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ER — 7/23/2007 1:38:40 AM (archived)

"God Emperor" was a good place to stop.

As for Hornblower, chapter 6 of "Hornblower and the Hotspur" is the best single piece of maritime writing I have ever read. It is hard to write anything about the sea without unconsciously cribbing from it.

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