>(Mildly curious as to _why_ G doesn't like HH, but not to the point of
>provoking a rant.)

I didn't say I don't. I said I'm not a fan. I haven't read any of them, and I don't particularly plan to. Everything I've been told about them by the friends I have who have read them has indicated to me that I needn't bother. Stylistically, it strikes me as the sort of thing that wouldn't be my cup of tea. A heroic captain struggling against a command structure consisting largely of pinheaded aristocrats was fine in the Horatio Hornblower books, but I've already read them...

Anyway, I tend not to read much SF - no, really, it's true. The only major exceptions are the works of Sir Arthur C. Clarke and the occasional Star Trek book (which are generally trash, but sometimes they're amusing trash. God help me, I've actually quite enjoyed Odyssey, the collected version of William Shatner's "return of Kirk" series).

--G.
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