character seemed ...

Poster's Name:	Gregg Germain
Poster's Email:	gregg_germain@YAHOO.COM
Message Date:	2001-12-17 17:20:19 UTC

191 Re: The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

Sadly, I have to agree with John's points. Starting as ealy as TWDS, I began to notice a flagging of energy and invention, of wit and zest in POBs writing. I've asked my self if THD or TYA had been the first POB book I encountered I would have been interested enough to have gone on to the rest of the series. Didn't POB suffer from writer's block while working on TWDS, and wasn't he helped out by former list member Ken Ringle who was rewarded by having the Baltimore clipper "Ringle ...

Poster's Name:	Gerry Strey
Poster's Email:	gestrey@WHS.WISC.EDU
Message Date:	2001-12-17 16:43:18 UTC

192 Re: Testimonies (was: The yellow Admiral, Hussein and Testimonies) -- rank: 873

John B. wrote: Subject: The yellow Admiral, Hussein and Testimonies. > I have just read al these recently( actually, am only half through TYA) and > wonder if anyone else is presently into them. I know some have had comments > on Hussein, but what of Testimonies? a very gothic type story. > > Blatherin' John B > I think Testimonies is an excellent book, sort of mid-way between the PO'B of the Aubrey-Maturin books and the PO'B of the short stories. Among other th ...

Poster's Name:	John Finneran
Poster's Email:	John.Finneran@pileofshirts.com
Message Date:	2001-12-17 07:36:47 UTC

193 The Yellow Admiral -- rank: 873

Did anyone else get the feeling that this book is different than earlier ones- more set(posed) and explanatory? It opens with Sir Joseph doing a recap and entre'acte precis to the Ministry bloke.Needham, setting the stage for the book. It also sets dates of events, usually bypassed in earlier books. Now you can set up a chronology and calculate Jack's age for each book. Later, Jack goes into detail on 'yellowing' to Sophie. I don't think he ever explained anything to her , at least ...

Poster's Name:	Jebvbva@AOL.COM
Poster's Email:	Jebvbva@AOL.COM
Message Date:	2001-12-17 05:36:25 UTC

194 The yellow Admiral, Hussein and Testimonies. -- rank: 873

 I have just read al these recently( actually, am only half through TYA) and wonder if anyone else is presently into them. I know some have had comments on Hussein, but what of Testimonies? a very gothic type story. Blatherin' John B

Poster's Name:	Jebvbva@AOL.COM
Poster's Email:	Jebvbva@AOL.COM
Message Date:	2001-12-16 03:46:37 UTC

195 Re: Jacket on "The Yellow Admiral" -- rank: 873

I have a large publicity picture of the Yellow Admiral book cover. The Bellona is heaved (hove) to. Anyway the main mast sails are backed, so that the ship is basically stopped in the water. Originally when the book was first published, there was some discussion about the angle the ship is at and while lowering the boat, if at that angle, she might have been banging down the side scraping the paintwork. I think that the ship was rolling a bit and so if timed correctly they would have got h ...

Poster's Name:	Adam Quinan
Poster's Email:	adam.quinan@ROGERS.COM
Message Date:	2001-12-11 13:17:51 UTC